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The decision to build the London Centre for Music less than 300 metres away from an existing concert hall is the latest unnecessary example of global high-culture one-upmanship, says Phineas Harper. Read more

As Europe's largest Ferris wheel is set to be built in Newcastle, Owen Hatherley questions why the giant wheels are still being built in cities across the world. Read more

Paul Flowers, chief design officer of water technology brand Lixil, discusses the latest trends in bathroom design in this talk produced by Dezeen for today's Grohe x VDF collaboration. Read more View the full article

Architect Amin Taha has won his appeal against Islington Council, which had ordered the demolition of the RIBA award-winning 15 Clerkenwell Close. Read more

Opinion: after returning from a two-week break, Sam Jacob reflects on the phenomenon of the modern beach holiday and argues that it is just as artificial as everyday working life in the city. (more...) View the full article

Celebrities attending the Met Gala not only misunderstood the concept of camp, but showed levels of waste that will lead to a backlash against displays of decadence, says Li Edelkoort. Read more

As America's suburban shopping malls are becoming ghost towns, Aaron Betsky argues that their complex architecture character means that they deserves more serious consideration. Read more

Opinion: when the team behind the Rosetta space mission landed Philae on a moving comet last week, they celebrated in a grey control room – the kind of uniquely bland space that has been the backdrop to some of the 21st century's most iconic moments, says Will Wiles. (more...) View the full article

Opinion: by walking out of Berlin's Neues Museum with an illicit 3D scan of the bust of Queen Nefertiti, a pair of artists has forced us to question whether conservation is an act of care or a radical form of repression, says Sam Jacob. (more…) View the full article

Movie: Indian architect Sandeep Khosla explains the importance of outdoor learning at DPS Kindergarten School in Bangalore, India, which won the education category at last month's Inside Festival in Singapore. (more...) View the full article

With Brexit the British people have shown a greater appetite for risk than the creative sector, which needs to take the public more seriously or risk becoming irrelevant, says Martyn Perks of the Dissenters Design Network. Read more View the full article

With the demolition of Los Angeles County Museum of Art underway for Peter Zumthor's redesign, Mimi Zeiger is concerned about what will be left for the city and its residents following coronavirus lockdown. Read more View the full article

The coronavirus has exposed fundamental problems with our healthcare systems that we should not forget once the pandemic passes, warns Reinier de Graaf in a letter to the present from the future. Read more View the full article

Movie: Katrin Schön of garden trade fair Spoga+Gafa shows Dezeen around the Garden Unique section of this year's show and discusses the growing trend for outdoor cooking in this movie filmed in Cologne. (more...) View the full article

Last week we launched an ideas competition calling for a redesign of the UK passport after Brexit. It offers the chance to radically rethink the contemporary idea of nation, says Sam Jacob in this Opinion column. Read more View the full article

Opinion: by destroying ancient architecture, ISIS is waging an ideological war on cultural history – it is our responsibility to respond with yet more culture, says Sam Jacob. (more…) View the full article

How would you display your trophy if you won a Dezeen Award? We asked some of the 2018 winners to share their "shelfies". Read more

Opinion: in his latest column, Sam Jacob argues that hyper-realistic environments created by digital games like The Room give us a new perspective on the history of design. (more...) View the full article

Fashion and technology: sports brands like Nike and Adidas have been leading "technological innovation" in shoe design but the fashion industry is finally beginning to wake up to the possibilities of digital technologies, says Rem D Koolhaas, co-founder of footwear brand United Nude (+ interview). (more...) View the full article

There are 50 examples of sustainable fashion on show in the Netherlands for the inaugural State of Fashion exhibition, including textiles created from salvaged plastic bags and shoes made of fish skins. In a Dezeen exclusive, curator José Teunissen reveals her highlights. Read more View the full article

In the last movie of our Seven Designers for Seven Dials series, designer Paul Cocksedge demonstrates what happened when passers-by called the floating illuminated phone number he installed for the project curated by Dezeen. (more...) View the full article

Aaron Betsky, president of Frank Lloyd Wright's School of Architecture at Taliesin, is leaving the post after a bitter fight to save the experimental institution. Here he details the behind-the-scenes battle to save the school. Read more View the full article

Opinion: on his return from Dutch Design Week, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs argues that "something special is happening" in Eindhoven, a dowdy post-industrial sprawl that was recently named "the most inventive city in the world". (more...) View the full article

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Humans need to design a better future for the planet, and anger can be a good engine for that change, MoMA curator Paola Antonelli told the Dezeen Day audience. Read more View the full article