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Eastwest Architecture adds charred-cedar gym to garden of London home

Garden Studio Gym by Eastwest Architecture

Eastwest Architecture has sunken a compact gym  into the garden of an east London home, featuring bright birch-lined interiors and a mirror wall that creates the illusion of a larger space. More ›

 
 

New virtual reality tool helps architects create dementia-friendly environments

Scottish architect David Burgher has developed a new virtual reality tool that mimics the visual impairments experienced by dementia sufferers to help architects design better spaces. More ›

 
 

BMW working with psychologists to help robot cars befriend passengers

Self-driving cars will need to "build up a relationship" with their occupants to reassure them that they are safe, according to BMW board director Peter Schwarzenbauer. More ›

 
 

Es Devlin's folding star destroyer looms over The Weeknd's world tour

An origami paper plane and futuristic star destroyer come together in Es Devlin's set design for The Weeknd's Starboy: Legend of The Fall tour, which kicked off in Stockholm on Friday. More ›

 
 

Architecture students build latticed-wood community centre in German refugee camp

Community Centre in the Refugee Camp Spinelli Mannheim, Germany by Design build

Architecture students from Germany's University of Kaiserslautern have built this wooden community centre for a refugee camp in Mannheim, which is fronted by a latticed screen. More ›

 
 

Job of the day: professor at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a professor/associate professor at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design, whose students built a seaside sauna that staggers over the Norwegian landscape  in 2015 (pictured). More ›

 
 

Hussein Chalayan returns to London Fashion Week with collection exploring "isolated individuals"

Hussein Chalayan show

Models ripped the fronts off their shirts to reveal glittery confetti at Hussein Chalayan's Autumn Winter 2017 show, which explored ideas surrounding identity and Greek folk culture. More ›

 
 

Stefano Boeri reveals plans for tree-covered towers in Nanjing

Italian architect Stefano Boeri has unveiled plans for a "vertical forest" in China, a pair of towers  covered with trees and trailing plants in the centre of Nanjing. More ›

 
 

Skinny Manhattan residential skyscraper by KPF nears completion in Flatiron District

Madison Square Park Tower by KPF

New photos reveal the glassy exterior and thin sculpted form of Madison Square Park Tower, a 65-storey apartment building by US firm Kohn Pedersen Fox that is slated to open this year. More ›

 
 

Frank Gehry to teach online architecture course

Frank Gehry

Frank Gehry will teach an architecture and design course for online education platform MasterClass, sharing his creative process and offering critique on student work. More ›

 
 

Key projects by Serpentine Pavilion architect Diébédo Francis Kéré

For those unfamiliar with the work of African architect Diébédo Francis Kéré, designer of this year's Serpentine Pavilion, here's a look at 10 of his most important projects to date. More ›

 
 

AIA calls for "fair and impartial immigration policies"

Plane Flying Over Fence

The American Institute of Architects has expressed "deep concern" that US president Donald Trump's travel restrictions are damaging the country's architecture and construction industries. More ›

 
 

Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Etienne 2017 will explore changing workspaces

Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Etienne

Dezeen promotion: Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Etienne  has revealed the programme for this year's event, which will feature exhibitions focused on new ways of working. More ›

 
 

"Zaha Hadid Architects is a lot more successful when more restrained"

Are the designs for a "restrained" Beijing skyscraper a step in the right direction for Zaha Hadid Architects? In this week's comments update, readers are claiming the firm is better when it tones down the curves. More ›

 
 

Schmidt Hammer Lassen reveals new images of Greenland cultural centre to mark its 20th anniversary

These newly released photographs show the undulating timber-clad form of the Katuaq Cultural Centre of Greenland, which Danish firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen  credits as being its "breakthrough" project. More ›