Loop Loop creates Magic Colour Machine for easy aluminium customisation
Dutch design studio Loop Loop has built a machine that can apply colours and gradients to aluminium at a small-scale, affordable level. More
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Naturehumaine places sculptural outdoor stairs on Montreal apartment addition
Naturehumaine has completed six new apartments in a historic Montreal neighbourhood, renovating an existing volume and adding a similar building to an adjacent, vacant lot. More
Loader Monteith uses reclaimed stone and red aluminium for Scottish home
Scottish studio Loader Monteith has completed Ceangal House, a home on a working farm in South Lanarkshire with a layout and materials that were drawn from the original 19th-century buildings on the site. More
Brooks + Scarpa creates all-white Magnolia Hill Apartments in Los Angeles
White siding and a curvy aluminium screen make up the exterior of a residential building in Los Angeles designed by American firm Brooks + Scarpa. More
Ten installations by Kriskadecor that use chain curtains to dramatic effect
Promotion: from space dividers to ceiling features, Kriskadecor creates bespoke hanging installations from colourful aluminium chains. Here, we've rounded up ten of the Spanish brand's most prominent projects. More
BCW Collective perches hikers' cabin above an Alpine valley in Italy
Architecture studio BCW Collective has perched an aluminium-clad bivouac shelter for hikers above an Alpine valley in northwest Italy. More
Coloured aluminium by Sandalor to adorn tower by Ateliers Jean Nouvel
Dezeen promotion: aluminium gold-hued struts coloured by Sandalor will line the exterior of the HEKLA Tower, which Pritzker prize-winning architect Jean Nouvel's studio is designing in Paris. More
Elton Léniz perches Casa BB on hillside overlooking Chilean lake
A black holiday home by Chilean architecture studio Elton Léniz is lifted off the ground by wooden stilts to help reduce the building's impact on the earth. More
Sloped walls form Canyon Drive housing complex by LOHA in Los Angeles
American firm LOHA has completed a row of sculptural, metal-clad homes in Los Angeles that is meant to explore possibilities for the "small lot subdivision typology". More
Fréquence shelf by Jean Couvreur presented at Maison&Objet
Dezeen Showroom: presented at Maison&Objet, Jean Couvreur's minimalist Fréquence shelf for Kataba was created as a multifunctional piece of modular furniture. More
Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix enclosed with polycarbonate walls
American firms 180 Degrees and CoLab Studio have created an educational facility and a greenhouse in the Arizona desert with polycarbonate facades that bring soft daylight indoors. More
Nebbia Works constructs mono-material pavilion for V&A from low-carbon aluminium
Nebbia Works has created a self-supporting pavilion from simple aluminium sheets at the V&A museum as part of the London Design Festival to highlight the material's sustainable potential. More
Wutopia Lab and Office ZHU wrap bookstore in perforated facade to mimic clouds
Architecture studio Wutopia Lab and Office ZHU have used layers of perforated metal to transform two disused buildings on the banks of Taizhou's Yongning River into a bright and modern bookshop. More
Foster + Partners wraps aluminium screens around university laboratory in Jerusalem
Decorative aluminium screens designed to evoke neurons surround the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, completed by architecture studio Foster + Partners in Jerusalem, Israel. More
Office architecture
Office architecture
Runxuan Textile Office features curvilinear aluminium facade
Design studio Rationale International — Masanori Design Studio has created an office in China with a curvilinear facade and undulating ceiling that draws on the qualities of fabric. More
Aluminium "wizard hat" tops New York library renovation by Mecanoo
A sculptural aluminium crown tops New York's Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, which has been renovated by Dutch practice Mecanoo and American firm Beyer Blinder Belle. More
Unit kitchen by Aspekt Office for Reform
Dezeen Showroom: Copenhagen-based kitchen brand Reform has launched Unit, a "kitchen-come-home office" designed by local studio Aspekt Office. More
Birds can enjoy 300kg Beauty Bath by Frederik Nystrup-Larsen and Oliver Sundqvist
A 300-kilogram aluminium sculpture contains one centimetre of water for a birdbath in Danish artists Frederik Nystrup-Larsen and Oliver Sundqvist's work, showcased in our Dezeen x The Mindcraft Project 2021 collaboration. More
Commenter says Frank Gehry's Luma Arles arts tower is "exciting, daring and brave"
In this week's comments update, readers are debating the Luma Arles arts tower by Frank Gehry and sharing their views on other top stories. More
Buit outdoor seating by Mayice Studio for Gandia Blasco
Dezeen Showroom: Madrid-based Mayice Studio has fashioned a collection of outdoor seating from curved aluminium mesh for Spanish brand Gandia Blasco. More