Jean Nouvel's Qatar museum | Stripy concrete house | Bansky tribute to Basquiat

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STPMJ layers different concrete mixes to form striped walls at Stratum House

Stratum House by stpmj Architecture

The stripy facades of this pair of houses near the South Korean city of Icheon are the result of experiments by architecture office STPMJ into how altering the constituents of concrete changes its properties. More ›

 
 

Instagrammers capture Jean Nouvel's National Museum of Qatar as it nears completion

Images of Jean Nouvel's National Museum of Qatar in Doha are beginning to emerge on Instagram as the building's interlocking design nears completion. More ›

 
 

Tate exhibition takes in three decades of sculpture by Rachel Whiteread

Tate Britain commemorates over three decades-worth of work by contemporary artist Rachel Whiteread

A retrospective of the work of Turner Prize-winning artist Rachel Whiteread at London's Tate Britain includes life-sized casts of a staircase and a chicken shed. More ›

 
 

Competition: win a Braun and Dezeen limited-edition BN0031 watch

Dezeen has collaborated with German brand Braun on a limited-edition watch, and we've got 10 to give away to readers. More ›

 
 

Universal Design Studio builds daydreaming hub for Shoreditch workers

Universal Design Studio has designed a slatted-timber pavilion in Shoreditch for this year's London Design Festival to offer office workers a retreat where creative juices can flow. More ›

 
 

Another Country's latest furniture range is designed to be passed down through the family

Hardy series by Another Country

The tradition of passing well-loved furniture down from generation to generation was the starting point for this collection, created by designer David Irwin for British brand Another Country. More ›

 
 

Bruno Dias adds curving extension based on the golden ratio to historic Portuguese house

Bruno Dias Arquitectura has renovated a traditional house in the Portuguese town of Ansião, and added a contrastingly modern extension that curves around a turfed central courtyard. More ›

 
 

Tom Hurt attaches tiered white pods with plywood core to Austin house

Westrock Drive House by Tom Hurt

Austin-based architect Tom Hurt has extended the back of a ranch house using a series of stacked units and wooden interiors to form a multi-storey living space. More ›

 
 

Temple for Burning Man 2017 highlighted the problem of America's dying forests

The Burning Man Temple by Marisha Farnsworth

The temple at this year's Burning Man festival was designed by artist Marisha Farnsworth, and built from 100 dead trees to emphasise "dramatic changes occurring in our forests". More ›

 
 

Lee Broom creates mirror illusion in London showroom

On Reflection by Lee Broom

British designer Lee Broom has transformed his east London showroom into a dark and moody living room, which is seemingly reflected in a giant mirror. More ›

 
 

Banksy artworks appear on Barbican walls ahead of Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibition

Banksy has painted Basquiat-inspired artworks on the walls of the Barbican, just days before the London gallery is set to open a major exhibition of the late New York artist's work. More ›

 
 

Tala presents "world's largest sculptural bulb" at London Design Festival

Tala's Voronoi bulb at London Design Festival 2017

Patterns formed by overlapping forest canopies informed the shape of Tala's new LED lightbulb, which it claims to be the largest in the world of its kind. More ›

 
 

Chicago Biennial promotes performance art as "a medium of growing importance" for architects

Here Hear by Nick Cave and Jeanne Gang

The opening week of this year's Chicago Architecture Biennial featured three architecture-related performances, which artistic directors Johnston Marklee included in the programme to highlight a trend for this mode of expression. More ›

 
 

Cannon Design and NEUF Architectes complete massive urban hospital for Montreal

CHUM by Cannon Design and NEUF

US-based Cannon Design and Canadian studio NEUF Architectes have completed the first phase of high-rise medical facility in Montreal, described as one of the largest healthcare projects in North America. More ›

 
 

"Astana is a metropolis of obsolescence"

Astana Expo 2017 may have aspired to a post-carbon future, but it was hard to imagine from the capital of a country made wealthy by fossil fuels, says Owen Hatherley. More ›