Zumthor extends Piano | Future of collectible design fairs | Snøhetta's mountain shelter

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Edwin Lutyens' Midland Bank reopens as hotel and members' club The Ned

The Ned Hotel by Soho House&Co and Sydell Group

Edwin Lutyens' Midland Bank building in the City of London has been renovated by Soho House & Co and the Sydell Group to accommodate a lavish hotel, club, multiple dining venues and a bar in the former vault. More ›

 
 

Nomad Monaco is "the model for the future" of collectible design fairs say gallerists

Leading design gallerists are praising the inaugural Nomad fair, held in Karl Lagerfeld's luxurious former villa in Monaco, saying the format works better than traditional fairs like Design Miami and PAD. More ›

 
 

Five of Mexico's best new museum buildings

Museo Internacional del Barroco by Toyo Ito & Associates

Mexico and the US celebrate Cinco de Mayo today, commemorating the Mexican Army's victory over the French in 1862. To mark the occasion, we've pulled together five of the country's best contemporary museum buildings, including projects by Toyo Ito and David Chipperfield. More ›

 
 

Peter Zumthor unveils extension plans for Renzo Piano's Fondation Beyeler in Basel

Atelier Peter Zumthor's extension for Fondation Beyeler

Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has revealed designs for a trio of new buildings at the Renzo Piano-designed Fondation Beyeler art gallery in Riehen, Basel. More ›

 
 

Max Lamb, Scholten & Baijings and Philippe Malouin create "Superbenches" for suburban Stockholm park

Superbenches

A bench with springs for legs and a brutalist concrete structure are among the 10 experimental pieces of public furniture  created by international designers to help regenerate a park area just outside of Stockholm, Sweden. More ›

 
 

Ström Architects reveals hyper-realistic renderings for pair of Swedish island villas

Pyrus by Strom Architects

Two timber-clad villas – one dark and the other silvery grey – balance over a steep hillside on the Swedish island of Lidingö, in these intricately rendered visuals  of the project by Ström Architects. More ›

 
 

Job of the day: trainee industrial designer at Form Us with Love

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a trainee industrial designer to join Form Us with Love in Stockholm, which recently contributed displays to the new IKEA museum in Älmhult, Sweden. More 

 
 

Compact versions of Linjer's minimal watches now available at Dezeen Watch Store

Dezeen Watch Store has launched new timepieces by Norwegian brand Linjer in a wider range of colour combinations and a smaller 34-millimetre case size. More ›

 
 

Snøhetta's prefab Gapahuk cabin references a traditional Norwegian mountain shelter

Gapahuk by Snøhetta

Architecture firm Snøhetta has unveiled a prefabricated cabin with a twisted roof that offers protection in harsh weather conditions. More ›

 
 

Rowland + Broughton nestles rectilinear Black Magic house into mountainous Colorado site

Black Magic House by Rowland + Broughton

This metal-clad rural dwelling in the American West by Rowland + Broughton is designed to tread lightly on the earth and to provide expansive views of the landscape. More ›

 
 

Dezeen Bot List generates fake design discussions as "a comment on commenting"

Dezeen Bot List

A group of design graduates and coders have created a spoof version of Dezeen that uses artificial intelligence to write comments about projects. More ›

 
 

University of Luxembourg's new architecture masters puts a focus on urbanisation and globalisation

Dezeen promotion: applications are now open for the University of Luxembourg's 2017 Architecture, European Urbanisation and Globalisation masters, which will offer an unorthodox approach to studying architecture. More ›

 
 

Six of the best showcases from New York's Collective Design fair 2017

Ghost dining table by Fernando Mastrangelo

Icy tables and electric wallpaper are among US editor Dan Howarth's pick of the best furniture and installations from the Collective Design fair, taking place in New York this week. More ›

 
 

This week's Dezeen Mail features Muji micro homes and skyscrapers inside trees

Muji's nine-square-metre prefabricated houses  and a concept for skyscrapers to be erected within giant hollowed-out trees are among the highlights of our latest edition of Dezeen MailSubscribe to Dezeen Mail ›

 
 

Directory of female creatives aims to tackle the "stone-aged" under-representation of women in design

Reparative list for male-dominated conferences

Australian studio Double Days has created a publicly editable directory of women in design that can be used by conference organisers to source female speakers for panel discussions. More ›