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Supertall skyscraper hangs from orbiting asteroid in Clouds Architecture Office concept

Analemma Tower

In a bid to get around terrestrial height restrictions, Clouds Architecture Office has proposed suspending the world's tallest skyscraper from an asteroid, leaving residents to parachute to earth. More ›

 
 

Färg & Blanche uses Bolon fabric to create samurai-inspired Long Neck armchair

Fredrik Färg (left) and Emma Marga Blanche, directors of Färg & Blanche

In the next movie in our Bolon at Heart video series, Stockholm design duo Emma Marga Blanche and Fredrick Färg explain how they combined material by flooring company Bolon with thermoplastic felt to create an armchair informed by Japanese armour. More ›

 
 

Zaha Hadid Architects' 666 Fifth Avenue skyscraper compared to glass dildo

News: 666 Fifth Avenue by Zaha Hadid Architects

A skyscraper proposed for Midtown Manhattan, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects and developed by the family of Donald Trump's son-in-law, has received phallic comparisons on social media. More ›

 
 

Element Talks announces speakers for 2017 conference

Element Talks 2017

Dezeen promotion: 40 experts from the fields of graphic design, typography, user experience, art, curation and branding will present at the fourth edition of the Element Talks conference in Warsaw, Poland. More ›

 
 

Chevron-patterned parquet covers swimming pools and spa house by Claesson Koivisto Rune

Claesson Koivisto Rune

Zigzagging parquet covers every surface of the swimming pools, spa buildings and patio designed by Stockholm studio Claesson Koivisto Rune  for an 18th-century mansion in the south of Sweden. More ›

 
 

26 Australian designers "hack" Jasper Morrison's Hal chair to call attention to knock-off culture

Melbourne Design Week has put the focus on Australia's legal replica furniture market with an exhibition of fake Jasper Morrison chairs that have been burned, cut, glitter-bombed and otherwise altered. More ›

 
 

Job of the day: architect at Herzog & de Meuron

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an architect at Herzog & de Meuron, to work on the firm's National Library of Israel project in JerusalemMore ›

 
 

Layered cladding emphasises stacked arrangement of L'eau Design's mixed-use block in Seoul

Matryoshka by L'eau design

The stacked volumes that make up this multipurpose building in Seoul's Gangnam district are clad in various materials and diminish in size like the components of a nested Russian doll. More ›

 
 

Tim Cuppett designs Austin hillside home to be both modern and rustic

1 Hillside by Tim Cuppett Architects

Texas studio Tim Cuppett Architects has created a family dwelling with a "camp-like aesthetic", which features a pool terrace, a large screened porch and a material palette influenced by the natural landscape. More ›

 
 

Plant-filled courtyards create natural enclaves in Brazilian home by AMZ Arquitetos

Casa Alto de Pinheiros by AMZ Arquitetos

São Paulo firm AMZ Arquitetos has built a home in the city that expands onto a verdant lawn, while a series of planted spaces open to the sky continue the greenery through the property. More ›

 
 

Iftach Gazit's Sous La Vie bags cook meals in the washing machine

Sous La Vie by Iftach Gazit

Tel Aviv student Iftach Gazit has designed food bags that can be added to the laundry cycle to cook dinner at the same time. More ›

 
 

Moritz Waldemeyer creates 3D-printed light-up helmet for Jamiroquai frontman Jay Kay

Moritz Waldemeyer collaboration with Jamiroquai

London designer Moritz Waldemeyer based this headgear for the lead singer of Jamiroquai on pangolin scales, creating sections that individually move and light up. More ›

 
 

Matthew Mazzotta's Cloud House receives a rain shower when occupied

Cloud House by Matthew Mazzotta

A cloud hanging over this shed-like pavilion in Missouri rains onto the roof whenever someone sits inside. More ›