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Container Atlas brings together examples of shipping-container architecture from around the world. Here, one of the book's editors picks his top five projects from the book's latest edition. Read more View the full article

People have become more sensitive to noise during the coronavirus pandemic, highlighting the importance of good sound design, according to sound artist and designer Yuri Suzuki. Read more View the full article

Dutch design studio Raw Color has suggested using odd socks to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. Read more View the full article

Coinciding with the OMA retrospective opening at the Barbican in London this week, here are some photos of the Maggie’s Centre for cancer care that the firm just completed in Glasgow. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: this animation by Studio Yog and LOBOTOMY was drawn on the isometric grid of XYZ Note, a sketchbook designed by Seoul studio KAMKAM. Each drawing in the animation responds to the rhythm of the music. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Construction photos, released along with new renderings, show that French architect Jean Nouvel's supertall skyscraper in Manhattan has reached the 58th floor. Read more View the full article

A sequence of arches creates topsy-turvy openings and curvy doorways through the spaces of this art gallery in Beijing by design collective Penda (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Members of the Royal Institute of British Architects, including a past president, have signed a letter calling for UK prime minister Boris Johnson's honourable fellowship to be taken away. Read more

A smooth, curved concrete shell forms the exterior of this art studio in Boeotia, central Greece by Athens studio A31 Architecture (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This kettle by Kingston University graduate Anna Czaniecka is shaped like two mugs so the user can precisely measure how much water to boil for cups of tea. (more...) View the full article

Reader reactions to a provocative visualisation of the border wall proposed by Donald Trump lead this week's comments update. Read more View the full article

Today is the last day you can enter Dezeen Awards 2019, and the final chance to take advantage of our 50 per cent discount on studio categories! Read more

VDF products fair: UK flooring manufacturer Forbo has designed its Tessera Earthscape carpet tiles to emulate the natural textures of soil and rock. Read more View the full article

This house outside Barcelona by Spanish studio MDBA features a glazed living room that thrusts out towards the descending landscape (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with BIS Publishers to give away five copies of Sketching, the Basics by Koos Eissen and Roselien Steur. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: designer Philippe Starck says that not being able to save lives and tackle key global issues in his work leaves him feeling “impotent”- The Independent The designer has created a new photobooth that meets his aims of designing democratic and affordable products. Starck claims they offer a solution for those who can’t afford a camera, adding that photos help us to “exist.” He also laments the modern propensity for vandalism that threatens the booths, saying: “Twenty years ago it was possible to design something pretty and people to respect it. Not now.” </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View…

Dezeen Wire: a meals-on-wheels service that brings home cooked food to elderly residents is one of three projects that will share £100,000 awarded by the UK government’s Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) to the winners of a competition that called for innovative ideas to help elderly citizens live more independent lives. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: architect Steven Holl has been named as the winner of this year’s AIA Gold Medal. See all our stories about his work here. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designer Tom Dixon describes how a motorcycle crash forced him to abandon a career as a bass guitarist in the latest episode of Dezeen's Face to Face podcast. Read more View the full article

The Sidewalk Toronto smart city was scuppered by a combination of local opposition, excessive secrecy and the prioritisation of profit and technology over sustainability and community, according to architect Ben van Berkel. Read more View the full article

This Montreal residential building by local studio Naturehumaine features a simple brick facade punctuated with square windows and a rear parking area topped by a steel canopy. (more…) View the full article

Canadian studio Batay-Csorba Architects has designed a low-rise apartment building that challenges Toronto's planning policies, which preference single-family homes and fail to address population growth. Read more

A veil of smoke clouds the window of this jewellery shop in Athens, behind which Kois Associated Architects has installed display cases modelled on trees (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Landscape architects EMF teamed up with architecture firm Ardèvol to remove over 400 buildings from a former holiday village in eastern Spain and transform the landscape into a series of meandering pathways and coastal viewpoints (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Design studio Bravo! has exploited the textures and hues in rock from one of Chile's volcanos in this collection of 80 home accessories, featuring block colours, swirling patterns, mottled surfaces and thick veins. Read more View the full article