Tsunami survival capsule | London Design Festival installations | Renault concept car

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VOA combines wood, marble and glass in layered composition of Portuguese seaside home

S. Félix da Marinha House by Ventura Office Associates

This house in the Portuguese coastal town of São Félix da Marinha comprises a series of stacked volumes clad in varying materials to signify the different programmatic functions contained within them. More ›

 
 

Ross Lovegrove installs 21-metre-long fabric snake in V&A tapestry room

British designer Ross Lovegrove has used suede-like fabric to create a huge serpentine sculpture in one of the V&A's tapestry galleries, as part of this year's London Design Festival. More ›

 
 

This week, Apple unveiled iPhone X and Heatherwick's Cape Town gallery opened

This week on Dezeen, Apple revealed a string of new products during its 2017 keynote and Thomas Heatherwick unveiled South Africa's biggest art museumMore ›

 
 

Engineers invent a floating survival capsule that can withstand a tsunami

Survival capsule by Kumi can withstand tsunamis.

Two Seattle-based aerospace engineers have invented a floating survival shelter that, in the event of a disaster, can house between two and 10 people for up to five days. More ›

 
 

Sid Lee overhauls interiors of Montreal's iconic Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel

Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel by Sid Lee Architecture

Sid Lee Architecture has completed an extensive renovation for one of Montreal's most prestigious hotels, opening its lobby and public spaces to serve a broader clientele than just hotel guests. More ›

 
 

Obama calls on architecture and tech firms to support Chicago presidential library with apprenticeship schemes

Barack Obama has urged top architecture studios and tech firms like Amazon, Google and Microsoft to take on paid apprentices from Chicago's South Side at a public consultation event for the Obama Presidential Library. More ›

 
 

Sam Jacob and MINI team up to create micro home with attached library

Urban Cabin by Sam Jacob and MINI Living

A miniature library adjoins this tiny home that architect Sam Jacob and car brand MINI have built for this year's London Design Festival. More ›

 
 

10 homes that double up as galleries or artists' workspaces

From an open-plan Berlin apartment that acts as an exhibition space to a garden shed for making and displaying sculpture, art takes centre stage in these homes, which have all been popular on our Pinterest page. More ›

 
 

Flynn Talbot transforms V&A's former textile room into colourful hall of light

Reflection Room by Flynn Talbot at London Design Festival 2017

Vibrant blue and orange lights clash in this installation by Australian designer Flynn Talbot, which takes over the V&A's Prince Consort Gallery throughout the London Design Festival. More ›

 
 

Renault unveils its vision for a car and home "in complete symbiosis"

Renault showcases its new concept car Symbioz at 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show

Renault has revealed an autonomous, electric concept car at the Frankfurt Motor Show this week, which it sees as an extension of the connected home. More ›

 
 

Competition: win a pair of multi-room speakers by Urbanears

Dezeen has teamed up with Swedish audio brand Urbanears to give away a pair of wireless speakers that are designed to suit even the most minimal interiors.  More ›