David Beckham stadium | Wheelie-bin toilet | Alpine chalet

Latest architecture and design news from Dezeen.
 
 
   
 
   
 

Irregular cutouts mark recessed entrances to Aires Mateus' community centre in Portugal

Deep triangular and flat-topped arches are punched through the white walls of this community centre, which architects Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus  designed for the Portuguese town of Grândola. More ›

 
 

David Beckham scores land for Populous-designed football stadium in Miami

Populous stadium design for David Beckham's proposed soccer team for Miami

David Beckham's plan to create a new professional soccer team for Miami is a step closer to kick-off – the British footballer has now acquired a plot of land to build a stadium on. More ›

 
 

Studio Razavi reinterprets traditional chalet architecture with Mountain House in the Alps

Mountain House by Studio Razavi Architecture

By pairing raw concrete with warm timber, French office Studio Razavi hoped to give a contemporary feel to this Alpine chalet home, while also complying with strict local architecture guidelines. More ›

 
 

Studio Makkink & Bey's wheelie-bin toilet harvests human waste for electricity and compost

CompostKlikoToilet by Makkink & Bey

Aiming to change our attitudes towards our own excrement, Dutch design duo Makkink & Bey have created a toilet that collects poo and wee before turning it into compost. More ›

 
 

Job of the day: workshop assistant at JamesPlumb

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a workshop assistant to join London-based design studio JamesPlumb, which recently used an antique textile to create a limited-edition benchMore ›

 
 

Cheng + Franco cantilevers trio of Corten-clad volumes from rural Peruvian house

Casa N, Peru by Cheng Franco Architects

This countryside house in Peru  by Lima-based studio Cheng + Franco Arquitectos features three volumes clad in perforated Corten steel that cantilever above a grassy bridleway. More ›

 
 

Groin-vaulted ceiling takes centre stage in revamped 18th-century property

Casa AG by Duearchitetti

Italian studio Duearchitetti has renovated an apartment in an 18th-century building in Varese, which features a central doric column, a stone manger and a groin-vaulted ceiling. More ›

 
 

Information technology pavilion in Moscow features circuit-board-patterned walls

Pavilion DIT by Architecture Bureau Wall

The fibreglass-concrete facades of this technology centre in Moscow, designed by architecture practice WALL, are imprinted with a pattern based on the conductive tracks of circuit boards.  More ›

 
 

Note Design creates bulging weave-effect tiles for Kaza Concrete

Weave Tiles for Kaza by Note Design Studio

The ripples and ridges of sand dunes and traditional textiles formed the basis for Note Design Studio's Weave tile collection.
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Richard Keep and Henry Goss unveil plans for Nairobi tower in rainy renderings

Akili Tower by Richard Keep Architects

These foggy renderings by The Boundary forego the stereotypical blue-sky backdrop to depict a wedge-shaped tower  by Richard Keep Architects and Henry Goss Architects, which has just been granted planning permission in Nairobi, Kenya. More ›