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Six Canadian cultural buildings on 150th Canada Day

Aga Khan Museum by Fumihiko Maki

Today, 1 July 2017, is Canada's 150th birthday and we've pulled together six contemporary cultural buildings in the country to mark the occasion. They include a white granite museum, a music centre of huge towers clad in bronze tiles and a gallery in the forest. More ›

 
 

This week, Norway scrapped a memorial and Trump touted solar panels for border wall

This week on Dezeen, Norway abandoned plans for a controversial memorial near the site of the 2011 Utøya terrorist attack and Donald Trump suggested that solar panels could help pay for his border wall with Mexico. More ›

 
 

Adidas unveils special-edition Stan Smith trainers with Kvadrat fabric

Kvadrat and adidas Originals pays homage to Copenhagen with special edition Stan Smith

Adidas has partnered with Danish textile manufacturer Kvadrat  to release an edition of its iconic Stan Smith sneakers covered in dotted fabric. More ›

 
 

Schwartz and Architecture overhauls San Francisco home with three-level extension

29th Street Residence by Schwartz and Architecture

San Francisco firm Schwartz and Architecture has overhauled a single-family home on a steep and narrow site, lifting the existing building to add a storey beneath it, and creating an extension at the back over three levels. More ›

 
 

Serra cannabis dispensary in Portland features greenhouse-like display cases

Serra weed dispensary in Portland, Oregon

Portland studios OMFGCo and JHL Design have designed a minimal interior for this store that sells recreational marijuana. More ›

 
 

Abraham Cota Paredes' inward-looking Cave House features huge window to tree-planted atrium

The Cave House, Mexico, by Abraham Cota Paredes Arquitectos

Behind the white walls of this house in Mexico, architect Abraham Cota Paredes has carved out a courtyard and added a huge window to offer views of a tree planted inside. More ›

 
 

The best hotels respond intelligently to their context, say AHEAD Americas awards judges

In this movie Dezeen produced for the AHEAD Americas hospitality awards, jury members reveal that the way a hotel relates to its location was a crucial factor in choosing the winning projects. More ›

 
 

10 plant-covered buildings that point to a greener future

Architects are touting plant-covered tower blocks as a way to tackle air pollution and improve the quality of urban life. From one of the world's tallest living walls to an entire "vertical forest" city in China, here are 10 examples showing the rise of verdant architecture. More ›

 
 

Hella Jongerius asks designers and consumers to embrace "unstable" colour in new exhibition

Breathing Colour by Hella Jongerius at the Design Museum

Dutch designer Hella Jongerius rails against industrially produced paints and dyes in the Breathing Colour exhibition at London's Design Museum, which draws on her last 15 years of research. More ›

 
 

Competition: win a limited-edition Tokyobike and Ally Capellino backpack

tokyobike x Ally Capellino

Dezeen has teamed up with Tokyobike and Ally Capellino to give one reader a limited-edition bike and a rucksack. More ›