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Fuses Viader Arquitectes converts abandoned hilltop fortress into museum and hotel

Sant Julià de Ramis fortress by Fuses Viader Arquitectes

Fuses Viader Arquitectes has transformed a 19th-century fortress near the Spanish city of Girona into a museum and hotel complex featuring concrete, glass and weathered-steel. More ›

 
 

Reimagined fire hydrant doubles up as a water fountain for people and dogs

Drinking Hydrant by Dimitri Nassisi

This multipurpose drinking fountain, designed by ÉCAL industrial design graduate Dimitri Nassisi, can be used for fighting fires, quenching thirst, filling bottles and refreshing pet dogs. More ›

 
 

This week, two Apple Stores made the news and Dezeen Awards longlists were announced

This week, the longlists for the inaugural Dezeen Awards were revealed and Foster + Partners overhauled its plans for an Apple Store on Federation Square in Melbourne. More ›

 
 

Waterfront Nikis Apartment features walls in shades of pink, blue and green

Waterfront Nikis Apartment by Stamatios Giannikis

Colour-blocked walls painted in flamingo pink, azure blue and pastel green define the different areas of this seaside apartment in Greece, by architect Stamatios Giannikis. More ›

 
 

Michael Arad unveils Emanuel Nine Memorial to commemorate Charleston church shooting

The Emanuel Nine Memorial by Michael Arad

Michael Arad, the architect behind New York's 9/11 Memorial, has revealed plans for a monument dedicated to the victims of a shooting massacre that took place at Charleston's Mother Emanuel AME Church. More ›

 
 

WARR Hyperloop wins SpaceX competition with record-breaking fast pod

Warr Hyperloop

A team from the Technical University of Munich has topped previous hyperloop speed records with a capsule that hit 467 kilometres per hour, at a competition run by SpaceX. More ›

 
 

NASA announces winners of competition to design 3D-printed habitat for Mars

NASA announces winners of competition to design 3D-printed habitat for Mars

NASA has selected the five winning designs in the latest stage of its 3D-printed Habitat competition, which include a community of modular pods made from the Martian surface, and a vertical egg-like container. More ›

 
 

Marie Kondo launches shoebox-style boxes to help people declutter their homes

Japanese decluttering guru Marie Kondo has released a product she claims will help people organise their homes – a set of three empty, shoebox-style containers she calls the Hikidashi Boxes. More ›

 
 

Heusch revamps Edwin Residence overlooking LA's Mulholland Drive

Residence overlooking Mulholland Drive by Heusch Inc.

Architecture studio Heusch has sought to create a continuous experience between the indoor and outdoor spaces of this overhauled mid-century residence, located high up in the Santa Monica Mountains. More ›

 
 

BIG, MAD, MVRDV and OMA on shortlist to design Australia's tallest building

Melbourne Tower Shortlist

Supertall skyscrapers with rainbow facades and shaped like a mountain piercing a light-up cloud are on the shortlist for Southbank – a new tower in Melbourne, which if built would be Australia's tallest building. More ›