Sunken concrete floor expands Victorian terrace house in London
DGN Studio has extended and renovated a Victorian semi-detached terraced house in East London, introducing a sunken concrete floor to maximise the ground floor ceiling height. More
Plans revealed for Colosseum amphitheatre's retractable floor
The Italian government has approved plans designed by architecture studio Labics and Fabio Fumagalli with engineering firm Milan Ingegneria to create a remote-controlled, retractable floor within the Colosseum arena in Rome. More
EightyFen by TP Bennett is a "refreshing alternative" to traditional city towers
In this video produced by Dezeen for TP Bennett, the architecture firm explains how its design for a new office building in London's Square Mile "sets a new benchmark" for the area. More
NFT artwork being sold with physical house in California
American graphic designer Kii Arens has created an NFT-backed artwork that is being used to sell a physical house in Thousand Oaks, California. More
Grimshaw models Shenzhen airport transport hub on mangrove trees
Mangrove trees informed the design of the Shenzhen Airport East Integrated Transport Hub, which architecture firm Grimshaw has won a competition to build at an airport in China. More
JKMM Architects extends 1980s library to create "public living room" for Kirkkonummi
Helsinki-based JKMM Architects has renovated and extended a library named Fyyri in the Finnish town of Kirkkonummi. More
RCR Arquitectes uses red concrete to build Palmares Clubhouse in the Algarve
Overlapping planes of red concrete form the walls and roof of this golf clubhouse, designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning RCR Arquitectes for a resort on Portugal's south coast. More
Watch a fly-through of Mars city designed for quarter of a million people
This video shows a fly-through of Nüwa, which has been designed by architecture studio Abiboo to be the first permanent city on Mars. More
Thomas Randall-Page transforms Devon barn into light-filled artist's studio
Architect Thomas Randall-Page has renovated and updated an agricultural barn in Devon, England, to create a studio and archive space for his father, the sculptor Peter Randall-Page. More
Kelly Wearstler imagines virtual garage for LeBron James' electric Hummer
American interior designer Kelly Wearstler has designed a virtual garage in the desert that she imagines housing basketball player LeBron James' electric Hummer. More
Watch Pritzker Architecture Prize winner Jean-Philippe Vassal's Royal Academy lecture
Jean-Philippe Vassal, along with his Lacaton & Vassal co-founder Anne Lacaton, won the Pritzker Architecture Prize earlier this week. In this lecture, he explains the ideology behind the studio's work. More
Watch our talk with the Timber Trade Federation about the benefits of tropical timber
Dezeen has partnered with the Timber Trade Federation on a live talk exploring the use of tropical timber in architecture and design. More
House T by Suppose Design Office is a "cave-like" concrete house in downtown Tokyo
Architect Tanijiri Makoto of Japanese studio Suppose Design Office has created a monolithic concrete home for himself and his family in Tokyo, featuring dark living spaces that open onto a sheltered terrace. More
Watch our talk with TP Bennett on the design of post-pandemic office spaces
Dezeen teamed up with architecture firm TP Bennett for a talk exploring how the rise of home working has revealed a need for better-designed office spaces. More
Junya Ishigami completes covered plaza with sloping floor for Japanese university
Rectangular openings allow sunlight and rain to enter this multipurpose covered plaza designed by Junya Ishigami for the Kanagawa Institute of Technology in Japan. More
Irregularly stacked cubes form exterior of ODA apartment building in Dumbo
Architecture firm ODA has completed a residential building in Brooklyn with a facade formed of irregularly stacked boxes made of concrete and glass. More
Studio Puisto balances black cabin on slender column in Finnish forest
Niliaitta is a black-painted cabin that Studio Puisto has elevated on a single column and hidden within woodland near the Salamajärvi National Park in Finland. More
TP Bennett retrofits 1970s office building with Manchester's largest living wall
This video produced by Dezeen for TP Bennett reveals how the architecture practice has transformed an old building in Manchester into an "ultra sustainable" mixed-use office building. More
Tarry + Perry captures monastic qualities of concrete house in East Sussex
Architecture photography studio Tarry + Perry has documented a concrete house hidden within a verdant site in southern England to spotlight its monastic character and unexpectedly warm interiors. More
Sarah Wigglesworth and Piers Taylor discuss straw bale house in Jim Stephenson's latest film
Architect Sarah Wigglesworth discusses her career and Stock Orchard Street home with Piers Taylor in architectural photographer Jim Stephenson's film What Does it Take to Make a Building. More