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Large offices will become a thing of the past according to interior designer Sevil Peach, who predicts that corporate towers will be replaced by smaller hubs as staff work from home offices and co-working spaces as a result of coronavirus. Read more View the full article

Opinion: in this week's column, Sam Jacob calls for an end to the "tyranny of fun" in office design. (more...) View the full article

In this extract from Print Shift, our one-off publication about 3D printing, editor Claire Barrett reports on the growing number of medical applications for the emerging technology and asks how soon we can expect 3D-printed organ transplants. (more...) View the full article

In this article from Print Shift, our one-off magazine about additive manufacturing, Dezeen's Ben Hobson asks how soon we could be tucking into 3D-printed steaks. (more...) View the full article

In this week's comment update, readers are weighing up the environmental impact of Elon Musk's Cybertruck and a Seattle after-death facility. Read more View the full article

News: a team from Mexico City has won this year's Audi Urban Future award with a scheme that collects location data from commuters to identify problems in the city's congested road network (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

If you won a Dezeen Award this year, how would you display your brick-style trophy? We got back in touch with some of the 2019 winners to share their "shelfies". Read more View the full article

The pursuit of infinite economic growth is driving climate breakdown and producing ecologically toxic architecture, argues Phineas Harper, one of the chief curators of the Oslo Architecture Triennale. Read more

Winning an award for best architecture, interiors or design studio at Dezeen Awards can have a huge impact, according to last year's winners – and there are less than 20 days to enter and save 50 per cent. Read more View the full article

UNStudio founder Ben van Berkel says the architecture firm is researching "how design can support the sectors that are in need" after the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, in a video message for Virtual Design Festival. Read more View the full article

Pantone's Living Coral shade can't be a harbinger of positivity, says Michelle Ogundehin, when real coral reefs are being devastated by global warming. Read more

News: UK architecture watchdog the Architects Registration Board has been described as "crackers" and "pathetic" after the body gave Dezeen 14 days to amend an article describing John Pawson as an architect (+ interview). (more...) View the full article

Comments update: Kanye West's Yeezy collection for Adidas – described by the rapper himself as the world's "first solutions-based" clothing line – was the most commented story this week. (more…) View the full article

Perforated concrete blocks create patterns of light and shadow inside this mortuary in the Portuguese village of Vila Caiz by architects Raul Sousa Cardoso and Graça Vaz (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Nigerian designer Adebayo Oke-Lawal is using fashion to challenge racial and gender stereotypes. Speaking to Dezeen, he says he wants his label Orange Culture to kickstart a global movement for diversity. Read more

This week, some readers are envious of architect Timothee Mercier's parents after he converted an unused farm building in France into a new home for them. Read more View the full article

The Cambridge Analytica scandal revealed how personal data is being mistreated. But used responsibly, this information could be hugely beneficial for developing our cities, says Eleanor Jolliffe. Read more View the full article

Comments update: Swiss architect Peter Zumthor divided opinion this week with his claims that handmade architecture is experiencing a resurgence, and that computers are simply slaves. Read on for more about this and explore our comments page to keep up with the latest discussions. (more…) View the full article

US-born architect Neave Brown is to be awarded the Royal Institute of British Architects' Royal Gold Medal for 2018 for his contribution to social housing. Read more View the full article

Designers and brands need to wean themselves off the plastic "drug", according to Parley for the Oceans founder Cyrill Gutsch, who is releasing his organisation's shoes made from recycled ocean plastic with Adidas today (+ interview). (more…) View the full article

The pink seesaws installed across the US-Mexico border last summer by architect Rael San Fratello were smuggled into place, partner Virginia San Fratello has revealed. Read more View the full article

In this week's comments update, readers disagree with Vivienne Westwood that there should be a ban on private land ownership. Read more

Opinion: why did the Postmodernist design movement flounder at the end of the 1980s? Will Wiles finds the answer in popular Hollywood movies. (more…) View the full article

Pomo summer: could there be anything more ridiculous than the idea of a Postmodern revival? It depends what you mean by Postmodernism, says Sam Jacob, in his column for Dezeen's summer season on the controversial movement. (more…) View the full article

In this week's comments update, readers can't decide whether the Hoxton Press towers, by Karakusevic Carson Architects and David Chipperfield Architects, look new or retro.