Ship-shaped pavilion | Plant-based water filter | Drone films Zaha museum

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Sandwich creates "ship-shaped" art pavilion in Fukuyama to commemorate deaths at sea

Shinshoji Zen Museum pavilion by Kohei Nawa and Sandwich studio

Hundreds of thousands of wooden shingles  cover the contoured form of this pavilion in the grounds of Japan's Shinshoji Zen Museum and Gardens, which is designed to evoke the shape of a ship's hull. More ›

 
 

Los Angeles River could be revitalised with designs from seven architecture firms

A vision to transform the desolate Los Angeles River into a bustling oasis featuring cycle paths, play areas, public art and kayaking facilities features in the latest movie from our Dezeen x MINI Living video series. More ›

 
 

Key projects by influential Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi

With Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi set to deliver the Royal Academy's annual architecture lecture this evening, here's a look at four pivotal projects the architect built in Ahmedabad, captured by photographer Edmund Sumner. More ›

 
 

Drop by Drop is a plant-based water filter that works as a mini Amazon

Royal College of Art graduate Pratik Ghosh creates Drop by drop project

Royal College of Art graduate Pratik Ghosh has designed a home filtration system that's powered by herbs and purifies waste water from the kitchen. More ›

 
 

Job of the day: Part-III architect at Marc Newson

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an Italian-speaking Part-III architect to join the London studio of Marc Newson, who recently designed a pair of limited-edition Air Max trainers to celebrate the shoe's 30th birthdayMore ›

 
 

Studio Selva wraps Chilean surfers' retreat in eucalyptus screens

Casa Tumán, Chile, by Studio Selva

Amsterdam office Studio Selva used locally sourced materials to construct this holiday home for surfers in central Chile, which features rooms that open onto a communal deck overlooking the ocean. More ›

 
 

ÉCAL students design dedicated farming, napping and gym office cubicles

ECAL students design Workbays Village

Office workers can sleep, grow plants, pour themselves a cocktail and work out in each of these specialised hubs created by students at ÉCAL university. More ›

 
 

Amin Taha Architects reconfigures London home around lightwells and a spiral staircase

Caroline Place terrace, Kensington, London, by Amin Taha Architects + Group Work

London studio Amin Taha Architects has updated a 1950s terraced house in the city's Bayswater neighbourhood, adding a basement level topped with a rugged concrete soffit and a lightwell set into a courtyard garden. More ›

 
 

Drone footage captures Zaha Hadid's mountaintop museum in South Tyrol

Drone footage captures Zaha Hadid's mountaintop museum in South Tyrol

This video shot by drone  captures the late Zaha Hadid's Messner Mountain Museum, which is half buried into the peak of an Alpine mountain in Italy. More ›