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House-shaped opening cuts through Belgian school of architecture by Aires Mateus

Aires Mateus has completed a new architecture facility at a university in western Belgium, featuring a huge gabled void in its facade and a dramatic double-helical staircase inside. More ›

 
 

Anish Kapoor's neighbours "shafted" by approval of studio extension

Anish Kapoor has been accused of being "mean-spirited" by pushing ahead with plans for a light-blocking roof extension to his south London studio, by the leader of a campaign against the development. More ›

 
 

Dezeen readers get 50 per cent off tickets to designjunction during London Design Festival

Dezeen promotion: designjunction – one the key exhibition spaces at this year's London Design Festival – is offering Dezeen readers a special 50 per cent discount off the cost of tickets. More ›

 
 

Polaroid Originals pays homage to "one of the most iconic cameras ever created"

Polaroid relaunch their classic camera.

An independent company dedicated to analogue instant photography has rebranded itself as Polaroid Originals, and launched its first new camera this month in tandem with Polaroid's 80th anniversary. More ›

 
 

AAU Anastas stacks robotically cut stone blocks into tower at V&A

Robots cut the curvy blocks that make up this stone tower, which Palestinian studio AAU Anastas has built in the V&A's Simon Sainsbury Gallery Prince Consort Gallery for this year's London Design Festival. More ›

 
 

Top five architecture and design jobs this week include positions at Heatherwick Studio and SOM

Our pick of the best architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs this week include roles at Thomas Heatherwick's studio and Skidmore Owings & Merrill. More ›

 
 

Populous updates Lord's cricket stand with fan-shaped roof

Lord's Warner Stand refurbishment by Populous

Splayed wooden ribs support the new gauze-like roof of the Warner stand at Lord's cricket grounds, which was designed by Populous as part of a wider overhaul of the stadium. More ›

 
 

Pentagram creates new visual identity for London Design Festival

Pentagram partner Dominic Lippa has created the visual identity and promotional materials for this year's London Design Festival.

Taking influence from the "uniqueness of London's unlikely urban beauty", Pentagram partner Dominic Lippa has produced his eleventh consecutive identity for London Design Festival using neon signs. More ›

 
 

Tree branches poke through floors of Vo Trong Nghia's Stacked Planters House

Stacked planters house by Vo Trong Nghia architects.

Vo Trong Nghia Architects has completed a house in Ho Chi Minh City, featuring a series of stacked concrete slabs punctured by rectangular holes that allow trees to reach up through the floors. More ›

 
 

Faye Toogood curates her own furniture fair for London Design Festival

Instead of presenting a new collection during London Design Festival this year, Faye Toogood has brought together works from 50 designers, artists and architects for an exhibition named The Trade Show. More ›

 
 

Watch our talk on the link between Japanese and Danish design live from the Aram Store

Aram Store director Daniel Aram, and Kyoko Inoda and Niels Sveje of Milanese design duo Inoda+Sveje discuss the crossover between Japanese and Danish design in this discussion hosted by Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs. More ›

 
 

Istanbul Biennial launches International Billboard Project to encourage dialogue between cities

The 2017 Istanbul Biennial, curated by Dragset and Elmgreen, asks what is means to be a good neighbour.

The 2017 Istanbul Biennial has installed billboards around the world that pair photographs with slogans that raise questions about neighbourliness in today's society. More ›

 
 

Archimania creates tall family home overlooking train tracks in Memphis

Woodard Residence by Archimania

This four-storey dwelling in Tennessee by US studio Archimania consists of rectilinear forms clad in an array of materials, including weathering steel and charred wood. More ›

 
 

Eight architects and designers imagine the kitchens of the future

La Super Leggera by Bernhardt & Vel

Dezeen promotion: an elevated vegetable garden, a brass frame with sliding shelves and a wooden cube that folds open feature in these proposals for kitchens, presented by home appliance brand KitchenAid during London Design Festival. More ›

 
 

Benjamin Hubert aims to disrupt the tech market with new brand Nolii

British designer Benjamin Hubert has teamed up with entrepreneur Asad Hamir to launch a new electronic accessories brand, which they hope will rid us of "chaotic cords and broken cables". More ›

 
 

Braun philosophy is about "reducing the bling-bling" says designer Dietrich Lubs

A protégé of Dieter Rams, Dietrich Lubs was responsible for some of Braun's most influential products. As Dezeen and Braun launch a limited-edition collaborative watch, he speaks exclusively about his minimalist approach and explains why he was happy for Apple to repurpose his designs. More ›

 
 

FR-EE plans Hyperloop corridor to create Mexican "megalopolis"

FR-EE plans Hyperloop corridor to create Mexican "megalopolis"

A team led by Fernando Romero's Mexican studio FR-EE has won a competition to design a Hyperloop high-speed transport line, which will link urban areas from Mexico City to Guadalajara. More ›