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Architect Álvaro Siza Viera has completed a simple countryside chapel in the south of Portugal, designed to function without electricity, heat or running water. Read more View the full article

Helsinki's new art museum Amos Rex proves that importing an international brand, like the Guggenheim, isn't the only way to create a blockbuster tourist attraction, argues Dezeen deputy editor Tom Ravenscroft. Read more View the full article

Living spaces at this house in the Indian city of Chandigarh are distributed around a full-height courtyard that allows natural light and breezes to reach rooms arranged around its perimeter. Read more

Human impact on the planet is forcing Sweden to relocate the town of Kiruna. The urban planners and architects behind the project say the biggest challenge isn't moving the buildings, it's bringing the community with them. Read more

Research collective Synflux has developed a system of digitised couture that reduces the amount of fabric needed to make clothes by creating garments that exactly fit the wearer's body. Read more

Breaking news: French president Emmanuel Macron has promised to rebuild Notre-Dame Cathedral after the fire, and millions of euros have already been pledged in support. Read more

London studio PearsonLloyd has unveiled a family of mono-shell seats that are designed to be as simple as possible without losing sturdiness. Read more

The husband-and-wife team behind American firm J_Spy have created a retreat for their family in Upstate New York that features a compact interior and basic materials like concrete masonry and standing-seam metal. Read more

Polish design studio Noma has developed a mask that makes the wearer's face undetectable to facial recognition algorithms used in public surveillance cameras. Read more

David Adjaye has revealed visuals of The Abrahamic Family House, an interfaith complex in Abu Dhabi that will contain a church, mosque and synagogue. Read more

Two elliptical skylights puncture the carved, white plaster ceiling over the living areas in this New York City brownstone, which has been overhauled by local firm O'Neill Rose Architects. Read more

An ash-wood staircase perforated with circular holes connects the two storeys of an Edwardian house in Lewisham, London, which has been extended by architects R2 Studio. Read more View the full article

Musician, Solange, has sent us behind-the-scenes photos of the performance she directed at the Richard Meier-designed Getty Center in Los Angeles. In this interview she tells Dezeen why she's targeted major art museums with her music. Read more View the full article

Foster + Partners has launched a sustainability manifesto that outlines its methodology for designing buildings that will go beyond current environmental certification schemes to meet the demands of the Paris Agreement. Read more View the full article

Architect and MIT professor Carlo Ratti stokes the surveillance debate with his biennale exhibition, which is set in a working train station in China and actively uses facial-recognition technology. Read more View the full article

Tranquil courtyards, locally sourced stone and an array of swimming pools are among the features at Nobu Hotel's first location in Mexico – a beachside resort along the Pacific Ocean. Read more View the full article

Architects Farshid Moussavi and Issa Diabaté will be joined by designers Paola Navone and Konstantin Grcic as judges for this year's Dezeen Awards. Read more View the full article

Designers, universities and industry events are taking their activities online as coronavirus forces the sector to consider replacing real-world interactions with virtual alternatives. Read more View the full article

Weathered steel and juniper siding clad the cross-laminated timber community centre that Lever Architecture has added to the Oregon outpost of The Nature Conservancy. Read more View the full article

In the second part of Virtual Design Festival's collaboration with Zoomed In festival, photographer Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre explains his journey from photojournalism to architectural photography. The lecture will be live-streamed at 2pm UK time. Read more View the full article

Artist Cyril Lancelin has imagined a protective fort made of pillows to encourage people to stay home to stop the spread of coronavirus. Read more View the full article

With the deadline for Dezeen Awards 2020 only 11 days away, we've been in touch with some of our judges to find out what they'd like to see in this year's entries. Read more View the full article

The two-floor extension that Studio Bright has added to this Edwardian family home in Melbourne includes fun features like a theatre-style sitting room and a pool that resembles a Roman bath. Read more View the full article

Swiss designer Adrien Rovero has created a sofa that can be transformed into a bed by re-arranging blocks of upholstery. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

San Francisco studio CCS Architecture have completed a house comprising two buildings in the Santa Cruz mountains of California, where the roof of one extends over the other. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article