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London off-licence transformed into industrial-style apartment building by Emulsion

London architecture office Emulsion has built a trio of homes around the structure of a former corner shop, including an apartment for studio director Michael Deeley and his partner. More ›

 
 

Creating Instagram moments "now part of architectural briefs" says Farshid Moussavi

Clients are now asking for projects to have strong Instagram appeal, according to architect Farshid Moussavi. More ›

 
 

Top five architecture and design jobs this week include UNStudio and Alma-nac

New Budapest Bridge by UNstudio

Our pick of the best architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs this week include positions with architecture firms UNStudio and Alma-nac, and London's Science Museum. More ›

 
 

IKEA, Anthropologie and Habitat among winners of PETA Vegan Homeware Awards 2018

PETA awards Anthropologie, IKEA and Zara for best vegan design

A faux-sheepskin rug from IKEA and a "dolly wool" sofa from Anthropologie are among the winners in an awards programme that celebrates the UK's best vegan design for the home. More ›

 
 

The Glasgow School of Art is Charles Rennie Mackintosh's "masterwork"

In celebration of the 150th birthday of influential Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh this week, we're looking back at five projects that defined his career. Next up is his most famous building, the Glasgow School of Art. More ›

 
 

Mary Katrantzou combines Bauhaus and Arts and Crafts graphics in fashion collection

Mary Katrantzou aw 2018

Fashion designer Mary Katrantzou has created a series of dresses, jackets and other garments that juxtapose visuals from the modernist Bauhaus movement with those from the decorative Victorian era. More ›

 
 

"It takes 40 or 50 years to update an industrial landscape. We want to speed that up," says Sidewalk Labs urban planner

After disrupting our online activities, Google's parent company now wants to disrupt how cities work. Dezeen spoke to Rohit Aggarwala, head of urban systems at Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs, as it gears up to redevelop a major chunk of Toronto. More ›

 
 

Time magazine recreates iconic cover using 958 drones

Time's The Drone Age – A Special Report cover

Time magazine has sent a fleet of drones into the Californian sky to create a 100-metre-tall version of its cover, for a special report on unmanned aerial vehicles. More ›

 
 

"Poor communication skills" to blame for architecture's problems, says Tom Dyckhoff

Tom Dyckhoff - Sam Jacob -twitter

Writers Sam Jacob and Tom Dyckhoff have clashed over the way architects speak about their work, with Dyckhoff claiming obscure language is to blame for lack of public interest in the discipline and Jacob saying he is "sick" of people making this claim. More ›

 
 

360-degree video offers a look inside all 10 chapels built by the Vatican City in Venice

Terunobu Fujimori

This 360-degree video created by Dezeen offers a look inside all 10 chapels commissioned by the Vatican City for its inaugural Venice Architecture Biennale exhibition, including designs by Terunobu Fujimoro, Smiljan Radić and Sean Godsell. More ›

 
 

Kanye West expected to begin Yeezy Home architecture venture with social-housing project

Low-income housing by Yeezy Home

Kanye West's first foray into architecture is expected to be a prefabricated concrete affordable-housing project, which has emerged a month after he announced a new arm of his Yeezy fashion label. More ›

 
 

Eindhoven to build "world's first" 3D-printed houses that people will live inside

Eindhoven to build "world's first" 3D-printed houses that people can live inside

Eindhoven University of Technology has announced plans to 3D print a series of concrete houses that will be made available to rent. More ›

 
 

Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Hill House was designed from the inside out

Hill House by Charles Rennie Mackintosh

To mark 150 years since the birth of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, we're looking back at five influential projects that defined his career. First up is Hill House in Helensburgh, widely recognised as the Scottish architect's most important residential work. More ›

 
 

Feldman Architecture completes The Shack nature retreat for creative couple in California

The Shack by Feldman Architecture

American studio Feldman Architecture has renovated and expanded a cottage just outside of San Francisco, adding a two-storey extension, a pool terrace and a garage blanketed with a green roof. More ›