Scrap Garden Bridge says report | Marni’s Milan playground

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Inbetween Architecture transforms "terribly dated" 1970s Melbourne house to open up lake views

Ruffey Lake House by Inbetween Architecture

Inbetween Architecture has renovated  and extended  a dated brown-brick property in Melbourne's Doncaster suburb to improve the quality of its living spaces and capture views of nearby Ruffey Lake. More ›

 
 

This week, Milan hosted the world's largest design event

Sonic Pendulum installation by Yuri Suzuki

The design world descended on Milan this week, where we've been reporting on the best installations, products and events at the city's annual celebration of creativity. More ›

 
 

Dezeen at IKEA Festival: yoga, live synth shows and a painting robot feature again today

Yoga, a painting robot and Teenage Engineering's live synth show all make a return to today's programme of events and installations taking place at IKEA Festival. More ›

 
 

Marni reinterprets childhood toys for colourful Playland installation

Marni Playland

Fashion label Marni has designed a sandy playground for Milan design week that's filled with brightly coloured furniture and toys made using traditional weaving. More ›

 
 

IwamotoScott organises San Francisco home around light-filled stairwell

Noe Valley House by IwamotoScott

This house in San Francisco by local firm IwamotoScott has an angular facade made up of wooden elements, and a layout organised around a central staircase illuminated by a light well. More ›

 
 

Jorge Bolio Arquitectura inserts restaurant into old Mexican textile factory

Ixi'im Restaurant by Jorge Bolio Arquitectura

Building around a metal frame placed into ruins of a former engine room, Jorge Bolio Arquitectura has created a contemporary dining lounge in the tropics of Mexico. More ›

 
 

Hevia García and Urzúa give Chilean school a new look with light chimneys and metal cladding

Jean Mermoz School and Pavilion by Guillermo Hevia García and Nicolás Urzúa Soler

Architects Guillermo Hevia García and Nicolás Urzúa Soler have overhauled a school in central Chile, adding large skylights to an existing building and creating a new pavilion with a glass wall. More ›

 
 

Model apartments offer a taste of life inside Zaha Hadid's New York condo building

Interior of Zaha Hadid's 520 West 29th Street Apartments

Two show apartments have opened inside Zaha Hadid Architects' 520 West 28th project, nearing completion in New York's Chelsea. More ›

 
 

10 luminous installations from Dezeen's Pinterest boards that received glowing responses

This week Formafantasma unveiled experimental lighting designs at Milan design week and Cerith Wyn Evans illuminated the Tate Britain with neon scribbles. Both feature in this week's Pinterest roundup of popular lighting installations. More ›

 
 

Dezeen at IKEA Festival: Faye Toogood creates installation of hacked furniture

London designer Faye Toogood speaks to Dezeen about modifying IKEA flatpack furniture to create her Enfant Terrible installation at IKEA Festival in Milan for our latest video.
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Watches designed by Nendo and Piet Hein Eek added to Dezeen Watch Store sale

Watches designed by Nendo and Piet Hein Eek added to Dezeen Watch Store sale

Watches by Japanese studio Nendo and Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek are among those just added to Dezeen Watch Store's biggest ever mid-season sale. More ›

 
 

L McComber Architects gives contemporary update to Tudor-style home in Montreal

La Cardinale by L. McComber Architects

During the renovation of this Montreal home, local firm L McComber Architects reinterpreted its mock-Tudor facades with an expansion that echoes the architectural style. More ›

 
 

Tokujin Yoshioka and LG reveal science fiction-inspired light installation in Milan

LG Electronics

A glowing wall that gently pulsates and chairs that showcase a spectrum of light and colour form the huge installation that Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka and LG have created in Milan. More ›

 
 

Garden Bridge should be ditched, finds financial inquiry

London mayor launches inquiry into finances of contentious Garden Bridge

The plug should be pulled on the contentious Thomas Heatherwick-designed Garden Bridge, despite over £45 million of public money already bound up in the project, according to a new report. More ›