Colour-changing tapestry | UNESCO site threatened | Pods for the homeless

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Waugh Thistleton completes cemetery buildings with rammed-earth walls

Jewish Cemetery by Waugh Thistleton

Waugh Thistleton has added a pair of new prayer halls to a Jewish cemetery in the English county of Hertfordshire, which feature rammed-earth walls constructed using soil taken from the site. More ›

 
 

Isay Weinfeld high-rise puts Vienna UNESCO world heritage site under threat

Isay Weinfeld Vienna

Vienna's historic city centre has been put on UNESCO's danger list over plans for a high-rise development by Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld, which is to include luxury apartments, a hotel and skating rink. More ›

 
 

Thermochromic tapestry changes colour in response to Wi-Fi signals

Eindhoven-based designer Richard Vijgen has created a colour-changing tapestry from thermochromic yarn that visualises Wi-Fi signals emitted by smart devices. More ›

 
 

Dezeen editor Amy Frearson highly commended at magazine industry awards

Amy Frearson has been highly commended by the British Society of Magazine Editors, which has described Dezeen under her editorship as "unstoppable". More ›

 
 

Virgil Abloh, Zaha Hadid and Rem Koolhaas feature on retro-style T-shirt

French brand Modern Man has created a retro T-shirt that presents fashion designer Virgil Abloh as a "world builder", alongside influential architects Zaha Hadid and Rem Koolhaas. More ›

 
 

We need designers, not scientists, to show us how to change the world, says Babette Porcelijn

Designers have the power to solve the world's problems, but it may mean creating more systems and less stuff, says Dutch designer and environmentalist Babette Porcelijn. More ›

 
 

Concrete machinery depot by Deamicisarchitetti is submerged in a hillside

Agricultural machinery depot by Deamicisarchitetti

This shed for storing heavy machinery is set into a hillside in Italy's Piedmont region, sheltered beneath a concrete overhang that swoops upwards to follow the site's topography. More ›

 
 

Colourful strings weave through renovated offices of Californian design agency

Enlisted Design office by Medium Plenty

Blue and red threads form a colourful canopy above the workspaces of a multidisciplinary design team in Oakland, California, overhauled by architecture practice Medium Plenty. More ›

 
 

Framlab proposes parasitic hexagonal pods to sleep New York's homeless

Homed by Framlab

New York's empty walls could be covered with honeycomb-like clusters of pods to house the city's growing homeless population, as part of this proposal by creative agency Framlab. More ›

 
 

"No woman who works in this industry is surprised"

In this week's comments update, we recap the sexism row sparked after a survey by Dezeen discovered that only three of the world's 100 biggest architecture firms are led by women. More ›

 
 

Norman Foster slates Brexit "madness" in World Architecture Festival speech

Norman Foster has lamented the UK's decision to leave the European Union, and said that the diversity of nationalities within his firm is a "cause of great celebration" in the face of Brexit. More ›

 
 

The Ned is "a hideaway from real life" says designer Alice Lund

In this movie, designer Alice Lund explains the concept behind The Ned, a club, hotel and dining venue in a converted London bank, which was named hotel of the year at the AHEAD Europe awards last night. More ›

 
 

Foster + Partners' Apple Park Visitor Center opens to the public

Apple Park Visitor Center by Foster + Partners

The visitor centre designed by Foster + Partners as part of Apple's new California headquarters has welcomed its first guests. More ›

 
 

A Year of Architecture in a Day talks return to The Met in New York

Nation Museum of African American History and Culture

Dezeen promotion: a symposium covering the most important architecture and design projects from the past 12 months will take place 9 December 2017 at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, with speakers including architects Wang Shu and David Adjaye. More ›

 
 

Michael Viviano designs gabled house for his parents in Houston

Family HQ by Michael Viviano

Architect Michael Viviano has worked with his mum and dad to create them this concrete and timber house with a gable roof in Houston, Texas. More ›

 
 

Mobile phones and other industrial products have "the number one impact" on climate change

The products that designers help create are the biggest contributors to climate change, according to research presented at our Good Design for a Bad World talks at Dutch Design Week last month. More ›