Boeing delivery drone | Tree-covered social housing | Huge Melbourne extension

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Dominic Pandolfini updates his century-old Melbourne home with huge zinc-clad extension

Port Melbourne House by Pandolfini Architects

Architect Dominic Pandolfini has more than tripled the size of his once run-down home in Melbourne, by adding a contemporary extension clad with zinc. More ›

 
 

Stefano Boeri designs first tree-covered social-housing project

Trudo Vertical Forest in Eindhoven by Stefano Boeri Architetti

Italian architect Stefano Boeri is bringing his vertical forest model to a social-housing project in Eindhoven, to show how green homes can be provided at affordable rents. More ›

 
 

Boeing reveals delivery drone that can carry up to 500 pounds of cargo

Boeing has created an unmanned electric air vehicle prototype that it will use to test and evolve autonomous cargo delivery vehicles of the future. More ›

 
 

Raised stepping stones allow Dutch bridge to remain accessible during a flood

Zalige bridge by Next Architects

Rising water levels don't cause many problems for this bridge in the Dutch city of Nijmegen – it can still be accessed even when the path on either side is flooded, thanks to a series of concrete stepping stones. More ›

 
 

Formafantasma creates glassware with swathes of coloured pigment for Nude

Serving plates patterned with accents of yellow and blush pink by Formafantasma feature in Nude's latest glassware collection, which is launching at Maison&Objet later this month. More ›

 
 

Abraham Cota Paredes creates stark white interior for hair salon in Mexico

Salón L'Occocó by Abraham Cota Paredes

Mexican architect Abraham Cota Paredes has given this hair salon in Guadalajara a minimal makeover, hiding beauty products and accessories in the all-white space. More ›

 
 

Plantagon designs office block containing a 60-metre-high urban farm

Our latest Dezeen x MINI Living video features a proposal for an office tower that doubles as a vertical farm, by Swedish architecture firm Plantagon. More ›

 
 

Australian architect Cameron Lyon passes away

Obituary: Cameron Lyon

Cameron Lyon, a director of influential Australian firm Lyons and a pioneer of "people-friendly courthouses", has died. More ›

 
 

Workers carry impossible furniture loads in Alain Delorme's Totems photographs

Totems by Alain Delorme

This photo series by French photographer Alain Delorme spotlights China's consumer society through images of workers transporting teetering piles of furniture and other goods. More ›

 
 

Rem Koolhaas, Konstantin Grcic and Bouroullec brothers all create designs for Prada

Architects Rem Koolhaas, Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, and designers Konstantin Grcic, and Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have all contributed to Prada's Autumn Winter 2018 menswear collection. More ›

 
 

Birdseye Design references local vernacular for secluded Vermont dwelling

Board and Batten by Birdseye Design

American studio Birdseye Design has created a rural guest house in Vermont with hipped roofs and distinctive cladding, which evokes the traditional board-and-batten siding commonly found across New England. More ›

 
 

Call for entries to AHEAD Americas 2018 awards

AHEAD Americas 2018

Dezeen promotion: architects and designers working across the Americas are invited to submit their hotel projects to the AHEAD Americas awards for 2018. More ›