If you have a passion for plants and flowers, a greenhouse in your backyard can be a wonderful addition. Not only does it provide you with a space to nurture your greenery, but it also offers a range of creative possibilities. From serving as a dedicated
Researcher Tavs Jorgensen has created a method of extruding cob into brick shapes, in an effort to make the low-carbon biomaterial more accessible.
Used to create bricks that can be stacked in interlocking patterns, the process involves pushing...
This modern prefab cabin was designed by Altius Architecture, located on the picturesque Lake Muskoka, in Ontario, Canada. The cabin is water access only and was installed from the lake side. There was an existing cottage already on the site, and...
The warm glow of traditional light bulbs could return to homes and replace cold-looking LEDs, thanks to research conducted by a team at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
The team has found a way to make incandescent bulbs ? which produce...
Brooklyn artist Michael Candy has created a pair of robotic chairs with mechanical legs that can "amble" through space and avoid obstacles using a computer program.
Called Chair 2, the project encompasses two, identical robotic chairs and...
This minimal modern barn house was designed by Joan Heaton Architects, along with builder Silver Maple Construction, located in Weybridge, Vermont. This property was designed as a simple vacation getaway spot for a family to relax and enjoy the...
Rolling waves inspired the undulating timber roof of this airport on the island of Cebu, designed by Integrated Design Associates as a "symbolic gateway to the Philippines".
The design of Terminal 2 at Mactan Cebu International Airport was...
Completed in 2017, Stony Hill residence was designed by Ryan Group Architects along with Mark Architecture who was responsible for the construction documents. This hillside home is ideally located in the coastal town of Tiburon, which is just north...
Dezeen looks ahead to some of the buildings due to complete in 2016: Pingtan Art Museum by MAD, the Tate Modern extension by Herzog & de Meuron, the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture by David Adjaye and FAB, Life House by...
We\'ve selected five job opportunities for designers and architects based in the USA, which are available on Dezeen Jobs this week, including positions at The Met, Herzog & de Meuron and Rapt Studio.
Exhibition designer at Metropolitan Museum...
This modern-rustic ranch house was designed as a family retreat by Cornerstone Architects, nestled on a 2,000 acres property near Llano in Texas Hill Country. The homeowners used this property as getaway from their main residence in Houston, however...
In the third video of our Design for Life collaboration with Dassault Systèmes, Studio INI founder Nassia Inglessis describes how technology enables her to create spaces that interact with their inhabitants.
Inglessis is the second designer to...
In the second video of our Design for Life collaboration with Dassault Systèmes, Exploration Architecture founder Michael Pawlyn explains how computational design tools allow architects to mimic the natural world in order to create buildings that...
We continue our guide to high-tech architecture by looking at the Inmos Microprocessor Factory, a key example of Richard Rogers\' radical inside-out buildings.
Completed in 1982 in Newport, Wales, the Inmos Microprocessor Factory is a...
courtyards, walkways, and elevated green corridors provide fluidity throughout citang street?s updated urban landscape.
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This charming Spanish style home was designed by award-winning interior design firm Jette Creative, located in the heart of Los Angeles, California. The designers meticulously renovated this home, focusing on the kitchen, master bedroom suite and...
Chinese landscape architecture studio Turenscape has transformed a concrete sea wall on an abandoned fish farm into a public space in Haikou City, Hainan.
Named A Breathing Sea Wall, the project aims to help alleviate the local threat of rising sea...
In this exclusive Dezeen movie, Chinese architect Wang Shu of Amateur Architecture Studio explains why he recycled material from traditional Chinese buildings to construct the Ningbo History Museum.
Completed in 2008, the Ningbo History Museum is...
Colorado architect Renzo Verbeck and artist Sylvia Adrienne Lisse have designed an eight-pointed angular structure to serve as the temple at the 2020 Burning Man Festival.
Called Empyrean, the pavilion will form the centrepiece of the temporary...
