Architecture

This week on Dezeen, we reported live from this year\'s Milan design week on the key installations, exhibitions and launches at the world\'s biggest design event. The Dezeen team provided exclusive previews of products, installations and events...

The Dezeen team have been reporting live from Milan design week (15-19 April). Read on for all the coverage from the fifth day (Friday 19 April).   6:00pm Each year we try to capture the Dezeen team out in Milan in a group shot but with 24 of...

Architecture studio Renzo Piano Building Workshop has unveiled renderings of its concept for a three-storey cultural centre in south Florida, USA. Located in downtown Boca Raton,

Dezeen Showroom: a collection of console tables and benches informed by kimonos are included among products on Dezeen Showroom that were presented during Milan design week. Leading designers and brands unveiled products and collections during this...

Promotion: a sleek "hood-in-hob" extractor fan, designed as an alternative to an overhead device, is among the minimalist kitchen products created by Swedish brand Asko. Know for creating understated cooking appliances informed by Scandinavian...

Dezeen Showroom: based on European beech timber, Project Wood tiles by Casalgrande Padana recreate the look of wood by mimicking the texture of the grain. Developed with design studio SBGA Blengini Ghirardelli, the Project Wood collection delivers...

Architecture studio MD41 has completed a gymnasium for a school in Merate, Italy, housed in a cubic volume clad in textured concrete panels. Replacing a former gymnasium on the same site, the building slots in between the school to the north and a...

A dwelling with a "tin hat" by Nimtim Architects and a colourful extension by Charles Holland are among the 16 London homes named on the shortlist for this year\'s Don\'t Move, Improve! competition. A triangular house in a former garage by...

Architects Lesley Lokko and Marina Tabassum have been named on the list of the 100 most influential people of 2024 by Time magazine. The architects are included alongside world leaders, artists and sports stars in the annually published list of...

Dutch architecture studio Cloud and designer Sabine Marcelis have created scenography for a lounge promoting the design and culture of AlUla, Saudi Arabia, during Milan design week. Located within a library in Milan\'s Brera neighbourhood, the...

Dezeen Showroom: British design studio Novocastrian has released a series of lighting that references equipment and infrastructure associated with railways. The Insulator lighting collection comprises pendant and table lamps as well as sconce...

Dutch designer Marjan van Aubel has exhibited a solar-powered installation in collaboration with car brand Lexus at this year\'s Milan design week. Named 8 minutes and 20 seconds in reference to the amount of time it takes sunlight to reach the...

The Dezeen team are reporting live from Milan Design Week (15-19 April). Read on for all the coverage from the fourth day (Thursday 18 April).   5:30pm Dezeen co-ceo Ben Hobson reports from a talk that has just taken place in the middle of...

Artist Patrick Carroll has used recycled yarn to create hand-knitted painting-style pieces for the Days textile exhibition at JW Anderson\'s Milan store during Milan design week. Carroll presented translucent artworks that look "as if they are...

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a collection of gaming furniture by IKEA. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. IKEA has debuted a series of gaming furniture which aims to challenge the stereotypical "cyberpunk-esque"...

Home fitness brand Technogym has invited 40 international designers and artists to reimagine its exercise bench for its Milan design week exhibition, which is captured in this video produced by Dezeen. To celebrate its 40th anniversary, Technogym...

Dezeen School Shows: a project set in a speculative future in which humans and plants live in harmony is included in Dezeen\'s latest school show by students at DesignMorphine. Also included is a narrative project that includes bionic beings...

Dezeen Showroom: Italian bathroom company Agape has released a travertine version of its Spoon XL bathtub designed by Benedini Associati. The travertine Spoon XL from Agape forms part of the brand\'s new Marble and Stone Collection. The product...

Promotion: Australian brand Woven Image has created a rectangular "hood" that can be suspended above or directly fixed over a workstation or conference table as part of its Fuji acoustic tile collection. The product was made from 64 per cent...

Dezeen has teamed up with Hydro to make a video documenting its exhibition at this year\'s Milan design week, in which seven designers have created objects made from aluminium scrap. Titled 100R, the exhibition takes place at Spazio Maiocchi in...

Dezeen Showroom: Italian designer Luca Nichetto drew on the work of Gio Ponti when creating this kitchen furniture system for design brand Scavolini. Jeometrica is a contemporary interpretation of the equipped wall designs of influential...

French studio Barrault Pressacco has completed the 102LET house outside Montpellier, mimicking the area\'s suburban architecture to conceal an interior defined by bright, open spaces. Positioned on a sloping site in the village of Pradez-le-Lez,...

As Milan design week continues, we have rounded up the key installations from the year\'s biggest design event,  featuring some of the world\'s best-known brands and designers. With this year\'s event seemingly returning to pre-pandemic...

