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MawsonKerr references monk cells for design of Mount Grace Priory cafe

Mount Grace Priory cafe by MawsonKerr

Gabled timber frames front this cafe in North Yorkshire, which British architecture practice MawsonKerr has erected in the grounds of a 14th-century monastery. More ›

 
 

Nike withdraws balaclava following claims it incites gang violence

Nike has removed a balaclava from sale, after critics argued that the design enforces racial profiling and glamorises violence. More ›

 
 

"Architectural meanings are nothing but fictions"

Steven Holl's recent proposal for Dublin, and its tenuous reference to a landmark 160 miles away, is symptomatic of architects' obsession with fake meanings, says Sean Griffiths. More ›

 
 

Zaha Hadid Architects draws up plans for housing on Bristol Arena site

Zaha Hadid Architects Bristol housing

Property investor Legal & General has unveiled designs by Zaha Hadid Architects for a huge housing development in Bristol, England, on a site earmarked for the city's new arena. More ›

 
 

Tiger of Sweden's brand identity updated for the 21st century

Tiger of Sweden updates brand identity for the 21st century

Antwerp-based design studio A New Archive has unveiled a new logo and word mark for Sweden's oldest tailoring company, as part of a brand overhaul following the arrival of creative director Christoffer Lundman. More ›

 
 

Warm Nordic launches 1950s-inspired Rúna table featuring discrete drawer

Rúna by Isabel Ahm for Warm Nordic

Danish designer Isabel Ahm has designed a wooden table for mid-century-focused brand Warm Nordic, featuring trumpet-shaped legs and a concealed drawer. More ›

 
 

Elliott Bishop tells "cautionary tale" of privatisation with fictional Nestlé-owned city

Elliott Bishop tells "cautionary tale" of privatisation with fictional Nestlé-owned city

The English city of York is transformed into a giant Nestlé sweet factory in this concept by Bartlett graduate Elliott Bishop, set in a post-Brexit Britain. More ›

 
 

New York Public Library launches Insta Novels to make literature "more accessible"

Insta Novels by NYPL

The New York Public Library is posting versions of classic books and accompanying animations to its Instagram stories, encouraging the digital generation to read more. More ›

 
 

Competition: win a black Zero-In table by Barber and Osgerby

Zero-In table by Barber & Osgerby

Dezeen is giving away a Zero-In table, designed by Barber and Osgerby for British brand Established & Sons, in our latest competition. More ›

 
 

Brooks + Scarpa's inflatable pavilion concept captures energy from lightning storms

Vortex Generator by Brooks + Scarpa for P.O.D.System Archtiecture

Brooks + Scarpa principals Angela Brooks and Larry Scarpa explain their concept for a public pavilion that could harness energy from lightning in our penultimate P.O.D.System Architecture movie. More ›

 
 

Beauty Shoppe turns century-old Pittsburgh building into co-working space

Beauty Shoppe Pitt Building

Co-working company Beauty Shoppe has transformed a historic building in Pittsburgh into one its collaborative workspaces, adding contemporary furniture while retaining characterful details. More ›

 
 

Latest Dezeen Weekly features an Instagram-friendly ball pit and Dezeen Awards shortlists

The latest edition of our newsletter Dezeen Weekly features a bright blue ball pit, a twisted tower in San Francisco, plus the shortlists for the inaugural Dezeen Awards. Subscribe to Dezeen Weekly ›

 
 

UK designers told to prepare for "actual possibility" of no-deal Brexit

Creative Industries Federation no-deal Brexit guide

The Creative Industries Federation has issued a guide to help creative businesses prepare for the UK to leave the EU next year, as "the threat of a no-deal Brexit is now becoming an actual possibility". More ›

 
 

Dezeen Awards studios shortlist reveals biggest design talents of 2018

We can now reveal the architects and designers competing to be named best established or emerging studios at the Dezeen Awards, including Christ & Gantenbein, Universal Design Studio, Note Design Studio and Atelier NL. More ›

 
 

Ibañez Shaw's Fort Worth Camera Studios feature details that allude to photography

Fort Worth Camera Studios by Ibañez Shaw Architecture

A pierced concrete wall based on camera apertures fronts this photography studio in Forth Worth, Texas, by local firm Ibañez Shaw Architecture. More ›