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Latest architecture and design news from Dezeen.
 
 
   
 
   
 

Shortlist unveiled for best architecture photograph of 2017

A concrete-framed gymnasium in China, a seemingly endless atrium in South Africa and a flag-covered facade in Singapore all feature among the images vying to be named architecture photograph of the year. More ›

 
 

OMA reveals amphitheatre-like MPavilion complete with rotating grandstand

For this year's edition of the MPavilion, OMA's Rem Koolhaas and David Gianotten have installed an amphitheatre in Melbourne's Queen Victoria Gardens, featuring a moveable grandstand spanned by a "floating" roof. More ›

 
 

Design Museum beats annual visitor target after just 10 months, but only one fifth pay to visit exhibitions

London Design Museum

Visitors to London's Design Museum have increased 500 per cent since the institution moved to its new home, although the number buying tickets has grown by a more modest 50 per cent. More ›

 
 

Top five architecture and design jobs this week include Zaha Hadid Architects and Schmidt Hammer Lassen

Our pick of the best architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs this week include positions with Zaha Hadid Architects in London and Schmidt Hammer Lassen in Copenhagen. More ›

 
 

RCR Arquitectes completes "serene and restrained" Dubai apartment building with sea views

Muraba residences by RCR Architects in Dubai.

Pritzker Prize-winning studio RCR Arquitectes has completed a luxury apartment complex on an artificial island in Dubai, featuring glazed balconies on every floor and facades lined with textured glass louvres. More ›

 
 

Dezeen and Dutch Design Week launch Good Design for a Bad World initiative

Dezeen and Dutch Design Week launch Good Design for a Bad World initiative

Dezeen is teaming up with Dutch Design Week to launch a new platform exploring the ways designers are addressing the big problems facing the world. More ›

 
 

Tokyo kindergarten by Tezuka Architects lets children run free on the roof

Fuji Kindergarten by Tezuka Architects

The oval-shaped roof deck of this playful Tokyo kindergarten allows children to play and run endless laps around it – a feature that has just won it the 2017 Moriyama RAIC International Prize. More ›

 
 

IKEA's Creative Hub in Malmö features moody library and walls for scribbling

IKEA employees can "go bananas writing on every wall" inside its Creative Hub in Malmö, Sweden, which features interiors designed by Nanna Lagerman. More ›

 
 

Odile Guzy Architectes covers social housing scheme with wooden slats and diamond patterned roofs

26 Social Housing by Odile and Guzy Architectes

French firm Odile Guzy Architectes has completed a social housing project in the city of Chalon-sur-Saône, comprising a row of terraced houses and an adjacent apartment block with timber facades that extend to form slatted solar screens. More ›

 
 

Pastel colours and subtle grids break up open-plan hair salon in Osaka

Hair salon in Japan by Hidenori Tsuboi Architects

Soft hues and dark framework decorate this compact hair salon in Osaka by Japanese studio Hidenori Tsuboi Architects. More ›