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Foster + Partners completes BBC headquarters in Cardiff

BBC Cymru Wales in Cardiff by Foster + Partners

Foster + Partners has completed a new headquarters for BBC Cymru Wales in Cardiff, which features a broad metal canopy supported on slender columns. More ›

 
 

Developer to replace dangerous cladding on Croydon tower block

Developer Barratt Homes has promised to cover £2 million of work on a high-rise block in Croydon, south London, which failed cladding safety tests after the Grenfell Tower fire. More ›

 
 

Designers team up with Italian master artisans to create "craft design" objects

Designers including India Mahdavi, Nathalie du Pasquier and Ini Archibong have worked with Italian master artisans to create a range of unique objects, including totem-like vases and contemporary Venetian masks. More ›

 
 

Competition: win a book documenting homes on the water

Competition: win a book documenting homes on the water

Our latest competition gives five readers the chance to win a copy of Gestalten's Rock the Boat book, which explores an assortment of homes on water. More ›

 
 

Timber volumes form live-work spaces for artist and architect in rural Japan

House in Tokiwa by Makoto Suzuki

Japanese architect Makoto Suzuki has designed his own live-work space as a series of interlocking timber-clad buildings near Sapporo on Hokkaido island. More ›

 
 

Bouroullec brothers design low-cost Élémentaire chair for Hay

Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have designed a range of minimal chairs for Danish brand Hay, which they liken to being as simple and inexpensive as a "white T-shirt or blue jeans". More ›

 
 

Noiascape's west London co-living space targets home-avoiding millennials

Architects Tom and James Teatum designed this co-living space in Hammersmith to include informal work and living spaces that they hope will encourage millennials to spend more time at home. More ›

 
 

Future-focussed community initiative wins Lexus Design Award 2018

Testing Hypotheticals by Extrapolation Factory

New York studio The Extrapolation Factory has won this year's Lexus Design Award, with a project that encourages communities to speculate on the future of cities and daily life. More ›

 
 

Memorial in Alabama acknowledges violence against African Americans

National Memorial for Peace and Justice and Legacy Museum

A memorial and museum dedicated to the legacy of racial violence and injustice in America are set to open in Montgomery, Alabama. More ›

 
 

Competition: win a book featuring over 70 projects by Snarkitecture

Competition: win a book featuring over 70 projects by Snarkitecture

Dezeen is giving away three copies of a book filled with interiors, installations, products and more by New York design studio Snarkitecture in this competition. More ›

 
 

"Buildings are the most concrete clue to how tech giants are reshaping the world"

Internet Giants at Ikon Gallery

The buildings of Facebook, Google, and Amazon reveal a lot about how these tech giants see themselves, says Owen Hopkins. More ›

 
 

Artists create relief sculptures of Google and Apple headquarters

Internet Giants: Masters of the Universe exhibition by Langlands & Bel

The headquarters of Facebook, Apple and Google feature in this series of relief sculptures by artists Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell. More ›

 
 

Butler Armsden overhauls 1970s coastal home in northern California

Sea Ranch House by Butler Armsden

Updated interior finishes and a new guest house are among the modifications that US studio Butler Armsden Architects has made to a 44-year-old, wood-clad residence that overlooks the Pacific Ocean. More ›

 
 

Snarkitecture explores the changing states of water for Caesarstone installation

Snarkitecture and Caesarstone have teamed up to create an installation exploring the changing forms of water, which was set inside an abandoned 19th-century building during this year's Milan design week. More ›