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Piercy & Company suspends steel staircase in new atrium of Savile Row office

25 Savile Row Piercy and Company

British practice Piercy & Company has cut an atrium through a three-storey office building in London's Mayfair and suspended a white steel staircase in the void. More ›

 
 

Pip is a portable gaming device that teaches children to code

Pip by Curious Chip

UK tech start-up Curious Chip has created a handheld gaming device that teaches children to code their own games and apps. More ›

 
 

London's Design Museum destroyed former Commonwealth Institute, says heritage body

The transformation of London's former Commonwealth Institute into a new home for the Design Museum has resulted in the loss of a "magnificent post-war masterpiece", according to the Twentieth Century Society. More ›

 
 

Dezeen named Digital Service of the Year at IBP Awards

Dezeen has won another award for digital journalism, with judges praising the brand's "global ambition and constant innovation". More ›

 
 

Dezeen's top 10 architecture and design movies of 2017

Dezeen's architecture and design videos received over 60 million plays in 2017 – double the figure from last year. Continuing our review of the year, digital editor Trudie Carter reveals the 10 captioned movies that went viral. More ›

 
 

Endorphine connects white boxes with black frames to create homes at Slovakian golf resort

3x3 Houses by Endorfine

Slovakian studio Endorphine has completed a pair of houses at a golf resort near the village of HrubΓ‘ BorΕ‘a, featuring living units that are combined either horizontally or vertically to create different layouts. More ›

 
 

Prolific logo designer Ivan Chermayeff dies aged 85

New York-based graphic designer Ivan Chermayeff, whose iconic designs include logotypes for New York's MoMA and LA's MoCA museums, has died aged 85. More ›

 
 

Casper Mueller Kneer transforms Vancouver warehouse into fashion store with metallic walls

Vancouver Leisure Center by CMK

Architecture firm Casper Mueller Kneer has created a concept store inside an old warehouse in Vancouver, designed around angled metallic walls and weathered concrete floors. More ›

 
 

Installations and exhibitions not to miss during Miami art week

New Spring by Studio Swine and COS

The art and design worlds descend on Miami this week for the Art Basel fair and a host of concurrent events, including Design Miami. Here's our pick of the installations and exhibitions taking place. More ›

 
 

Kansas architecture students wrap affordable home in corrugated metal

Waldo Duplex by El Dorado

Students at Kansas State University have designed and constructed a two-unit apartment building that is intended to be occupied by low-income tenants. More ›

 
 

Loehr launches architecture-inspired furniture collection in house designed by Oscar Niemeyer

Minimalism and the De Stijl architectural movement are among the inspirations behind design brand Loehr's new furniture collection, which was launched at a Berlin house designed by Oscar Niemeyer in 1957.  More ›

 
 

Herzog & de Meuron wins contest for Swiss bank on the shore of Lake Geneva

Herzog & de Meuron has unveiled its designs for the new headquarters  of Swiss wealth management service and private bank Lombard Odier, which will overlook Lake Geneva.  More ›

 
 

"We need architects to work on ordinary briefs, for ordinary people"

The UK may be full of talented architects and designers, says Finn Williams, but not enough of them are working on the mundane buildings of our everyday environment. More ›

 
 

Female co-working club The Wing opens in New York loft

The Wing by Chiara De Rege

Only women are invited to become members of this co-working club in New York, which has opened in Soho to join a location in the Flatiron district. More ›