Grenfell memorial | Sustainable Lego bricks | Carsten Höller slides in Florence

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Lego to launch sustainable bricks made from sugar cane

Lego is set to launch a range of botanical elements made from a plant-based plastic sourced from sugar cane, in a bid to reduce its plastic waste.  More ›

 
 

Carsten Höller's next slide installation will reveal emotional links between people and plants

Carsten Holler slides

Carsten Höller will explore how plants react to human emotions through his next slide installation, set to be built inside the courtyard of a palazzo in Florence, Italy. More ›

 
 

Grenfell Tower site to be turned into memorial to fire victims

The site of the burnt-out Grenfell Tower in west London is expected to be turned into a memorial to the 72 people killed in last year's disaster. More ›

 
 

Marc Goodwin photographs 14 architecture studios in Barcelona

Barcelona studios by Marc Goodwin

Photographer Marc Goodwin visited Barcelona for the the next instalment of his series on architects' offices around the world, shooting among others the workspace created inside a former cement factory by Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill. More ›

 
 

WoongKi Ryu's Abstraction chair takes cues from works of Kandinsky

Korean designer WoongKi Ryu has based elements of this chair on the motifs and colours seen in paintings by Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky. More ›

 
 

Fern tree grows through the roof of bright white "contemporary tropical" house on Java island

Norhouse in Indonesia by Aaksen Responsible Aarchitecture

The trunk of a Brazilian firetree pierces the white zinc-coated roof of this house by Aaksen Responsible Aarchitecture in Bandung, Indonesia. More ›

 
 

Pavlina Williams transforms mid-century dome house with angular windows

Dome House by Pavlina Williams

A dome-shaped house in Palm Springs has undergone renovation work by its owner, Los Angeles-based architect Pavlina Williams, who added new windows and created open-plan interiors. More ›

 
 

Studio Gang unveils plans for Arkansas Art Center overhaul

Arkansas Art Center by Studio Gang

Chicago-based firm Studio Gang has revealed plans to add a series of glazed pavilions with pleated roofs to an arts centre in Arkansas, as part of a major renovation and extension project. More ›

 
 

Four of the most appealing sales jobs for design lovers

dezeen_The Conductor by Faye Toogood for Established & Sons_sq3

There are a variety of sales roles available on Dezeen Jobs right now. We've selected four of the best London-based opportunities, including positions with Established & Sons  and Tom Dixon. More ›

 
 

Watch our talk with Bene live from Somerset House in London

Dezeen and office furniture brand Bene are hosting a panel talk with Vienna-based designer Thomas Feichtner and WeWork design director Andy Heath about how workplace design is changing. Tune in from 5:30pm UK time to watch it live. More ›

 
 

Latest Dezeen Weekly includes a renovated Arne Jacobsen hotel and Nokia's 8810 phone

The latest edition of Dezeen Weekly features Space Copenhagen's refurbishment of Arne Jacobsen's iconic Royal Hotel in the Danish capital and Nokia's resurrection of the 8810 phone. Subscribe to Dezeen Weekly ›

 
 

Competition: win a book documenting contemporary bathroom interiors

Take A Bath book by Gestalten

Dezeen has teamed up with publisher Gestalten to give five readers the chance to win a copy of a book exploring contemporary bathroom design in homes and hotels across the world. More ›

 
 

Five of the best houses in Virginia on Dezeen

James River House by Architecturefirm

Waterfront properties and woodland retreats in Virginia feature in the latest instalment of our series profiling enviable residences in each US state. More ›