Dezeen has partnered with flooring brand Tarkett to host a talk on the circular economy and carbon neutral architecture. Marcus Fairs, founder and editor-in-chief of Dezeen, will speak to Tarkett?s EMEA sustainability and public affairs director...
dome next door by toms kampars forms an adaptable timber grid crafted from locally sourced, sustainable materials.
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IKEA?s external innovation lab Space10 has worked in collaboration with three young architects to create a four-metre-high bioreactor dome for growing micro-algae.
Described by Space10 as a "food-producing architecture pavilion", the futuristic...
The wood-lined interior of this high-end Japanese restaurant in London was designed by local practice Sybarite to evoke the feeling of a tranquil bamboo forest.
Located on the city\'s River Thames, close to Strand, the 450-square-metre...
Fragrances to help you wake up, wind down or concentrate are emitted at just the right time of day by the Pium smart diffuser, which combines aromatherapy with the internet of things.
Launched by a New York-based start-up of the same name, Pium...
Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao explains how her concrete Casa Ventura house responds to the topography of its hilltop site in the next instalment of Dezeen\'s Concrete Icons series produced in collaboration with Holcim.
The video features...
Visitors to Atelier Biagetti\'s Milan design week installation are encouraged to gamble on the stock exchange for blocks of gold in hopes of winning a prize.
The studio\'s God exhibition, which was developed alongside curator Maria Cristina...
Architects and designers are taking a holistic approach to create Europe\'s most successful new hotels, say judges of the AHEAD Europe hospitality awards, in this movie produced by Dezeen.
The AHEAD Europe hospitality awards, which took place...
Spanish architecture studios DataAE and Xavier Vendrell have balanced two rows of social housing on a hillside in Barcelona overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.
The project includes 39 units ? a total of 4,785 square metres (51,500 square feet) ?...
Video by Clare Lewis, Carolina Sorensen, Tom Spark and Rotor Works.
Night after night, the windows of the tower blocks that make up the Waterloo Estate in Sydney have been gradually lit up in different colours as part of a public art project that...
Amanyangyun hotel is designed to celebrate Chinese culture says Tanuj Goenka, director of Kerry Hill Architects, in this movie produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD awards.
Part of the Aman Resorts collection of hotels, Amanyangyun was named Hotel of...
British architecture studio Gort Scott has installed a house on a rocky outcrop in the Canadian mountain resort of Whistler, offering impressive views over Alta Lake.
The Rock is a family home designed to reflect the drama of its setting....
Massimo d\'Alessandro explains how architecture practice MdAA transformed an old stable into an apartment by creating a treehouse-like room raised from the floor on a single column.
Tree House, which won the Residential category at Inside...
Design studio Simplicity used a palette of natural materials including wood, stone and tatami to evoke the look and feel of a traditional Japanese inn when creating the ryokan floor of the Four Seasons Hotel in Osaka.
The hotel is located in the...
As we prepare to announce this year\'s winners, architect Norman Foster has described judging this year\'s Dezeen Awards as "a great privilege and pleasure" while fellow judge Michelle Ogundehin said the quality of entries was "absolutely...
on view until february 2025, the moroccan artist presents a series of mechanical installations and an animated art film for her exhibition ?for my best family.?
The post mechanized flip-flops beat their ?drums? in meriem bennani?s exhibition at...
This movie shows the installation of a trio of domed chambers from stacked silver and magenta paper tubes that Chicago-based Studio Gang Architects has designed for the National Building Museum in Washington DC.
The installation called Hive...
French architect Jean Nouvel has unveiled the design for a subterranean hotel that will be carved into a sandstone hill in the AlUla desert in Saudi Arabia.
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Dezeen\'s editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs will speak to designer Tej Chauhan about his new collaboration with the Swiss watch brand Rado, in the third live talk of Rado Design Week. Tune in from 4:00pm UK time on the 2 December 2020.
Shopping centres are a fascinating and under-appreciated aspect of urban architecture, according to British journalist Art Anthony, who films himself walking around malls that have fallen on hard times.
Anthony is part of a sub-culture of YouTube...