Film director David Lynch revealed his furniture design skills at tradeshow Salone del Mobile during Milan design week, where he created a large wooden chair in a room with an ocean-like pattern floor. Known for his dark Americana films, including...

Dutch beer brand Heineken and US clothing company Bodega have launched The Boring Phone at Milan design week, a "dumb" phone designed to prevent young adults from scrolling on smartphones. Produced by Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Human...

Arab Design Now and Enzo Mari are among the current design exhibitions taking place across the world featured in Dezeen Events Guide. Other design-related events taking place at the moment include Life Cycles: The Materials of Contemporary Design,...

Design collective Numen/For Use has created a netted installation for automobile brand Porsche\'s The Art of Dreams exhibition at Milan design week, which also features a Vitra furniture collection. The black and white houndstooth of the Porsche...

Dezeen Showroom: Italian design brand UniFor has unveiled its Andromeda furniture collection, which includes coffee tables that share the wider series\' distinctive design motifs. The coffee tables in the Andromeda series come in two tabletop...

Burkinabè architect Diébédo Francis Kéré has created a circular pavilion made from spruce logs for German kitchen brand Next125, which is being exhibited at Superstudio for Milan design week. Named The Fireplace, the pavilion aims to explore the...

You only have two weeks left to participate in our public nomination for the Designers of the Year awards at Dezeen Awards 2024! The Designers of the Year awards celebrate outstanding talent in architecture, interiors, and design, both emerging and...

A height variance request for what is set to be the tallest skyscraper in the US located in Oklahoma City has been approved to move forward to the next stage. The Oklahoma City Planning Commission has granted approval of a height increase request...

The Dezeen team are reporting live from Milan Design Week (15-19 April). Read on for all the coverage from the third day (Wednesday 17 April).   5:30pm Dezeen editor-at-large Alessandro Mendini retrospective (more on that shortly from Dezeen...

Jumbo poppies synonymous with Marimekko cover the floor of Bar Unikko, a pink-hued pop-up cafe created as a Milan design week pit stop to mark the print\'s 60th anniversary. Named after Unikko, the recognisable poppy pattern designed by Maija...

A large tree lies at the heart of a cedar-clad residence in southern California designed by US studio Brett Farrow Architect, which used various tactics to "meld nature into the home\'s ethos". Located in the beach town of Encinitas, just...

We\'ve listed five roles based in the USA available on Dezeen Jobs this week, including positions at Dezeen, Harvard Graduate School of Design and Morris Adjmi Architects. Summer internship at Dattner Architects Dattner Architects has...

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has created a pavilion from paper tubes, wood and milk crates to mark the 75th anniversary of US architect Philip Johnson\'s Glass House in Connecticut, USA. Created in collaboration with students from New York...

Promotion: a Toronto hotel featuring dramatic brick arches and a parking lot converted into a public square in Texas are among the winning projects at the Brick in Architecture Awards. The Brick Industry Association (BIA) recognised a total of 44...

Dezeen Showroom: Italian design brand UniFor has included two modular sofas in its Andromeda collection, which is characterised by sweeping lines and dramatic proportions. The Andromeda sofas come in two variations, one with a curved profile and...

Dezeen Showroom: drawing inspiration from historic Italian architecture, the Pietra Tiburtina tiles from Casalgrande Padana recreate the charm of natural travertine. The Pietra Tiburtina porcelain stoneware tile collection is based on travertine ?...

A gridded timber frame creates a flexible armature for play equipment and social spaces at the Erlebnis-Hus visitor centre in Sankt Peter-Ording, Germany, which was designed by Holzer Kobler Architekturen. Located alongside a dyke on a coastal...

Nigerian designer Nifemi Marcus-Bello has created a sculptural interpretation of a boat from stainless steel to highlight the dangerous crossing faced by people crossing the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. Named Omi Iy? ? Yoruba for saltwater, the...

Pillowy lamps, daybeds that look like stacked mattresses and rugs featuring abstract renderings of private body parts feature in an exhibition of new launches from Faye Toogood at Milan design week. The Rude Arts Club showcase brings together...

In this week\'s comments update, readers are discussing Thomas Heatherwick\'s Humanise campaign, which reimagines "boring" versions of UK landmarks including The Tower of London and Edinburgh Castle. Creative agency Uncommon Creative...

British designer Jasper Morrison has joined Dezeen Awards 2024 as a judge. Here he selects five projects that best reflect his work. Morrison is known for his furniture, lighting, tableware and everyday product designs, describing his work as "at...

French fashion house Hermès has designed an installation that uses reclaimed bricks, slate, marble and terracotta to draw attention to the brand\'s artisan roots at Milan design week. The brand\'s annual installation, which has previously...