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The Nolla cabin by Robin Falck is a zero-emissions escape in Finland

Nolla cabin by Robin Falck

Finnish designer Robin Falck has created an A-frame mirrored holiday home on Vallisaari, an island near Helsinki. More ›

 
 

Es Devlin to install poetry-spouting lion in London's Trafalgar Square

Please Feed the Lions by Es Devlin

Es Devlin will add a fifth lion to Trafalgar Square for this year's London Design Festival, featuring a fluorescent coat and a mouth that continuously spouts out poetry. More ›

 
 

Natasha Marks envisions "canyon-like" neighbourhoods built under Seoul following reunification of Korea

Natasha Marks Bartlett Graduate Show

Vast underground neighbourhoods are built to house an influx of migrants into Seoul, following the reunification of North and South Korea, in this conceptual proposal by Bartlett graduate Natasha Marks. More ›

 
 

Gregor Sailer depicts fake cities in The Potemkin Village photography series

The cities shown in these images by Austrian photographer Gregor Sailer may look real, but they are actually a mix of fakes and copies. More ›

 
 

P-rouette is a 3D-printed ballet shoe designed to reduce pain felt by the dancer

P-rouette is a 3D-printed ballet shoe that reduces pain felt by the dancer

Bezalel Academy of Art and Design graduate Hadar Neeman has created personalised ballet shoes using 3D-printing technology to reduce dancers pain. More ›

 
 

"What if houses were designed like bikes?"

As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the factory-built Futuro House, it's time for a radical rethinking of architectural manufacturing, says Phineas Harper. More ›

 
 

Cadaval & Solà-Morales' Y-shaped Casa de la Roca hides in Mexican woodland

Architecture firm Cadaval & Solà-Morales has used fallen and dead trees found around this house in Mexico to imprint its concrete exterior, which is painted black to help disguise it amongst the forest. More ›

 
 

Design, Bitches envisions assortment of pavilions for new park concept

Stomping Grounds by Design, Bitches for P.O.D.System Architecture

Design, Bitches co-founders Catherine Johnson and Rebecca Rudolph explain their idea to create a park that brings different activities together in unusual ways in our latest P.O.D.System Architecture movie. More ›

 
 

Tiny New York apartment by Graham Hill "functions like one twice its size"

LifeEdited 2 by Graham Hill

Moveable, folding and expandable furnishings turn the lounge of this 33-square-metre New York apartment into a master bedroom, or a dining room for 10 dinner guests. More ›

 
 

Latest Dezeen Weekly features NASA streetwear and Zaha Hadid's Malta tower

Zaha Hadid Architect's plans for Malta's tallest tower, Heron Preston and NASA's streetwear collaboration and IKEA's 75th anniversary collection feature in the latest edition of our newsletter Dezeen WeeklySubscribe to Dezeen Weekly ›

 
 

Two giant hands hold up Golden Bridge in Vietnam

Golden Bridge by TA Landscape Architecture

A curved golden bridge held up by two giant hands, designed by TA Landscape Architecture, has opened to the public near Da Nang in central Vietnam. More ›

 
 

Damage to Steven Holl's Reid Building revealed following Mackintosh fire

Reid Building by Steven Holl

Steven Holl's extension to the Glasgow School of Art will need repairs following damage sustained during the fire that destroyed the Charles Rennie Mackintosh-designed building. More ›

 
 

10 Los Angeles mansions fit for the rich and famous

Stradella house by SAOTA

The City of Angels has long been associated with grand residences and over-the-top villas built for the glitterati. Here's a selection of lavish LA pads from the Dezeen archives. More ›