This week on Dezeen, architecture and design looked to the ocean as whales informed the shape of both a wooden chair and a cultural building in China.
Chinese studio Open Architecture designed Pinghe Bibliotheater, a new library and theatre at the Shanghai Qingpu Pinghe International School China, to resemble a blue whale rising from the ground.
Woocheol Shin also drew on the ocean mammals when designing his Whale Chair, which the graduate designer made from bent plywood and stainless steel to mimic the shape of a whale's tail.
New Dezeen Lookbooks section presents curated picks of home interiors from Dezeen's archive
We introduced our new Dezeen Lookbooks section, which features a selection of home interiors and design trends from Dezeen's image archive chosen by our editors. The aim is for the lookbooks to help designers and design lovers to find ideas and inspiration for interiors projects, whether it's for a living room, dining room, bedroom, kitchen or bathroom.
Weston Williamson + Partners designs HS2 viaducts above "community-led orchard"
Visions for two large infrastructure projects were unveiled, with Weston Williamson + Partners showcasing its design for the Water Orton viaducts that it will design for the UK High Speed Two railway. The concrete viaducts were designed to be as slender as structurally possible and will rise above public green spaces.
In Los Angeles, Frank Gehry teased his ideas for the masterplan of the LA River. Gehry's design would f...