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Latest architecture and design news from Dezeen.
 
 
   
 
   
 

Kogaa converts crumbling Czech distillery into fuss-free co-working space

The Distillery by Kogaa Studio

The Distillery is a co-working space in Brno, Czech Republic, featuring unfinished walls, ageing ceiling beams and a drinks bar in a disused elevator shaft. More ›

 
 

Beirut-based designers advocate new uses for the city's overlooked public spaces

Architects and designers can take an activist approach to instigate social change, according to participants in this year's Beirut Design Week. More ›

 
 

C-224 lamp uses LiFi technology to transmit data through light

C-224 lamp uses LiFi technology to transmit data through beams of light

ÉCAL student Alexandre Picciotto collaborated with French technology firm Oledcomm to design a LiFi emitting lamp for libraries. More ›

 
 

Ruetemple creates small spartan apartment in Moscow

Strogino Flat by Ruetemple

Space-saving oak furniture and white-washed walls feature in this minimalist apartment in Moscow renovated by architecture studio Ruetemple. More ›

 
 

Arthur Analts designs honeycomb coin in tribute to Latvia

Arthur Analts pays tribute to Latvia with honeycomb coin design

Latvian designer Arthur Analts has created a €5 coin with a tessellating honeycomb shape, to highlight the abundant natural resources of his home country. More ›

 
 

AWE Office creates apartments with angular stone-clad facade in Iran

This residential building containing two apartments, in the Iranian city of Yazd, has an angular form influenced by vernacular cottages. More ›

 
 

Cody Seipp imagines Detroit as Amazon's "hyper-designed" headquarters

Detroit is taken over by Amazon in architecture student Cody Seipp's conceptual project, which envisions the US city in 2051 following a major redevelopment orchestrated by the retail giant. More ›

 
 

MoMA curators select highlights from Towards a Concrete Utopia

Jasenovac Memorial Site by Bogdan Bogdanović, Jasenovac, Croatia, 1959-66

The curators of MoMA's recently opened exhibition about the architecture of former Yugoslavia have chosen their favourite pieces from the show, including Kenzo Tange's masterplan for Skopje and a giant war monument in Croatia. More ›

 
 

Equinox Miracle Mile gym opens in former LA television studio

Equinox Miracle Mile by MBH Architects

Curving walls, fluted columns and golden touches are among features that Californian firm MBH Architects added to an old TV studio in Los Angeles, while converting it into a gym for luxury fitness brand Equinox. More ›

 
 

Bennetts and AHMM design Facebook's new London headquarters

AHMM and Bennetts Associates design Facebook's London headquarters

Bennetts Associates and Allford Hall Monaghan Morris are both designing buildings in London's King's Cross to house the offices of tech giant Facebook. More ›

 
 

Rolls-Royce reveals concept for electric flying vehicle with vertical takeoff and landing

British aerospace company Rolls-Royce is developing a personal electric flying vehicle that it says could be on the market by the early 2020s. More ›

 
 

Wooden arches traverse Hunan Slurp noodle shop by New Practice Studio

Hunan Slurp by New Practice Studio

Curved slats of laminated wood cover the walls and ceiling of a Chinese restaurant in New York's East Village by design firm New Practice Studio. More ›

 
 

Oskar Zieta inflates steel to create Daliowa island pavilion in Poland

Daliowa pavilion by Oskar Zieta

Polish designer Oskar Zieta has created a public sculpture in Wrocław using an inflated steel technique he plans to use for larger works of architecture. More ›