Heatherwick on Cape Town museum | Architect's garden studio | Cars of the future

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Lund Hagem installs Y-shaped cabin on a hilltop overlooking Norwegian ski resort

Pine louvres cover the glazed sides of this cabin by Oslo studio Lund Hagem Arkitekter, which forks at one end to present two large windows towards slopes in Norway's Kvitfjell ski resort. More ›

 
 

Thomas Heatherwick: "There was a real worry about whether we could get people to come inside"

In an exclusive interview with Dezeen, designer Thomas Heatherwick reveals how he overcame early fears that no one would visit the art galleries in his new Cape Town art museum. More ›

 
 

INDEX reveals this year's five best life-improving designs

Drones that deliver blood with parachutes and a sustainable ocean farming system are among the winners of the INDEX: Award 2017. More ›

 
 

Zuza Mengham encases British lichens within Jesmonite sculptures

Jesmonite by Zuza Mengham

London-based artist and designer Zuza Mengham has created a series of five angular sculptures made from mulched British lichens and Jesmonite. More ›

 
 

Fogo Island Shop uses "nutrition labelling" to reveal true cost of making its furniture

This London Design Festival exhibition presents furniture by designers including Ineke Hans and Donna Wilson, alongside "economic nutrition" labels that show a full breakdown of each item's cost and its impact on world economies. More ›

 
 

Jun Igarashi Architects uses loophole in Japanese planning to equip Hokkaido house for snowy winters

Jun Igarashi Architects have devised an ingenious solution for Hokkaido's snowy winters

Jun Igarashi Architects found a work-around in Japanese building code to create this house on Hokkaido's southwest coast, which features a larger than average roof to protect a pair of patios from snowfall. More ›

 
 

Architect builds his own studio at the end of Toronto garden

The Brooklyn trend for backyard studios has extended all the way to Toronto, where the founder of architecture firm Six Four Five A has constructed a tiny timber workspace for himself at the end of the garden. More ›

 
 

Latest Dezeen Mail features mycelium furniture and Heatherwick's Zeitz MOCAA

The latest edition of Dezeen Mail features suede-like furniture made from mushroom mycelium and Thomas Heatherwick's recently completed Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, South Africa's biggest art museum. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail ›

 
 

Central Saint Martins students envision Renault's "car of the future"

Renault "car of the future"

A levitating bubble-shaped vehicle has been announced as the winner of a competition organised by Renault, which saw Central Saint Martins students come up with designs for a car of the future. More ›

 
 

Living spaces open out to Lake Austin at residence by A Parallel

Rooms with white and glass walls slots on top of the stone-clad ground floor of this house overlooking Lake Austin, by Texas firm A Parallel Architecture. More ›

 
 

Dezeen's favourite Spring Summer 2018 collections at London Fashion Week

Gareth Pugh Spring Summer 2018

Puppets dressed in miniature versions of full outfits and glossy armour-like structures were among the standout designs at this season's London Fashion Week. More ›

 
 

Pop art informs floor tile collaboration between Mirage and Studio Job

Mirage x Studio Job PopJob floor tile collection

Dezeen promotion: ceramics brand Mirage has collaborated with Studio Job to design a range of brightly hued floor tiles influenced by the pop art movement. More ›