DRM Arquitectura uses prefabricated structure for Buenos Aires ice cream shop
Local studio DRM Arquitectura has designed a space-framed drive-through ice cream parlour lifted on inverted V-shaped columns in Buenos Aires, Argentina. More
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Ten interiors with gold and silver accents to ring in the festive season
From a gilded bedroom ceiling to rooms lined with shimmery metallic drapes, this lookbook focuses on interiors where silver and gold instil a sense of festive cheer. More
Waechter Architecture clads Oregon winery building with red-coloured metal
Portland-based Waechter Architecture used metal cladding with a red colour derived from a popular wine blend to create an angular winery on a site effected by logging in Oregon. More
Tom Fereday unveils metal speaker designed to be "celebrated not hidden"
Australian designer Tom Fereday has collaborated with Tasmanian audio brand Pitt & Giblin to create the Cast speaker, clad almost entirely in marine-grade aluminium. More
Rørbæk og Møller Arkitekter clads Danish university extension in gold-toned metal
Copenhagen studio Rørbæk og Møller Arkitekter has extended Skylab at the Danish Technological University with a cluster of gold blocks arranged around a skylit workshop. More
Eight characterful kitchens with sleek metal details
Our latest lookbook focuses on eight homes fitted with metal kitchens, from a flat in London informed by fish-and-chip shops to a 19th-century apartment with period details in Paris. More
Garza Studio creates bench with seats that move on steel bearing balls
Mexico-based Garza Studio has created a solid aluminium bench topped with two seating plates that move on top of a plane of steel bearing balls for the Collectible design fair in New York City. More
H2ERǴ ring made with metals "mined" by plants
Metals "mined" by plants feature in a first-of-its-kind ring, made by materials researcher and designer Karoline Healy under her jewellery brand H2ERǴ. More
Neil M Denari Architects aims for "immediate singularity" with purple LA office building
American studios Neil M Denari Architects and HLW have created an office structure in Beverly Hills equipped with solar panels and a distinctive "aubergine"-coloured facade. More
Reusable formwork by Studio Part moulds trees into living bench
Belgian design firm Studio Part has developed a demountable metal mould that encourages young willow trees to grow into a self-supporting bench. More
Insulation made of discarded sheep wool used for Argentina guest house
Local studio DUB Arquitectura has created a metal-clad house called Casa La Escocesa, which features "insulating blankets" made of sheep wool that otherwise would have been incinerated. More
EBBA Architects brightens home in Camden with "Victorian-like" metal extension
London studio EBBA Architects has completed the renovation of a terraced house in Camden, London, adding a metal frame structure that takes cues from Victorian design. More
Eight items made from metal that combine utility and refinement
Dezeen Showroom: steel and aluminium are among the metals used in the design of these eight furnishings and products that are listed on Dezeen Showroom. More
Xisui Design models metal pavilion on birds' nests and eggshells
Shanghai studio Xisui Design drew on natural shapes for the minimalist Thin-Shell Metal Woven Pavilion, which was designed as a sunken resting space on a pond in China. More
Niceworkshop applies artificial wood grain texture to Seoul cafe interior
South Korean studio Niceworkshop has designed a pared-back interior for a cafe in Seoul, where concrete walls and stainless-steel furnishings are finished to mimic wood. More
Sukchulmok creates adjustable stool made entirely from steel
Architecture studio Sukchulmok has created the cone-shaped Chul-02 Cone Stool to showcase the "sharp and mechanical form of steel". More
Herzog & de Meuron inserts arched apartment behind old facade in Austria
Architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron has unveiled Kornmarktplatz, an arched structure that extends behind a neo-baroque facade in Bregenz and contains an apartment and hotel. More
Giles Tettey Nartey reimagines traditional West African chair in aluminium
British-Ghanaian designer Giles Tettey Nartey has used welded aluminium to craft his Serwaa chair, which reinterprets the traditional wooden Lobi stool native to West Africa as an "industrial product". More
Christian Schlatter screens Córdoba house with weathering steel
A screen made of dense weathering steel slats shades the facade of a Córdoba, Argentina house expanded over the last fifteen years by Argentinian architect Christian Schlatter. More
Maetherea Studio uses rusty metal to create Iron Reef in Norfolk
Landscape architecture practice Maetherea Studio has used rusty iron rebars to create an "amphibious" installation that emerges from reedbeds of the River Yare in Norfolk. More