Women should "wait" for pay equality says Calatrava | Zumthor's Vals spa

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Piet Hein Eek converts Friesian barn into rustic bed and breakfast

Herberch Omke Jan by Piet Hein Eek

Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek has transformed a century-old barn in the Friesian village of Woudsend into a guesthouse designed to showcase an aged timber roof. More ›

 
 

"Women are the salt of our lives. They give it flavour," says Santiago Calatrava

Female architects should "just wait a second" for pay equality according to Santiago Calatrava, who entertained an audience in London by drawing naked women and explaining how his wife had supported his career. More ›

 
 

Seven emerging designers to watch from the Stockholm Furniture Fair

Now the Stockholm Furniture Fair has ended, we're reflecting on some of the most promising talent spotted during the event. More ›

 
 

Job of the day: design architect at 3XN Architects

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a design architect at 3XN in Sydney, whose plans for a new aquatics centre in Linköping include undulating timber and glass facades (pictured). More ›

 
 

Gaztelu Jerez Arquitectos incorporates printing press and carpentry studio into house in northern Spain

The mint-green shutters, white walls and red tiled roof of this house and studio by Gaztelu Jerez Arquitectos reference the 1940s home it replaces near the Spanish city of Burgos. More ›

 
 

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Dezeen has joined Line's 218 million global users. The messaging app is Japan's largest social network and a driving force behind the shift from traditional social media platforms to chat apps. Scan the QR code to add us for a daily dose of architecture and design straight to your smartphone. More ›

 
 

Mondaine adapts iconic Swiss Railways design to create contemporary timepiece

Mini Giant by Mondaine

The latest version of Mondaine's iconic Official Swiss Railways watch – one of the most recognisable watch designs of the 20th century – is now available to purchase from Dezeen Watch Store. More ›

 
 

Black house in Melbourne provides sanctuary for sleeping-disorder sufferer

This blackened timber house  in Melbourne curves around an olive tree garden, and was designed by BLOXAS Architecture for a client with a severe sleeping condition. More ›

 
 

Morphosis designs bedrooms for hotel at Zumthor's Vals spa

Morphosis has refurbished guest rooms at a hotel in Vals, Switzerland, where the US firm has also proposed a controversial skyscraper beside Peter Zumthor's famed spa building. More ›

 
 

Minimal Hollywood house by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos juts out from steep hillside

House in Hollywood Hills by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos

Spanish firm Fran Silvestre Arquitectos designed the off-white angular form of this house so it would "hang from the topography" of the Hollywood Hills. More ›

 
 

William Knight appointed head of design for Art Dubai Group

Will Knight news

100% design director William Knight is leaving his London post to head up Dubai Design Week. More ›

 
 

This week's Dezeen Mail features a wedged-brick monument and a self-designed skinny house

The latest edition of Dezeen Mail contains a cross-shaped, 14-storey monument imagined by Giles Miller and Forbes Massie  and a skinny house in Rotterdam self-designed by a pair of architectsSubscribe to Dezeen Mail ›

 
 

10 homes architects and designers have created for themselves

From John Pawson's minimally styled London house  to the skinny Rotterdam residence of architect couple Gwendolyn Huisman and Marijn Boterman, we've rounded up 10 of the best self-designed homes by architects and designers. More ›

 
 

Final call for entries to A' Design Awards 2017

Dezeen promotion: architects and designers have until the end of February to submit their entries  to this year's A' Design Awards. More ›

 
 

Zaha Hadid Architects' Beijing tower to feature world's largest atrium

Leeza Soho by Zaha Hadid Architects

Construction is well underway on a 207-metre skyscraper by Zaha Hadid Architects in Beijing, which will feature a huge twisting atrium that is expected to be the world's tallest. More ›