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Tour Montparnasse set to receive "green makeover" by Nouvelle AOM

French studio Nouvelle AOM has been selected to overhaul the Tour Montparnasse skyscraper, in time for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. More ›

 
 

Work starts on Schmidt Hammer Lassen-designed innovation centre adapted to Shanghai's extreme weather

CaoHeJing Guigu Creative Headquarters by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects

Architecture firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen has designed a business incubator for Shanghai, featuring sheltered terraces that allow for year-round outdoor use. More ›

 
 

Caruso St John, Hélène Binet and Thomas Demand collaborate on architectural models, photographs and installation

Constructions and References exhibition at Chicago Architecture Biennial 2017

Caruso St John has teamed up with architectural photographer Hélène Binet and artist Thomas Demand for an exhibition made entirely from paper and cardboard at the Chicago Architecture Biennial. More ›

 
 

Mushroom mycelium used to create suede-like furniture by Sebastian Cox and Ninela Ivanova

Mushroom mycelium used to create suede-like furniture by Sebastian Cox and Ninela Ivanova

Sebastian Cox has become the latest designer to start working with mushroom mycelium – the British furniture maker has teamed up with researcher Ninela Ivanova to investigate the material's potential in commercial furniture design. More ›

 
 

Swedish punk band Pissjar designs typeface made from their own urine

Pissjar by Anton Bolin

Taking inspiration from the "dirty disruption" created by punk music, Swedish hardcore band Pissjar has designed a typeface made entirely from their own urine. More ›

 
 

Recycled baths, TV screens and plastics all feature in Ready Made Go 3 collection

Designers including Michael Marriott, James Shaw and Soft Baroque have favoured recycled materials for this year's Ready Made Go collection, presented at Ace Hotel during London Design Festival. More ›

 
 

Bak Gordon converts traditional Lisbon house into apartments with private courtyard

Bak Gordon Arquitectos has renovated a house in the Lapa area of Lisbon, transforming it into a pair of apartments that share a secluded courtyard garden and swimming pool. More ›

 
 

BIG, MVRDV, James Corner and more to tackle Bay Area climate change

Golden Gate Bridge

Ten teams of architects and engineers have been chosen to design solutions that will help San Francisco and the surrounding region combat the effects of climate change. More ›

 
 

"The more we build in areas that endanger us, the more we erect defensive systems"

Miami Beach

Disasters like Hurricanes Harvey and Irma are inevitable when we construct cities in harm's way, says Aaron Betsky, who believes we have designed ourselves into a Catch-22 of create and protect. More ›

 
 

"One of those 10-20 buildings per decade that are truly remarkable"

In this week's comments update, readers lavished praise on Thomas Heatherwick's recently completed Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, marking a shift in reaction compared to his previous architectural efforts. More ›

 
 

Toronto's EDIT announces participants for inaugural event

Save Our Souls by Achilleas Souras

Dezeen promotion: designers whose work spans design and technology, including Daan Roosegaarde, Carlo Ratti and Moritz Waldemeyer, will be among those taking part in the first EDIT festival in Toronto this month. More ›

 
 

Francois Perrin installs cooling Air Houses in Chicago conservatory

Air Houses by Francois Perrin

Los Angeles-based artist Francois Perrin has created a set of structures designed for keeping cool in our warming climate, and hoisted them above the palms at Chicago's Garfield Park Conservatory. More ›

 
 

Christopher Jenner updates traditional silverware with contemporary shapes

Christopher Jenner x Elkington and Co at London Design Festival 2017

London designer Christopher Jenner has teamed up with British heritage brand Elkington and Co to reimagine everyday pieces of silverware for London Design Festival 2017. More ›

 
 

Off-grid boathouse by Andersson-Wise sits on Lake Austin

Lake House by Andersson-Wise Architects

American studio Andersson-Wise has completed a two-storey boathouse in  Austin, with openings on the upper level that enable occupants to dive directly into the water. More ›

 
 

19 designers reinterpret one of Kvadrat's most popular fabrics

Danish textile manufacturer Kvadrat has invited 19 designers to "rethink the use" of its popular Canvas material, as part of an exhibition at this year's London Design Festival. More ›

 
 

RCA tutor attacks gender bias in architectural education with female-focused reading list

Royal College of Art tutor Harriet Harriss has created a list of over 300 notable architectural texts written by women, to show universities that there are no excuses for giving students male-dominated reading lists. More ›