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Herzog & de Meuron secures permission to revamp Chelsea FC football stadium

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Herzog & de Meuron  has been been granted planning permission to completely overhaul Chelsea FC's London stadium, encasing it behind 264 sculptural brick pillars. More ›

 
 

Studio Fuksas suspends cloud-like auditorium inside Rome convention centre

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Studio Fuksas has completed a convention centre and hotel complex in Rome, featuring an auditorium in a translucent fibreglass "cloud", suspended within a huge glass box. More ›

 
 

Bolon at Heart: Annica and Marie Eklund transform Swedish flooring company into global design brand

Bolon directors Marie and Annica Eklund

Today we launch a new collaboration with Swedish flooring company Bolon. In the first movie in our Bolon at Heart  series, Annica and Marie Eklund explain how they transformed their grandfather's rug company into a glamorous design brand. More ›

 
 

Architecture for London builds one house extension in slate and another in brick

Tandom house extensions by Architecture For London

Architecture for London has created a pair of contrasting extensions for adjoining houses in east London, using pale brick for one and dark slate for the other. More ›

 
 

Monument by RAAAF and Atelier de Lyon will commemorate "Dutch struggle against water"

Dutch Delta monument by RAAAF

RAAAF and Atelier de Lyon have revealed plans for a monument commemorating the huge feat of engineering behind the Dutch Delta Works – a vast network of dams, sluices, locks and levees designed to prevent flooding in the Netherlands. More ›

 
 

Job of the day: director of design at Roll & Hill

Dezeen Jobs architecture and design recruitment

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a director of design at Roll & Hill in New York, which launched seven new product lines during the city's design week in 2015More ›

 
 

Honda unveils self-balancing motorcycle that can drive itself

CES: Honda self-balancing motorcycle

Honda has revealed a prototype for a motorcycle  that can move without being controlled by the rider, and that won't fall over. More ›

 
 

Gardiner Architects shelters Melbourne house beneath folded zinc roof

Rucker Hill House by Gardiner Architects

Zinc panels form an undulating roof for this linear courtyard house by Gardiner Architects, which overlooks Melbourne from its hilltop site. More ›

 
 

Sagan Piechota creates hillside California home surrounded by oak trees

Carmel Valley by Sagan Piechota Architecture

A grand, open-air staircase cuts through the centre of this spacious dwelling by US firm Sagan Piechota Architecture, which was designed to blend with the natural terrain. More ›

 
 

South Dakota bunker field acts as apocalypse refuge for the rich

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These mounds in the landscape of South Dakota are formed by hundreds of concrete military bunkers, which are being repurposed to create the world's "largest survival shelter community". More ›

 
 

Construction begins on Poland's tallest tower by Foster + Partners

News: Poland skyscraper by Fosters + Partners

Work has started on a 310-metre-high Warsaw skyscraper by Foster + Partners, expected to become the tallest building in Poland. More ›

 
 

Tate galleries to appoint Maria Balshaw as new director

Tate galleries to appoint Maria Balshaw as new director

Maria Balshaw is set to succeed Nicholas Serota  as director of the Tate galleries, making her the first woman to take the role leading the organisation. More ›

 
 

Garden Bridge faces uncertain future after accounts reveal risk of "substantial" cost increase

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The future of Thomas Heatherwick's Garden Bridge has been thrown into question again, after it emerged that costs could rise well above the estimated £185 million, and that the charity behind the project is at threat of liquidation. More ›

 
 

Karim Rashid launches design and development firm Kurv Architecture

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New York designer Karim Rashid has teamed up with architect Alex Hughes to launch an architecture and development firm that offers comprehensive property design, from foundations to artwork. More ›

 
 

Eggs Designs Studio unveils steam-bent wood furniture collection for TON

Eggs Designs Studio unveils steam-bent wood collection for TON

Dezeen promotion: during this year's IMM Cologne, Czech furniture brand TON will present a range of furniture by Florence-based Eggs Designs Studio that is based on the forms of trees. More ›

 
 

ElliQ robot by Yves Béhar helps older adults stay connected to the world

EMBARGOED ElliQ by Yves Behar and Fuseproject

Yves Béhar's Fuseproject studio has designed an "emotionally intelligent robotic companion", which is intended to help the ageing population connect with technology and continue learning in later life. More ›