Gender survey reactions | Bryan Adams' studios | Barbie in hijab

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Feilden Clegg Bradley helps Bryan Adams create artist ateliers in refurbished Berlin factory

British firm Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has worked with musician Bryan Adams to transform a disused factory in southeast Berlin into a mixed-use complex containing a cluster of creative studios. More ›

 
 

Female architects respond to gender survey: "It's getting better but far too slowly"

After our survey revealed a lack of gender diversity in the world's biggest architecture firms, five prominent female architects from the UK gave us their views on what's gone wrong and how it can be changed. More ›

 
 

Tune in to hear Terry Farrell's talk live from World Architecture Festival 2017

British architect and planner Terry Farrell discusses city-making during this lecture at the World Architecture Festival 2017 in Berlin. Watch the livestream here from 12.10pm UK time. More ›

 
 

Britt Berden uses laboratory equipment to visualise the impact of climate engineering

Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Britt Berden has created a set of installations that can be used to inform the public about climate engineering.

Dutch designer Britt Berden has created a pair of models that show what happens when scientists try to counter global warming. More ›

 
 

Iron Man-esque flying suit sets world speed record

This captioned movie shows British inventor Richard Browning setting a Guinness World Record for flying a body-controlled jet-engine-powered suit over a lake in Reading, England, reaching a speed of 32.02 miles per hour. More ›

 
 

Maurice Martel disguises office building as contemporary barn in rural Canada

Standing in the Middle of the Field by Maurice Martel architect

Canadian firm Maurice Martel Architecte has designed a contemporary wooden barn to house offices for an insurance company, blending in with the rural surroundings and vernacular architecture. More ›

 
 

Mecanoo reveals renovation plans for New York Public Library

Dutch architecture firm Mecanoo has unveiled its masterplan to overhaul the New York Public Library's main beaux-arts building on Fifth Avenue. More ›

 
 

Latest Dezeen Mail features a leafy Vietnamese restaurant and IKEA's sustainable chair

This week's Dezeen Mail includes Vietnamese architecture studio Kientruc O's conversion of a Ho Chi Minh City house into a plant-filled restaurant and IKEA's sustainable Odger chair by Form Us With Love. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail ›

 
 

More of the year's best architecture from day two of World Architecture Festival 2017

A "slightly ugly" shopping centre and a woodland holiday home shaded by two broad roofs are among the category winners announced on the second day of the World Architecture Festival 2017 awards. More ›

 
 

Watch Dezeen and Dornbracht talk with Neri&Hu and Rafael de Cárdenas about eclectic design

Dezeen has teamed up with design brand Dornbracht to host a conversation with Neri&Hu and Rafael de Cรกrdenas in Berlin on the theme of eclectic design. Tune in from 7pm UK time to watch it live. More ›

 
 

More of 2017's best interiors announced at Inside festival day two

Inside Shortlist 2017

A garage and offices located within a former missile factory and a tiny hutong cafe, both in Beijing, are among the category winners from day two of this year's Inside festival awards. More ›

 
 

First hijab-wearing Barbie released in tribute to Olympic athlete

Mattel has launched a Barbie based on Olympic athlete Ibtihaj Muhammad – the brand's first ever doll to come with its own hijab. More ›

 
 

Watch the Pierre de Meuron and Charles Jencks discuss Elbphilharmonie live from World Architecture Festival

Herzog & de Meuron's Pierre de Meuron and architecture critic Charles Jencks swap roles in this panel discussion at the World Architecture Festival 2017 in Berlin. Watch the livestream here from 5.15pm UK time. More ›

 
 

Cards Against Humanity buys land on US-Mexico border to fight Trump's wall

US-Mexico border wall prototype construction

The creators of adult game Cards Against Humanity have purchased a vacant plot along America's southern border, in the hopes of preventing the controversial wall the country's president Donald Trump is planning to build. More ›

 
 

Five promising internship opportunities on Dezeen Jobs this week

KAAN Architecten's office

There's a whole host of exciting, paid internships available on Dezeen Jobs right now. We've selected five of the best, including roles at KAAN Architecten in Rotterdam, Architizer in New York and NC Design & Architecture in Hong Kong.  More ›

 
 

Studio B creates skinny backyard dwelling for landscape architect in Colorado

Space Pod by Studio B

Long, narrow shotgun homes influenced the design of this backyard structure in Boulder by Studio B, which features a concrete base and an upper level wrapped in grey metal and glass. More ›

 
 

AHEAD Middle East and Africa announces 2017 winners of hotel design awards

Dezeen promotion: the winners of this year's AHEAD Awards for the Middle East and Africa include a safari retreat in Botswana and a five-star cliffside resort and spa in Oman. More ›

 
 

Watch Rossana Hu and Jaime Oliver discuss designing for collective experience at World Architecture Festival

Rossana Hu of Neri&Hu

Architects Rossana Hu and Jaime Oliver discuss designing religious, arts and civic facilities for the collective experience at the World Architecture Festival 2017 in Berlin. Watch the livestream here from 2pm UK time. More ›