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Parametricism is the architecture "of neoliberalism itself"

Parametricism has been billed by its originator as the defining architecture style of the 21st century. To kick off a new Dezeen series on the controversial and famously complex theory, Owen Hopkins provides an overview.

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Heydar Aliyev Centre the ultimate expression of parametricism's "seamless fluidity"

Our Parametricism series continues with a look at the Heydar Aliyev Centre in Baku, Azerbaijan, by Zaha Hadid, the project that the architect claimed was the "closest thing" to translating her theoretical visions into a built reality.

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Iris van Herpen crafts "dissolving" Met Gala dress from 15,000 hand-formed glass bubbles

Fashion designer Iris van Herpen has created a metamorphic dress covered in thousands of iridescent glass spheres that appear to gradually disintegrate for Olympian Eileen Gu, who debuted the garment at last night's Met Gala in New York City.

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Unfinished Lisbon shopping mall "hulk" turned into innovation campus

Architecture studios KPF and Saraiva+Associados have completed the Oriente Green Campus in Portugal, transforming the structure of an abandoned shopping mall into a block of workspaces punctuated by green terraces and courtyards.

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Toyo Ito picks eight favourite Andrea Branzi projects from Continuous Present exhibition

Italian museum Triennale Milano has unveiled the Continuous Present exhibition in Milan, which showcases works by architect Andrea Branzi. Here, curator Toyo Ito chooses his favourite projects on show.

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Gustaf Westman and Wendy Saunders revealed as Dezeen Awards 2026 judges

Interior designer Wendy Saunders,  designer Gustaf Westman, design director Zhou Tan and sustainable entrepreneur Ramnath Sri Ram have joined the judging panel for Dezeen Awards 2026.

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Traditional wooden townhouses inform interiors of Kengo Kuma-designed Capella Kyoto hotel

The unique "rhythm and progression" of Japanese machiya townhouses helped Brewin Design Office devise the interiors of this hotel in Kyoto designed by Kengo Kuma.

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LGA creates light wells for metal-clad Toronto park pavilion

Local studio LGA Architectural Partners has clad a bell-shaped pavilion in aluminium and included skylights that bring light into the centre of the structure, set in a public park in a dense residential area of Toronto, Ontario.

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Peter Arnell selected as America's first chief brand architect

The US government has selected American design executive Peter Arnell to serve as the chief brand architect within the newly formed National Design Studio and shape the identity of a "different type of government".

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AR Emerging Awards

Dezeen Competitions: AR Emerging Awards seek outstanding portfolios comprising three projects – a completed project, a work in progress and an idea.

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"Nothing is superfluous" in compact Greek holiday cabin by Kasawoo

London architecture studio Kasawoo has created The Root, a prefabricated holiday cabin in Greece, clad in deep-red timber planks and designed to be relocatable.

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Dezeen's favourite furniture and lighting from Milan design week 2026

Stackable drawers, anthropomorphic lamps and a pillowy PVC coffee table are among the standout products spotted by the Dezeen team last week during Milan's Salone del Mobile furniture fair and the city-wide design festival that surrounds it.

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Dezeen Agenda US edition features BIG's designs for a music centre in Nashville

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This week Kengo Kuma added an arched entrance to Angers Cathedral

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Major new cultural landmark in Sydney opening 2026

Promotion: Australia's largest museum group, Powerhouse, is developing the highly anticipated museum, Powerhouse Parramatta, on a landmark site in western Sydney.

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Field Operations completes Pittsburgh park overlooking the city's bridges

American landscape architecture studio Field Operations has completed the four-acre Arts Landing park in downtown Pittsburgh, which includes the conversion of a street into a path winding through the green spaces.

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Morris Adjmi Architects draws on Denver's industrial heritage for Steel House

US studio Morris Adjmi Architects has completed a Denver office building in a former industrial zone with a gridded black facade and wellness amenities such as an indoor basketball court and climbing wall.

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VOX Architecture Ideas

Dezeen Competitions: the VOX Architecture Ideas competition champions young design leaders and seeks projects from professionals below the age of 35.

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Speaker sculpted from stone among products unveiled at Milan design week

Dezeen Showroom: in the wake of Milan design week 2026, we look at seven surfaces and products from Dezeen Showroom that debuted during this year's event.

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