OMA's Paris school | Burning Man 2017 | Yayoi Kusama book

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Grimshaw unveils Sydney office tower designed to appeal to the "millennial worker"

210-220 George Street by Grimshaw

Grimshaw has revealed plans for an office tower overlooking Sydney harbour, which will comprise three district sections and a curving roofline that references the vaulted shells of the nearby Opera House. More ›

 
 

Fernando Abellanas suspends micro studio beneath a bridge in Valencia

Valencian designer Fernando Abellanas has created a secluded studio for himself, which hangs from the underside of a concrete bridge in his hometown. More ›

 
 

OMA builds city-inspired engineering school for Ecole Centrale Paris

Lab City by OMA

Rem Koolhaas' firm looked at urban-design patterns when drawing up plans for this laboratory building at an engineering school on the outskirts of Paris. More ›

 
 

Competition: win a stackable Omkstak chair designed by Rodney Kinsman

Dezeen has teamed up with British furniture brand OMK 1965 to offer two readers the chance to win a classic Omkstak chair in a colour of their choice. More ›

 
 

Kouichi Kimura completes steel-wrapped home and studio for photographer in Shiga

Sheets of corrugated steel envelop the upper storey of this house and studio for a photographer in Japan's Shiga prefecture, which was designed by Kouichi Kimura to feature an interior that makes dramatic play of light and shadow. More ›

 
 

Yayoi Kusama's life and career illustrated for new children's book

Painterly illustrations document the life and works of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama in this children's book by illustrator Ellen Weinstein and MoMA curator Sarah Suzuki. More ›

 
 

Casa Boavista is a renovated Porto townhouse featuring three skylights

Skylights helps to bring daylight into all three levels of this Porto townhouse, which has been refurbished and extended by local studio Pablo Pita Architects. More ›

 
 

Instagram users reveal temporary structures at Burning Man 2017

Burning Man 2017

This year's Burning Man festival is in full swing in the Nevada desert, where revellers are sharing photos of the architectural and sculptural projects they have built on the dusty site. More ›

 
 

Snarkitecture and Formantasma create street installations for Exhibit Columbus

Playhouse by Snarkitecture for Washingston Street Installations by Exhibit Columbus

A pure white shed-like structure sandwiched between two brick buildings is one of several installations that have popped up along a main thoroughfare in Columbus, Indiana. More ›

 
 

Call for entries to the Tile of Spain Awards 2017

Two Houses in Oropesa by Paredes Pedrosa Arquitectos

Dezeen promotion: architects, designers and students are invited to submit projects to this year's Tile of Spain Awards, whose previous winners include a courtyard covered in pale yellow bricks. More ›

 
 

Five of the best houses in North Carolina on Dezeen

Corbett Residence by In Situ Studio

North Carolina is the next US state we're featuring in our ongoing series of American residential architecture roundups. Our top five houses in the region include a renovated mid-century residence and a stacked-volume home overlooking the Blue Ridge Mountains. More ›

 
 

Latest Dezeen Mail features the Carbuncle Cup shortlist and BIG's Lego House

The six-strong shortlist for the UK's worst building and drone footage of Lego's BIG-designed visitor centre in Billund, Denmark, are among the stories in this week's edition of our Dezeen Mail newsletter. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail ›

 
 

Panasonic releases smart speaker that runs Google Assistant

Panasonic Google Home speaker

The voice assistant from Google's Home smart speaker has been unleashed in third-party devices, with the launch of a new product from Panasonic that promises better sound quality. More ›