Peter Zumthor interview | IKEA kitchen hack | Mies van der Rohe Award winner

Latest architecture and design news from Dezeen.

Architecture Interiors Design News Jobs Watch Store       I'm trying to change my mysterious reputation, says Peter Zumthor Swiss architect Peter Zumthor  has attracted a cult following over his five-decade career, but kept a famously low profile in the media. He spoke to Dezeen about trying to dispel his mysterious reputation by taking cues from media-shy tennis star Roger Federer. More ›     Mies van der Rohe Award 2017 goes to NL Architects and XVW Architectuur for revamp of 1960s slab block Dutch studios NL Architects and XVW Architectuur have won this year's Mies van der Rohe Award for their innovative renovation of a dilapidated 1960s apartment block on the edge of Amsterdam. More ›     Carr creates dark and moody interiors for art-filled hotel in Australia's wine region Australian architecture studio Carr has transformed an old cottage on the Mornington Peninsula into a hotel, featuring a charred wood  exterior and dark interiors intended to recreate the atmosphere of an alchemist's workshop. More ›     Plykea hacks IKEA's Metod kitchens with plywood fronts Startup company Plykea has launched a series of birch ply doors and worktops that can be attached to IKEA's Metod kitchen cupboards. More ›     Job of the day: graphic designer at dRMM Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a graphic designer to join London architecture studio dRMM, whose projects include the colourful Hackney home and studio of artist Richard Woods.  More›     MAD's mountain-shaped tower complex nears completion in Beijing New images by photographer Edmon Leong offer a first look at the nearly completed glass volumes of MAD's Chaoyang Park Plaza – a commercial and residential complex based on rock formations in Beijing. More ›     Fort Standard unveils range of minimal metal furniture New York studio Fort Standard has launched a set of easy-to-assemble metal furniture, including a raw brass side table and a white powder-coated shelving unit. More ›     Bec Brittain launches Aries lighting collection among galactic projections New York lighting designer Bec Brittain has debuted her latest range of fixtures, featuring slender frames and refracting prisms, as part of an installation of cosmic imagery at her Chelsea showroom. More ›     The Williamsburg Hotel by Michaelis Boyd welcomes guests as part of phased opening UK architecture firm Michaelis Boyd's boutique hotel in Williamsburg  is now open to guests, and will soon boast the area's first grand ballroom, a rooftop pool and a water-tower bar offering New York skyline views. More ›     Dezeen, Tom Dixon and neighbours to throw Block Party on New York's Howard Street Dezeen is teaming up with British designer Tom Dixon and his neighbours on Howard Street in New York's SoHo to throw an evening party on Friday 19 May 2017. More ›     First apartment in Tadao Ando's 152 Elizabeth Street revealed A model residence has been completed inside Tadao Ando's apartment block in New York, offering a glimpse inside the Japanese architect's first residential building outside Asia. More ›     Latest Dezeen Mail features a low-cost concrete home and Anish Kapoor's whirlpool This week's Dezeen Mail  includes a Portuguese concrete house built for less than €100,000 by José Carlos Nunes de Oliveira and Anish Kapoor's Descension installation in New York. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail ›     Carlo Ratti aims to reduce energy use with personalised heating and cooling systems Our next Dezeen x MINI Living Initiative video explores Carlo Ratti's proposals to replace traditional heating and cooling systems with personalised environments for different occupants in a building. More ›     Final call for entries to Iconic Awards 2017 Dezeen promotion: architects and designers have until 18 May to submit projects to this year's Iconic Awards, which has previously given prizes to a seashore chapel, a grass-roofed community centre and a cinema modelled on the aftermath of an explosion. More ›       Follow us     Forward this newsletter to a friend You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Daily. Unsubscribe     Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise