Dezeen Daily: 10 biggest design trends of 2016

Latest architecture and design news from Dezeen.
 
 
   
 
   
 

Snøhetta adds crinkled stainless-steel extension to 1960s museum in Norway

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Snøhetta has extended the Lillehammer Art Museum and Cinema in Norway with a cantilevering cube covered in a layer of crinkled and polished stainless steel. More ›

 
 

World Landscape of the Year 2016 is "about respect for water" says landscape architect Grant Bailey

Kopupaka Reserve by Isthmus

In our next exclusive movie from this year's World Architecture Festival, Grant Bailey of Isthmus explains how the Auckland firm's award-winning Kopupaka Reserve was informed by local Maori culture. More ›

 
 

Rugged oak and stone walls enclose holiday home overlooking Chilean wetlands

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The roof terrace of this timber- and stone-clad retreat by Croxatto and Opazo Arquitectos offers holiday-makers panoramic views of a scenic wetland in Chile. More ›

 
 

David Romero recreates Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in colour visualisations

The Larkin Administration Building

Architect David Romero has created colour visualisations  of a pair of now-demolished Frank Lloyd Wright buildings, previously only seen in black-and-white photographs. More ›

 
 

Job of the day: architectural assistant at RIBA

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Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an architectural assistant at the Royal Institute of British Architects, which named Richard Murphy's "box of tricks" house of the year for 2016 (pictured). Read more stories about RIBA or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.

 
 

Metal ball turns Dragos Motica's N Lamp on and off

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This LED lamp by Dragos Motica is turned on and off by moving a metallic sphere from one indentation to another. More ›

 
 

Dezeen's 10 biggest design trends of 2016

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Continuing our review of the year, reporter Alice Morby has picked out the biggest design trends to come out of 2016, including the rise of anarchic design, consideration of mental health  and the race towards driverless vehicles. More ›

 
 

Colorado architecture students build micro cabins clad in sheets of hot-rolled steel

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Students at the University of Colorado Denver have designed and built a series of rustic dwellings for a base camp operated by an outdoor education program. More ›

 
 

Beautifying the Border proposal replaces US-Mexico fence with landscaping

Beautifying the border by Domo Architecture and Design

Miami firm DOMO Architecture + Design has created renderings that show a series of landscaped features along the border between the USA and Mexico instead of a fence or wall. More ›

 
 

"The best new towns achieved something the original garden city never did"

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The sleepy town of Letchworth, England, may have been the first garden city, but it wasn't particularly radical, says Owen Hatherley in his latest Opinion column. More ›

 
 

"Reaffirms that Brexit was the best decision Britain could make"

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The European Union's new Brussels headquarters leads this week's comments update, after some readers claimed the building was a reason to rejoice in Brexit. More ›

 
 

Competition: win a Sony Glass Sound speaker

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Dezeen has teamed up with Sony to give away one of its Glass Sound wireless speakers. More ›