Metropole Architects have designed this modern tropical style residence, which is located along an enviable strip of coastline called the Dolphin Coast, South Africa. Consisting of a comfortable 6,996 square feet (650 square meters) of living space,...
Architecture firms OMA and Hassell have renovated a group of old buildings in Perth, Australia, and stitched them together with protruding metal-clad structures to create the WA Museum Boola Bardip.
The top-heavy museum celebrates the history and...
as the national academy of design approaches its 200th anniversary, chief curator discusses its reflective exhibition, \'past as prologue.\'
The post from 19th-century portraits to modern protest: exploring ‘past as prologue’ with...
Nelly Ben Hayoun will lead a relay panel discussion on how sports can influence the design industry as part of our Sports Day collaboration with the designer for Virtual Design Festival. Tune in from 3:30pm UK time.
Organised in partnership with...
The Dezeen editorial team is up for seven awards at the prestigious International Building Press Awards 2024 ? the most out of any of the publications nominated this year.
Dezeen features editor Nat Barker received no less than three nominations...
Venture into the stunning architecture and interior design of some of the most infamous haunted houses in horror movies and TV series by Stanley Kubrick, Tim Burton, Guillermo del Toro, and more.
The post Exploring the architecture of some of the...
the unit crafted from recycled metal anchors the space, containing essential office functions, storage, a kitchenette, and relaxation areas.
The post monolithic metal module hosts workspace, lounge, and kitchen at studioinòci’s office in...
two immersive light installations, two sculptures, and new watercolors are showcased at olafur eliasson\'s new york exhibition.
The post olafur eliasson’s solo show ‘your psychoacoustic light ensemble’ glows in new york appeared...
House in an Olive Grove Embraces Corfu’s Natural Landscape Invisible Studio, led by Piers Taylor, has designed House in an Olive Grove embracing local materials and building methods in a rural Greek landscape steeped in tradition....
Layer has teamed up with Chinese automotive company Nio to design an electric scooter that uses artificial intelligence and machine-learning technology to autonomously take you on your preferred routes.
The smart scooter, called Pal, is a...
In this exclusive video interview British architect Nicholas Grimshaw describes the painstaking level of detail required of his landmark Waterloo project.
The International Terminal at Waterloo station in London is an elongated, four-platform...
A compact, affordable device for detecting HIV by London-based designer Hans Ramzan has won the Dezeen Awards 2020 design project of the year.
Called Catch: The HIV Detector, the device "is cheap and easy to mass-produce" said Margriet...
From 2019, all new Volvo cars will have electric or hybrid engines, the Swedish auto manufacturer announced today.
The move makes Volvo the first of the major car companies to commit to phasing out the internal combustion engine and going...
Our new captioned movie shows MIT\'s "virtually indestructible" mini cheetah robot performing a host of athletic manoeuvres, including stretching, running and jumping.
The nimble quadruped can navigate uneven terrains at up to 5 mph and can...
Architecture professor Rachel Armstrong, brand consultant Suzanne Livingston and transportation designer Paul Priestman discussed how people will deal with the increasing complexity of future cities at the Dezeen Day conference last...
Architecture studio McClean Design has completed this modern hillside home nestled in a desirable area overlooking Sunset plaza in Los Angeles, California. Clean lines and modern architecture characterizes this fascinating 9,000 square foot property...
This gorgeous modern farmhouse-style home crafted by All About Home Design is situated in Cathedral Pines, a luxury home community nestled in the beautiful Ponderosa pine trees of Black Forest, just a few minutes North of Colorado Springs, Colorado....
Architectural designer Caspar Schols is producing a flat-pack version of a garden shed with moving walls, which he built for his parents before he went to architecture school, as cabins for living and for working.
Schols drew on the Garden House...
Florence, Italy’s Villa M was renovated by Pierattelli Architetture in 2024. The single-family house features three floors and boasts typically Tuscan characteristics. Insights spotlight its architectural precision and exposure to well-balanced...
Plant-filled terraces, a translucent roof and palatial columns adorn the Xi\'an International Football Centre stadium that Zaha Hadid Architects is developing for central China.
Set to be built in the Fengdong business district of Xi\'an, one...
