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Stanton Williams completes renovation of Beaux-Arts museum in Nantes with stone and marble extension

Museé d'arts de Nantes, France, by Stanton Williams

London firm Stanton Williams has renovated and extended the Musée d'arts de Nantes, adding a series of extensions including a monolithic structure wrapped in stone and translucent marble to the Beaux-Arts building. More ›

 
 

Kengo Kuma reveals plant-covered Eco-Luxury Hotel for Paris

Eco-luxury 1hotel by Kengo Kuma

Plants  will spill out between the overlapping wooden blocks that make up the facade of this hotel, which Kengo Kuma & Associates  has unveiled for a site on the left bank of Paris' river Seine. More ›

 
 

Colourful Paris basketball court updated with new hues

Colourful Paris basketball court, Paris, by Pigalle Duperré

Ill-Studio and Pigalle have returned to a basketball court they previously overhauled with bold patterns, replacing primary colours with gradients of blue, pink, purple and orange. More ›

 
 

Paris Design Week announces programme for 2017 edition

Dezeen promotion: the seventh edition of Paris Design Week takes place this September, with events focused on art, design, fashion, interiors, craft and food. More ›

 
 

COBE transforms Copenhagen grain silo into apartment block with faceted facades

The Silo by COBE

Galvanised-steel panels form faceted balconies and window surrounds on the exterior of this former grain-storage silo in Copenhagen, which Danish studio COBE has converted into an apartment building. More ›

 
 

Jelly-like Living Plates tremble and bounce in response to food

Royal College of Art graduate Lina Saleh's jelly-like Living Plates

These silicone plates designed by Royal College of Art graduate Lina Saleh wobble and jiggle to influence how diners experience their dinner. More ›

 
 

Job of the day: architect at Mole Architects

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an architect to join Cambridge-based Mole Architects, which designed a rural home in Suffolk  that references traditional English rectories. More ›

 
 

AL_A completes tile-covered entrance and subterranean gallery for London's V&A museum

Victoria & Albert museum by AL_A

Stirling Prize-winning architect Amanda Levete and her firm AL_A have completed a new porcelain-tiled entrance and underground exhibition hall at the Victoria and Albert Museum. More ›

 
 

YH2 adds sculptural upper volume to tiny forest cottage in Quebec

La Colombière by YH2

Canadian studio YH2 has taken the notion of openness to the extreme in this small wooden cabin, which features stairs without walls and elevated areas without protective railings. More ›

 
 

Jenny Sabin stretches robotically woven canopy across MoMA PS1 courtyard

Lumen by Jenny Sabin Studio

New York-based Jenny Sabin Studio has made a canopy of robotically knitted textile at MoMA PS1  in Queens that sprays mist in the day and glows at night. More ›

 
 

11 Howard hotel in New York will "look better not worse in five years", says Anda Andrei

Anda Andrei's AHEAD nominated design for the 11 Howard Hotel in New York

Designer Anda Andrei explains how the interiors of the 11 Howard hotel  are designed to age over time in this movie Dezeen filmed for the AHEAD Awards in New York. More ›

 
 

Trump touts solar-panelled Mexico border wall as cost-saving solution

Gleason US-Mexico border wall proposal

US President Donald Trump has suggested that his controversial wall proposed for the country's border with Mexico could be covered with solar panels, to provide cheap energy and help foot the bill. More ›

 
 

ETH Zurich team creates all-concrete SkelETHon canoe built on slender "bones"

3D printed concrete canoe by ETH Zurich

A research team from ETH Zurich used 3D-printed moulds to make the skeletal framework for this all-concrete boat, which won first prize for design innovation at the Concrete Canoe Regatta. More ›

 
 

"Gentrification is the fuel of Manhattan"

Gentrification is the hot topic in this week's comments update, after the creators behind New York's High Line launched a website advising on how to create similar projects without pushing out local communities. More ›

 
 

Hi-Macs Structura solid surface material can take on virtually any pattern

Dezeen promotion: LG Hausys has developed a version of its Hi-Macs solid surface material that can be customised with any suitable 3D pattern to meet the individual needs of interior projects. More ›