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AZL Architects creates 3D-printed pavilion alongside stone house in Chinese village

A translucent garden pavilion made from 3D-printed plastic blocks provides a lightweight counterpoint to a robust, stone-clad house by AZL Architects in the Chinese village of Shanyinwu. More ›

 
 

Benjamin Hubert uses steam-bending to create curving wooden basket for Fritz Hansen

Benjamin Hubert uses steam-bending to create curving wooden basket for Fritz Hansen

Benjamin Hubert's design agency Layer has created a pebble-shaped timber basket for Fritz Hansen using the brand's steam-bending techniques. More ›

 
 

This week, IKEA released it's first skateboard and planned a brutalist hotel

IKEA was a prominent fixture in the news this week as they released their first skateboard, while reports emerged that the Swedish furniture company were considering converting a Brutalist building in Connecticut into a hotelMore ›

 
 

Knight Associates looks to Japan for design of eco-friendly fashion store in New Zealand

Kowtow store by Knight Associates

Japanese architecture and joinery inspired Knight Associates design for this clothing shop in Wellington, which is defined by a sequence of slatted timber panels. More ›

 
 

Es Devlin presents BIG's The XI towers in installation triptych

Es Devlin installation for BIG

British designer Es Devlin has rethought the typical residential sales gallery, using a trio of installations to promote a pair of twisting towers that architecture firm BIG has designed for New York. More ›

 
 

Competition: win a map of Chicago's concrete architecture

Concrete Chicago Map

Dezeen is giving away five copies of a map that pinpoints Chicago's concrete buildings, including iconic brutalist structures and university projects, in this competition. More ›

 
 

Forensic Architecture has "mixed feelings" about Turner Prize nomination in week of setbacks

Forensic Architecture, the investigative team shortlisted for the Turner Prize for art, has expressed ambivalence about the accolade, which came in a week when it suffered several setbacks in its cases. More ›

 
 

Coordination Asia turns historic Shanghai building into restaurant for the Instagram generation

Changning Villa by Coordination Asia

An old school building in Shanghai has been transformed by Coordination Asia into a restaurant with social media-optimised decor. More ›

 
 

London creatives moving to Milan? "It's my job to stop that from happening" says Matt Hancock

UK culture secretary Matt Hancock has defended the government's support for the design industry, and has pencilled in a trip to Milan design week next year to champion UK designers. More ›

 
 

Chicago's second-tallest skyscraper planned beside Tribune Tower

Tribune Tower by Adrian Smith Gordon Gill Architecture

A skyscraper by architecture firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill is set to rise next to Chicago's historic Tribune Tower and become the second-tallest building in the city. More ›

 
 

Christophe Machet creates chairs from sewage pipes

Royal College of Art graduate Christophe Machet used a "poor and unsexy" sewage pipe to create this collection of chairs. More ›