Digital technology can help us reconnect with our ancestors, say Dezeen Award winners Casson Mann in this movie produced by Dezeen.
The London-based designers Casson Mann were named the winners of the Interior Project of the Year category at last...
Chinese studio MAD Architects has unveiled the design of a residential tower in Colorado with a canyon cutting through its form, nodding to the state\'s dramatic topography.
Work has commenced on the 16-storey One River North, a residential tower...
Design Museum Holon in Israel has unveiled five installations exploring what makes a successful design partnership, including a seesaw designed by BCXSY and a hall of broken mirrors by Snarkitecture.
The Conversation Show is an exhibition...
Dezeen teamed up with MAD Architects for a series of talks on social housing in China and beyond. Watch the first talk in the series above.
Dezeen\'s founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs spoke to MAD Architects founding partner Ma Yansong...
Photographs shared exclusively with Dezeen show the twisting facade of Malta\'s tallest building, recently completed by British studio Zaha Hadid Architects.
At 31 storeys and 122 metres in height, Mercury Tower has been the Mediterranean...
Dezeen promotion: Spanish studio MUT Design has created a range of colourful sound-absorbing wall panels inspired by beetle shells for furniture brand Sancal.
After a visit to a natural science museum, the Spanish studio was inspired to...
Custom carved tiles are the specialty of new Swedish brand Tilemark, which has launched with a debut collection designed by Form Us With Love.
The brand has developed a technique for carving bespoke designs created through its online design tool...
This video offers a glimpse of Loader Monteith\'s restoration of the fire-torn High Sunderland house in the Scottish Borders, which is shortlisted for this year\'s RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award.
Originally designed in...
Experience the enchantment of Borgo Pio, A captivating blend of history, culture, and authentic Italian charm
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This video shows a group of students from Amsterdam\'s Dirty Art Department who created interactive installations to occupy a building in an abandoned area in Milan during the city\'s design week (+ slideshow).
Called The Wandering School,...
Viewers can explore the interiors of the newly-opened Taipei Performing Arts Center by Dutch studio OMA in this drone video, produced by Shephotoerd Co. Photography.
Opened to the public on 7 August, the Taipei Performing Arts Center is a...
Zaha Hadid Architects\' twisting Mercury Tower is a symbol of Malta\'s confused urban priorities and raises questions about how much influence individual buildings should have over a place, writes Ann Dingli.
Mercury Tower is Malta\'s most...
In this movie, Thomas Granier explains why his organisation La Voûte Nubienne believes the future of housing in Africa can be transformed by reviving a 3,500-year-old building technique.
In this live conversation broadcast by Dezeen for Dassault Systèmes, architect Arthur Mamou-Mani and Anne Asensio, vice president of design experience at Dassault Systèmes, speak to Dezeen\'s founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs about the...
The glass and metal "sepals" of the sculptural Glasshouse by British designer Thomas Heatherwick can be seen unfolding in this short video filmed at Woolbeding Estate in England.
Located in the gardens of the historic property in West Sussex,...
US studio Pelli Clarke & Partners has completed on of Japan\'s tallest skyscrapers, the Mori JP Tower, as part of the Azabudai Hills development in Tokyo.
At 330 metres high, the glass-clad Mori JP Tower is Tokyo\'s first supertall...
Dezeen Showroom:Â American brand Pallas Textiles has collaborated with design studio Limn & Loom to create the In Good Company fabric collection woven from recycled plastic yarn.
The In Good Company collection is woven from Seaqual Yarn, which...
In our final movie from the World Architecture Festival 2016, architect Ann Lau explains how Australian firm Hayball plans to create collaborative learning spaces in the Melbourne school that was named Future Project of the Year last month.
South...
Frida Escobedo talks about one of her first residential projects, Casa Negra, in the third instalment of a series of short movies about the Mexican architect.Â
In an exclusive interview, Escobedo tells Dezeen that a house she designed for an...
This time-lapse movie shows the installation of street artist JR\'s paper trompe l\'oeil at the Louvre Pyramid in Paris, France.
