Underwater robot | MVRDV and BIG in Abu Dhabi | Animal blood products

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B.E Architecture combines different textures of granite at monolithic Melbourne house

Granite is used throughout the exterior and interior of this house in Melbourne, where local studio B.E Architecture even had a bespoke bath and basin for the master ensuite carved out of the grey stone. More ›

 
 

Restaurant and Bar Design Awards organiser defends "stale, male, pale" jury

The organiser of an international design awards programme has hit out at critics of its overwhelmingly male jury, accusing a female designer of highlighting the issue out of spite for not being shortlisted. More ›

 
 

MantaDroid offers "graceful" alternative to existing underwater robots

Researchers from the National University of Singapore have created an underwater robot designed to move and look like a manta ray, better disguising the machine among its aquatic surroundings. More ›

 
 

MVRDV and BIG to create new neighbourhood in Abu Dhabi's Makers District

Dutch firm MVRDV has revealed plans to build a cluster of mixed-use towers in Abu Dhabi, featuring pixellated corners that will frame a public square designed by Danish studio BIG. More ›

 
 

Dezeen's top 10 designs of 2017 that aim to create a better future

Ocean Cleanup

In a year filled with turbulent politics, humanitarian crises and environmental issues, designers have responded with imaginative concepts and solutions. Design editor Alice Morby continues our review of 2017 with her pick of the best. More ›

 
 

Light Earth Designs creates sustainable cricket pavilion of self-supporting parabolic roofs

Rwanda cricket stadium by Light Earth Designs

Three vaulted structures built using compressed soil-cement tiles form a canopy at this cricket pavilion in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, which looks out across the ground and a wetland valley. More ›

 
 

Carsten Hรถller creates pop-up club with two sides for Prada in Miami

The Prada Double Club Miami by Carsten Höller

Belgian artist Carsten Hรถller has designed a pop-up nightclub in Miami for fashion brand Prada, where indoor and outdoor spaces have very different identities. More ›

 
 

BIG designs "checkerboard" domed sports centre for Texas rodeo

East Austin District by BIG

Danish architect Bjarke Ingels is set to build a sports and music complex in Austin, Texas, with a fractured dome roof and an area for rodeo at its centre. More ›

 
 

Paul Laurendeau covers Quebec amphitheatre with giant red roof

A huge roof clad in red-hued metal panels spans above this open-air theatre, which Canadian studio Atelier Paul Laurendeau has built on the waterfront of Trois-Rivières in Quebec. More ›

 
 

Space10 pavilion imagines a future where buildings produce food for residents

This week's instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living video series explores an algae-producing pavilion by research lab Space10, which demonstrates how buildings could help feed urban populations sustainably in the future. More ›

 
 

Studio Swine brings New Springs installation for COS to Miami

COS installation Miami

An artificial tree that blossoms with mist-filled bubbles, by London-based Studio Swine, has been enlarged and erected inside an art deco building in Miami Beach. More ›

 
 

Competition: win a book that reveals the interiors of tiny homes

Small Homes, Grand Living by Gestalten publishers

Dezeen is giving five readers the chance to win a copy of Small Homes, Grand Living – a book that explores how tiny dwellings make the most of their square footage. More ›

 
 

In Situ Studio uses metal, timber and stucco for home on a wooded site in North Carolina

Taylor Residence by In Situ Studio

American firm In Situ Studio has paired dark cladding with white stucco for the facades of a modern family residence that overlooks a pond in North Carolina. More ›

 
 

Animal blood used by Basse Stittgen to create series of small objects

Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Basse Stittgen has used blood leftover from the meat industry to create a collection of small objects. More ›