Jeff Koons vandalised | Heatherwick project cancelled | Chipperfield's Venice restoration

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Sebastian Errazuriz vandalises augmented-reality version of Jeff Koons' Balloon Dog sculpture

Snapchat paired up with the artist Jeff Koons to place an augmented reality version of his famous Balloon Dog sculpture in New York's Central Park – but in a "stance against an imminent AR corporate invasion", the work has been graffitied by artist Sebastian Errazuriz. More ›

 
 

Aitor Throup designs "clothes, not costumes" for Wayne McGregor's latest ballet

Aitor Throup delved into his 12-year archive when developing the outfits for Wayne McGregor's latest performance, Autobiography, which is designed as function as typical clothing. More ›

 
 

David Chipperfield to restore historic palace on Venice's Piazza San Marco

British architect David Chipperfield is to carry out major restoration works on the Procuratie Vecchie on Venice's Piazza San Marco, which will see the palace opened to the public for the first time in 500 years. More ›

 
 

Free writing course opens to aspiring design journalists from racial minorities

A new education programme has launched in London, to encourage young people who are black or minority ethnic to embark on careers in architecture and design journalism.  More ›

 
 

Medals for 2018 Winter Olympics are based on Korean alphabet

The medals awarded at next year's Winter Olympics in South Korea will feature diagonal ridges, which have been formed from extrusions of the country's 600-year-old alphabet. More ›

 
 

Richard Meier's Cittadella Bridge separates traffic and pedestrians as they cross an Italian river

Cittadella Bridge by Richard Meier

American architect Richard Meier has completed an arching single-span bridge across a river in the Italian city of Alessandria, which provides lanes for traffic and pedestrians separated by a central void. More ›

 
 

Designs in EDIT's Prosperity for All exhibition tackle "world's greatest problems"

Prosperity for All by Bruce Mau at EDIT

The headline exhibition at this year's EDIT festival in Toronto features projects that address global issues like pollution, immigration and gender equality. More ›

 
 

Heatherwick's overhaul of New York Philharmonic concert hall scrapped

David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center, New York

Thomas Heatherwick has suffered his third cancelled project in as many months, with his studio's plans to revamp the David Geffen Hall at New York's Lincoln Center now no longer going ahead. More ›

 
 

Latest Dezeen Mail features shortlist for best architecture photograph of 2017

This week's Dezeen Mail includes the shortlist of images nominated for architecture photograph of the year and an exclusive interview with 2018 Royal Gold Medallist, Neave Brown. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail ›

 
 

"Design and technology are changing the way we live" says Justin Trudeau

Justin Trudeau

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has championed the importance of creativity in tackling global issues like climate change and gender equality, becoming the first in his position to do so in 25 years. More ›

 
 

UK government's £2 billion housing pledge is not high enough, says RIBA president Ben Derbyshire

UK prime minister Theresa May has committed an extra £2 billion to building new affordable housing – but the figure is nowhere near high enough to solve the housing crisis, according to Royal British Institute of Architects president Ben Derbyshire. More ›

 
 

Dutch Design Week announces full programme for 2017 edition

Dezeen promotion: an exhibition of Design Academy Eindhoven graduates, Dezeen's Good Design for a Bad World talks progamme, and a robot research centre are among the 600 events taking place during this year's Dutch Design Week. More ›

 
 

Nicolas Winding Refn creates neon-lit warehouse as ident for MUBI films

A warehouse filled by pink and blue light features in this visual identity that Danish film director Nicolas Winding Refn has designed for movie streaming service and distributor MUBI. More ›

 
 

Six exciting interior design positions on Dezeen Jobs this week

There are dozens of jobs openings for talented interior designers listed on Dezeen Jobs right now. We've picked out six of the best, including positions with Dutch designer Marcel Wanders, London studio Spacelab and the Kansas City office of architecture firm Populous. More ›

 
 

Andrea Lenardin Madden adds cantilevering extension to midcentury LA residence

Mullholland Drive by Andrea Lenardin Madden

For a 1950s home in Los Angeles' elite Bel Air neighbourhood, architect Andrea Lenardin Madden has added an angular volume with floor-to-ceiling glass that extends over the landscape. More ›

 
 

High-rise buildings should only be used to house the very rich, says Neave Brown

Tower blocks like Grenfell should never have been built, according to 2018 Royal Gold Medallist Neave Brown, who believes high-rise housing ostracises council tenants and should instead be reserved for the most wealthy in society.
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