Named The Secret of the Great Pyramid, it imagined the iconic building by Pritzker prize-architect IM...
Artist Benjamin Langholz created a circular staircase of stepping stones to allow revellers to tune out the immersive atmosphere at this year\'s Burning Man and focus on themselves.Â
Langholz arranged 27 stones in an ascending ring, supported...
Narayantala Thakurdalan by Indian practice Abin Design Studio is a concrete Hindu temple with a glazed corner that opens on to the street in Bansberia.
Precast concrete jalis, or lattices, are stacked to create a screen wall around part of the...
Hundreds of wooden elements are bolted together to form Timber Bridge in Gulou Waterfront, the latest project by Chinese architecture office LUO Studio.
The 25-metre-long bridge is located in Gulou, a water village in Jiangmen. This unusual...
British architecture studio Zaha Hadid Architects has released visuals of the Jinghe New City Culture & Art Centre, which win span an eight-lane motorway in Xi\'an, China.
The proposal, which was the winning entry of a recent competition, is...
French fashion house Saint Laurent suspended a large gold oculus above its Spring Summer 2025 womenswear collection by Anthony Vaccarello at Paris Fashion Week.
The blue oval floor referenced Yves Saint Laurent\'s gardens in Marrakesh whilst...
The latest video in our Dezeen x MINI Living Initiative series investigates a design for a hydroponic vertical farm nestled among the skyscrapers of Shanghai.
US architecture firm Sasaki Associates has designed the farm to produce food for the...
The next video tour featured in collaboration with Open House London offers a look inside of the dynamic and tactile interiors of Siobhan Davies Dance Studio by Sarah Wigglesworth Architects.
The video, filmed by Ed Bishop, is one of nine that...
The Phoenix Garden, a green space and community building tucked into London\'s West End, takes centre stage in the next short film published with Open House London.
Filmed by Jim Stephenson, the documentary is one of nine videos that will...
The winners of the Dezeen Awards 2020 design categories were announced in the third and final show hosted by poet and broadcaster LionHeart which included a special message from Paola Antonelli.
The 25-minute show revealed the winners of the 12...
PriestmanGoode has unveiled a concept for a driverless, electric ride-hailing vehicle for London, which the design firm hopes could join the red double-decker bus in the ranks of the city\'s iconic transport designs.
Confidently dubbed a New...
BMW has unveiled its design for a six-seater SUV, as part of a new range of cars that promise customers a more luxurious experience.
First unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show last month, the BMW Concept X7 iPerformance is conceived as a hybrid...
Design studio Common Accounts proposes the funeral of the future, where liquefied bodies are used to fertilise plants and flowers, and social media accounts generate a virtual afterlife.
Death needs a redesign, said Common Accounts founders Igor...
This captioned video shows catwalk footage of bulging latex garments designed by London College of Fashion graduate Harikrishnan.
The fashion show featured models sporting colourful latex trousers, which were pumped full of air to create...
Chinese 3D printer manufacturer Creality is making thousands of buckles that adapt face masks so they are less painful for medical workers treating coronavirus patients.
Small bars either side of the plastic buckle can hold the elastic taught...
Watch the second part of the AHEAD Middle East and Africa awards 2020 virtual ceremony.
AHEAD is announcing the best new hotel designs in the Middle East and Africa region today, in a video ceremony broadcast by Dezeen for the hospitality awards...
along with the district\'s nearly car-free layout, the design fosters social interaction among residents, businesses, and visitors.
The post studioninedots’ oostenburg island replan blends industrial heritage with urban density appeared...
Dutch designer Lilian van Daal claims 3D-printing can replace traditional upholstery techniques to produce spongy-surfaced furniture in this movie filmed in Eindhoven.
Van Daal is investigating alternative production methods for upholstered...
Alexander Lervik, Li Pamp and Petter Thorne speak to Marcus Fairs about the line between art and design in this talk filmed by Dezeen for Aritco in Stockholm.
The speakers were gathered by lift manufacturer Aritco to discuss what distinguishes...
