BIG launches engineering department | RCA named top design school

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Delordinaire raises High House above snowy Quebec countryside to protect an outdoor lounge

Stilts  elevate this small winter cabin by Delordinaire above a snow-laden slope in Quebec, sheltering beneath its base an outdoor living space with a warming stove. More ›

 
 

Bjarke Ingels launches "silo-shattering" BIG Engineering department

Bjarke Ingels' firm BIG  has launched its own in-house engineering department to cater to increasingly technically ambitious projects. More ›

 
 

RCA named world's top design school for third year running

The Royal College of Art has again been named the world's leading art and design university, according to a recent international survey. More ›

 
 

SOM and Squire and Partners complete tallest tower in London's Islington

British firms Squire and Partners and SOM have completed a slender skyscraper  just north of the City of London, which at 117 metres is the tallest tower in the borough of Islington. More ›

 
 

Job of the day: creative assistant at The Conran Shop

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a creative assistant at The Conran Shop in Marylebone, which showcased Zuza Mengham's exhibition of crystal-shaped resin sculptures for last year's London Design FestivalMore ›

 
 

Volkswagen introduces pod-like Sedric concept car for fully driverless future

Volkswagen Sedric concept car

German car manufacturer Volkswagen has imagined a friendly new shape for cars of the future based on emerging electric and driverless technologies. More ›

 
 

Conjoined glass and steel tubes form Fuksas Studio's concert and exhibition venue in Georgia

Tbilisi Music Thether and Concert Hall by Fuksas

These images show the tubular forms of a music theatre and exhibition hall by Studio Fuksas, which is nearing completion in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi. More ›

 
 

Daniel Arsham installs bright blue tea house inside Atlanta museum

Daniel Arsham's Installation, Hourglass, at the High Museum of Art

American artist and designer Daniel Arsham has built a blue zen garden complete with a Japanese tea house as one of a trio of installations at Atlanta's High Museum of Art. More ›

 
 

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson creates Silicon Valley residence with pool and meditation garden

Los Altos Residence by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

Low-slung volumes stretch along either side of central outdoor spaces at this family home in Northern California, by American firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson. More ›

 
 

Garcia Tamjidi designs minimal office interior for San Francisco cosmetics company

Kendo by Garcia Tamjidi Architecture and Design

Garcia Tamjidi Architecture Design has created a black and white office space for beauty brand incubator Kendo, featuring glossy surfaces that reflect views of San Francisco's skyscrapers. More ›

 
 

Competition: win an architecture activity book with 75 drawings to complete

Free comp: Archidoodle

Dezeen is giving five readers the chance to win an activity book filled with briefs to complete drawings of urban architecture. More ›

 
 

Airbus presents concept for flying car at Geneva Motor Show

Pop.Up concept by Airbus at Geneva Motor Show

Airbus and Italdesign have revealed their plans to help city dwellers beat traffic with a modular vehicle that is part car, part drone. More ›

 
 

AHEAD Asia announces 2017 hotel design awards winners

The Hidden Pavilion by Penelas Architects

Dezeen promotion: the winners of this year's AHEAD Asia awards include a Four Seasons spa in Seoul, a hotel lobby that acts as a learning hub for mixologists, and a modern interpretation of a traditional Japanese guest house. More ›

 
 

V&A museum acquires Pussyhat from Washington Women's March

London's V&A has acquired a pink hat with cat-shaped ears, which became a symbol of the Women's March on Washington following Donald Trump's inauguration. More ›

 
 

Architects encouraged to walk out in Trump wall protest

Empty architecture studio

US organisation The Architecture Lobby is proposing a national day of action this Friday in opposition of the Mexican border wall planned by president Donald Trump. More ›

 
 

Tacklebox uses copper accents at Aesop store in San Francisco whiskey warehouse

Thin copper shelves match cylindrical sinks at this store close to San Francisco's waterfront, designed by New York studio Tacklebox for skincare brand Aesop. More ›