Nokia to relaunch 3310 phone | IKEA x Tom Dixon | Mies van der Rohe Award finalists

Latest architecture and design news from Dezeen.
 
 
   
 
   
 

Five finalists revealed for Mies van der Rohe Award 2017

Five projects are in the running for the Mies van der Rohe Award 2017, including a London housing scheme by Alison Brooks and a church building in Ribe by Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects that shelters 12th-century ruins. More ›

 
 

IKEA reveals Tom Dixon's Delaktig modular bed and sofa

IKEA and Tom Dixon  have revealed the results of their collaboration: a modular bed that "explores notions of adaptability and future-proofing". More ›

 
 

Nokia reportedly bringing back 3310 mobile phone

Nokia is rumoured to be relaunching its bestselling 3310 mobile phone as a cheap backup for smartphone users. More ›

 
 

Walls with integrated furniture and yellow nooks encourage play in Madrid school

English for Fun by Rica Studio

Children can nestle into yellow alcoves and pull wooden furniture out of the walls at this school in Madrid by Rica Studio, which uses play to teach the English language. More ›

 
 

Job of the day: sustainable design advisor at Hawkins\Brown

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a sustainable design advisor at Hawkins\Brown in London, whose remodel of the Bloomsbury building at the Bartlett School of Architecture features a staircase designed as a "social generator" (pictured). More ›

 
 

Fernando Guerra photographs Claesson Koivisto Rune's first collection for Dux

Architectural photographer Fernando Guerra has captured Claesson Koivisto Rune's first collection for Swedish brand Dux at a vineyard in northern Portugal. More ›

 
 

Multiple mezzanines are connected by an open stair in Delution Architect's Jakarta house

A staircase connecting a series of split levels ascends through a void at the centre of this house in Jakarta, which features a cantilevered upper storey that projects over the entrance. More ›

 
 

Studio MM clads Hudson Valley hillside cabin in blackened wood

Tinkerbox by Studio MM

American firm Studio MM Architect has created a modern holiday dwelling for a forested site in upstate New York, which features a giant front door and a garage for its car-lover owner. More ›

 
 

30,000 sticks line wall of Aesop Georgetown by Tacklebox

Aesop Georgetown by Tacklebox Architecture

New York studio Tacklebox has clad the interior of this Washington DC store for skincare brand Aesop with 100-year-old recycled sticks. More ›

 
 

Dark walls and custom furniture fill Stockholm's Alma creative space by Tham & Videgård

Architecture firm Tham & Videgård has turned a former Stockholm design college into a members club that aims to make creative professionals feel "a little spoiled". More ›

 
 

Konstantin Grcic's Table B for BD Barcelona still is an "iconic design"

Dezeen promotion: Dezeen has teamed up with design brand BD Barcelona to look back on some of its most successful products – the first being a table designed by Konstantin Grcic in 2009. More ›

 
 

McGregor Coxall proposes wetland "bird airport" for northern China

Landscape architects McGregor Coxall  has won a competition to design a wetland sanctuary in Tianjin, offering migrating birds a stopover to fatten up and breed. More ›

 
 

Timelapse movie by Alejandro Villanueva shows Amanda Levete's sinuous MAAT museum

This movie by videographer Alejandro Villanueva  captures the wave-like form of Lisbon's MAAT contemporary art museum, designed by Amanda Levete's firm AL_A, as light shifts from day to night. More ›