Villa Savoye sunk in fjord | Skyscraper with waterfall | NASA at Burning Man

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Alex Chinneck unzips the walls of a condemned office building

Alex Chinneck unzips the walls of a building in latest installation

The walls of a soon-to-be-demolished office building in Kent, England, appear to have been zipped open in this installation by artist Alex Chinneck. More ›

 
 

Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye sunk in Danish fjord

Flooded Modernity by Asmund Havsteen-Mikkelsen

Asmund Havsteen-Mikkelsen has sunk a scale model of one of Le Corbusier's most famous buildings in a Danish fjord, as a statement about the Brexit vote and Donald Trump's election. More ›

 
 

Wutopia Lab lays out Shanghai Sanctum bookstore to be map of the human psyche

Shanghai Sanctum bookstore by Wutopia Lab

Chinese architecture studio Wutopia Lab has transformed Building 25 of the Sinan Mansions in Shanghai into a bookstore that takes inspiration from the human body and mind. More ›

 
 

Standard Studio use skylights to funnel light into Amsterdam loft

Standard Studio use patio and skylights to funnel light into Amsterdam loft

A courtyard sits at the centre of this converted canal house apartment in the centre of Amsterdam by local firm Standard Studio. More ›

 
 

Rock-like Mater vases feature inside Copenhagen restaurant Noma

Designers Frederik Nystrup-Larsen and Oliver Sundquist have created a series of knobbly concrete vases that looks like lava rocks, for the new home of prolific Copenhagen restaurant Noma. More ›

 
 

Row of ridged bays contains bottling facilities at Santa Margherita vineyard

Santa Margherita Winery by Westway Architects

Italian studio Westway Architects has completed the modernisation of a winery near Venice, which combines wine-coloured zinc-titanium cladding with windows to view the production process. More ›

 
 

Architects petition to save Venturi Scott Brown's San Diego art museum

Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

Over 70 architects, critics and preservationists have signed a petition to prevent the "tremendous mistake" of demolishing parts of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown's Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, to make way for an expansion by Selldorf Architects. More ›

 
 

Massive NASA space blanket proposed as billowing Burning Man installation

The Blanket at Burning Man by Alex Schtanuk

Russian artist Alexander Shtanuk has launched a crowdfunding campaign to turn NASA's metallic emergency blankets into an enormous artwork at this year's Burning Man festival. More ›

 
 

Starling bank launches vertically orientated debit card

Starling bank launches vertical debit card

Digital-only bank Starling has launched a debit card with a vertical design to align with the way people usually make payments. More ›

 
 

Ignacio Correa crafts wooden Casa Camilo for family of farmers in Chile

Casa Camilo by Ignacio Correa Arquitecto

Two long volumes clad in local cypress and kinked at their centres form this house in rural Chile, by Ignacio Correa Arquitecto. More ›

 
 

Chinese skyscraper incorporates 108-metre high waterfall

New video footage reveals the latest incredible skyscraper being constructed in China, which incorporates a giant waterfall into its facade. More ›

 
 

"If I buy eight, am I also responsible for feeding them?"

Corpus Collection by Nikolas Bentel

In this week's comments update, readers aren't sure how to respond to furniture formed from a naked body. More ›

 
 

Studio Mutt designs four fictional characters to inhabit Sir John Soane's Museum

Studio Mutt creates four fictional characters to inhabit Sir John Soane Museum

London-based practice Studio Mutt has revealed illustrations of four architectural characters that will inhabit the Sir John Soane's Museum as part of this year's London Design Festival. More ›

 
 

Red Rocks house by The Ranch Mine nestles into Arizona mountainside

Red Rocks Residence by The Ranch Mine

American firm The Ranch Mine has overhauled and expanded a Phoenix residence, adding limestone cladding and generous terraces, and reorganising the home so it capitalises on views of the desert terrain. More ›