Louvre Abu Dhabi | Brexit postcards | Tiffany’s $945 tin can

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Etch House by Fraher Architects contains clues about its previous layout

Traces of the original architecture are incorporated throughout this renovated Victorian house in south London, which Fraher Architects updated with a new staircase that creates multipurpose landings on each level. More ›

 
 

Alberto Meda reengineers Frame office chairs to make them more comfortable

Dezeen promotion: Italian engineer Alberto Meda has improved the popular Frame office chairs he designed for furniture brand Alias, by adding new mechanisms that enhance their ergonomics. More ›

 
 

Tiffany & Co releases £945 tin can as part of Everyday Objects collection

Tiffany Everyday Objects

New York jewellers Tiffany & Co has created a line of everyday items re-imagined in expensive materials, including a gold and silver tin can and a ball of yarn recreated in handspun silver for £6,840.
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Me & EU book includes over 100 postcards for post-Brexit Britain

ME & EU book features 100+ postcards from post-EU Britain

London-based designers Nathan Smith and Sam T Smith have created a book filled with postcards made by UK creatives in reaction to last year's Brexit vote. More ›

 
 

KRFT adds two-tone brick theatre to Singer Laren museum

Amsterdam studio KRFT has updated and extended a museum and cultural complex in the Dutch town of Laren, adding a new brick-clad theatre and a glazed foyer wrapped in a "curtain" of slatted timber. More ›

 
 

Remai Modern art museum is a stack of metal and glass blocks in the Canadian Prairies

Toronto-based KPMB Architects has built a riverside art museum in Saskatoon, which is designed in response to the flat plains that surround the Canadian city. More ›

 
 

Hanging staircase divides spacious New York loft by DJDS

New York City Loft by DJDS

Brooklyn studio DJDS has redesigned the interior a loft apartment in Lower Manhattan, using white, black, brass and wood surfaces throughout. More ›

 
 

"Don't let architectural ego detract from a building's evolution"

550 Madison by Snøhetta

This week's comments update is led by the debate surrounding Snøhetta's plan to overhaul Philip Johnson's postmodern AT&T Building, and the backlash that ensued as a result. More ›

 
 

Jean Nouvel's completed Louvre Abu Dhabi is spanned by a huge geometric-patterned dome

The first official photographs of the Jean Nouvel-designed Louvre Abu Dhabi have been released, ahead of the museum's public opening this weekend.  More ›

 
 

COS and Snarkitecture reveal snaking marble run for Seoul gallery

The latest collaboration between fashion brand COS and New York studio Snarkitecture sees a lilac-hued marble run suspended from the ceiling of the Gana Art Gallery in Seoul, South Korea. More ›

 
 

El Dorado and Modus Studio repurpose old warehouse for Arkansas art school

University of Arkansas art building by El Dorado

A steel-framed building in Fayetteville, Arkansas, has been transformed into an educational facility with the addition of white cladding, tall linear windows and a second floor. More ›

 
 

"London streets don't need to look like a 1940s that never happened"

The sanitisation of shop signs in Walthamstow, northeast London, is a mistake that mustn't be repeated anywhere else in the capital, argues Owen Hatherley. More ›