Google's latest HQ plans | Top picks for London Festival of Architecture

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10 events that are not to be missed at London Festival of Architecture 2017

With London Festival of Architecture  kicking off today, architecture editor Jessica Mairs has revealed her top picks, from a stomach-churning installation based on the Smithfield meat market to tours of the capital's ill-fated housing estates.  More ›

 
 

Google finally reveals its plans for London HQ by BIG and Heatherwick

Two years after inviting Bjarke Ingels and Thomas Heatherwick to design its new London campus, Google has submitted a planning application for a building featuring a huge rooftop garden, a running track and a swimming pool. More ›

 
 

Joseph Walsh designs bespoke watch cabinet to mirror the intricacy of clockwork

Watch Cabinet by Joseph Walsh

Irish furniture workshop Joseph Walsh Studio has showcased new commissions at an exhibition in New York, including a towering watch cabinet and intertwined bench  for the private collection of a father and son. More ›

 
 

Christ & Gantenbein uses green curtains to merge a pavilion with its parkland setting

Designed by Basel-based studio Christ & Gantenbein for the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation in Wittenberg, Germany, this simple pavilion features a corrugated metal roof and retractable canvas walls. More ›

 
 

Tropel uses Mexican craft techniques to create colourful jewellery boxes

Los Wixarika jewellery boxes by Ana Jiminez

London design brand Tropel has created a series of brightly-coloured jewellery boxes embellished with intricate Mexican beading and yarn paintings. More ›

 
 

Job of the day: architect at Laisné Roussel

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an architect to join Laisné Roussel, a Paris-based studio  that is collaborating on a project with Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto. More ›

 
 

Rounded walls and textured surfaces lend Chinese museum appearance of a "stone rolled down from the mountain"

DongZhuang-Building Museum of Western Regions

Dramatic curved walls and roofs incorporate skylights and wonky windows that provide views of the nearby mountains from inside this museum near the Chinese city of Ürümqi. More ›

 
 

Toshiko Mori and Maya Lin create buildings for Boston pharmaceutical campus

Novartis Institute in Cambridge

Architects Toshiko Mori, Maya Lin and CannonDesign teamed up to design this new  research complex for Swiss drug company Novartis, located in the Boston area. More ›

 
 

OMA reveals designs for severed block on Boston's waterfront

OMA to Design Mixed-Used Project in Boston's Seaport District

A huge slice filled with terraces and trees will be cut through the centre of OMA's 88 Seaport development in Boston – the firm's first project in the city. More ›

 
 

Note Design Studio celebrates pastel colours in revamp of 19th century property

Hidden Hiues by Note Design Studio

Instead of opting for the Scandinavian minimalism of many contemporary renovations, Note Design Studio chose to use shades of yellow, green and pink when transforming this old Stockholm office into a home. More ›

 
 

Skinny supertall tower by Meganom unveiled for New York

Meganom skyscraper

Moscow-based studio Meganom has been tapped to design its first US project – a slender, 305-metre residential skyscraper  planned for Midtown Manhattan. More ›

 
 

Rolls-Royce unveils bespoke Sweptail car worth $13 million

Car brand Rolls-Royce has created a one-off motorcar based on its vintage models, which has reportedly sold for an eight-figure sum. More ›

 
 

Call for entries to AHEAD awards for European hotel design

Dezeen promotion: architects and designers are invited to submit recently completed hotel projects to the AHEAD Europe awards, taking place in London later this year. More ›