Japanese studio Unemori Architects has completed a house in the city of Takaoka that is raised 70 centimetres above the ground on concrete stilts to protect it from flooding and heavy snow.
A panel of leading women in product design will discuss their experience of working in the field in this live talk produced by Dezeen for Philips TV & Sound. Watch live from 2pm London time.
Large courtyards will sit between the five high-rise blocks that define The Africa Institute campus, which Adjaye Associates is developing in downtown Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Climate activist group Architects Climate Action Network has launched Households Declare, a national UK campaign that aims to draw attention to and limit the carbon emissions released by households.
Architecture studio Reddymade has collaborated with Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei to design a corrugated metal extension with hexagonal ends for a weekend home in Salt Point, New York.
Architects and designers have reacted with dismay to the news that a 1960s landmark in central London will be demolished to make way for a new office development by architecture studio Make.
A project that reintroduces endangered countryside animals into an orchard environment and a church ruin in Bristol transformed into an educational kitchen are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the University of Reading.
