UNStudio's twisting towers | Samsung TV stand winner | Brooklyn rooftop bedroom

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UNStudio completes enormous Raffles City Hangzhou complex featuring twisted glass towers

UNStudio completes a mixed-use development in Hangzhou, China

Dutch firm UNStudio has completed a mixed-use development in the Chinese city of Hangzhou that accommodates a hotel, offices, apartments and shops, within a pair of sinuous towers connected by a podium and landscaped plaza. More ›

 
 

Bompas & Parr creates immersive spa experience using eggs, volcanic stones and mud

During London Design Festival, the spa inside the Tom Dixon-designed Mondrian Hotel will host a series of unconventional healing rituals devised by design studio Bompas & Parr. More ›

 
 

Scandinavian-inspired TV stand design wins Dezeen and Samsung's competition

Turkish designer Fulden Dehneli has been named the winner of Dezeen and Samsung's QLED TV stand design competition, with her idea for a stand that doubles as an adaptable piece of furniture. More ›

 
 

Glenn Murcutt covers bushland home in zinc panels to protect it against wildfire

Donaldson House by Glenn Murcutt

Set in a patch of dense coastal bushland on the Palm Beach peninsula just north of Sydney, this weekend residence by architect Glenn Murcutt is armoured in blackened zinc panels to defend it from wildfire. More ›

 
 

People's Industrial Design Office uses as little material as possible to create wireframe Mesh Chair

People's Industrial Design Office create wire Mesh Chair

Criss-crossing wire rods form the back and seat of this stripped-back metal chair, which was designed by Beijing studio People's Industrial Design Office as an "exercise in efficiency". More ›

 
 

Office Sian adds brick and limestone building to London community garden

Phoenix Garden Community Building by Office Sian

An arched opening in the brick wall of this building in central London leads to a community centre lined internally with glazing that looks out onto garden hidden from the street. More ›

 
 

Office of Architecture includes rooftop bedroom suite in Brooklyn row house overhaul

Brooklyn Row House 1 by Office of Architecture

Brooklyn-based Office of Architecture has completely gutted and expanded a local row house for an architect, jewellery designer and their two children. More ›

 
 

Watch our talk with designer Arihiro Miyake live from Moooi's showroom in London

Arihiro Miyake

Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs speaks to Arihiro Miyake about how he realised his dream to become a designer in the first of a new series of talks with Dutch design brand Moooi. Watch the talk live here! More ›

 
 

DFA proposes tallest timber observation tower to clean Central Park reservoir

Central Park Tower by DFA

New York studio DFA has envisioned a prefabricated timber tower for New York's Central Park that would both filter a contaminated reservoir and provide views over the city. More ›

 
 

Baux and Form Us With Love create pattern library of downloadable acoustic panel and tile designs

Dezeen promotion: designers can now download pattern files for over 500 colourful acoustic panels and sound-absorbing tiles using an online design tool, created by Swedish brand Baux in collaboration with design studio Form Us With Love. More ›

 
 

Petition launched to recognise Great Pacific Garbage Patch as a country

A massive mound of plastic in the Pacific Ocean becomes a country with its own passport, flag and "Debris" currency, in this design proposal intended to raise awareness about ocean pollution. More ›

 
 

Samsung will use The Frame television to showcase art during London Design Festival

The Frame television by Samsung

In this exclusive movie Dezeen produced for Samsung, the brand explains how it is using its new Yves Behar-designed television to display art for an exhibition during London Design Festival. More ›

 
 

Archimania transforms part of historic Memphis warehouse into teacher training centre

Memphis Teacher Residency by Archimania

Tennessee studio Archimania paired modern wooden elements with "gritty concrete and textured brick" at this higher-education facility, which is housed within a former industrial building that sat abandoned for years. More ›

 
 

Sarah Douglas appointed editor of Wallpaper* magazine

Sarah Douglas has replaced Tony Chambers at the helm of British design magazine Wallpaper*, making her the first female editor in the publication's 21-year history. More ›