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News: a host of international architects including Zaha Hadid, UNStudio, Snøhetta and Safdie Architects have been shortlisted to design the World Expo 2017 exhibition in Astana, Kazakhstan. (more...) View the full article

These masks by German designer Meike Harde cover just the eyes and mouth, replacing the wearer’s features with idealised ones from the media. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen and MINI World Tour: recent design graduate Leanie van der Vyver speaks to us about her project Scary Beautiful, a pair of extreme, back-to-front high heels, which she presented at Design Indaba in Cape Town. (more...) View the full article

Designers share on Instagram the tiny clay versions of their ideal homes they created to keep busy while in isolation. Read more View the full article

Fashion designer Raf Simons has announced that he is becoming co-creative director of Italian label Prada, where he will work alongside Miuccia Prada. Read more View the full article

Milan 2014: the second project debuted by London studio Doshi Levien for Danish design brand Hay this year is a collection of mirrors with geometric shapes resembling jewels. (more...) View the full article

This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for architects at Herzog & de Meuron, whose M+ museum design in Hong Kong's new West Kowloon Cultural District is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Staircases zigzag between balconies and terraces on the facade of the Campbell Sports Centre, a new athletics facility by Steven Holl Architects for Columbia University in New York (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This week on Dezeen, Dyson crafted 44 engineering challenges for children during the coronavirus lockdown and Frank Lloyd Wright residences opened their doors for virtual tours. Read more View the full article

A cruciform facade marks the new entrance to this art museum, which occupies a 15th-century monastery building near Venice, Italy (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Rippled facades create curved balconies for the residents of this apartment building completed by NEXT Architects in the Chinese city of Fuzhou (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The rippled aluminium cladding of this climbing centre in northern Italy is dotted with tiny perforations that allow the walls to become see-through after dark (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Weathering steel – often known by the brand name Corten – continues to remain popular with architects. The pre-rusted metal, which is created when chemicals are used to speed up the oxidisation process, has recently been used to clad a Brisbane community centre and a mountaintop family retreat. The rust forms a weatherproof layer of protection. See all our stories about weathering steel » View the full article

As the Venice Architecture Biennale 2012 draws to a close, we take a look back at the five exhibitions and pavilions that were most popular with Dezeen readers, as well as the biggest news stories to come out of the event. (more…) View the full article

Milan 2016: German lighting designer Ingo Maurer turned Milan's Torre Velasca into a glowing red beacon with an installation for car brand Audi during Milan design week (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Recently established Norwegian architecture studio Gartnerfuglen have created a mobile fisherman’s hut with walls of ice, where a single inhabitant can isolate themselves from modern technology. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Architectural Association school in London has been granted the right to award bachelor's and master's degrees for the first time in its history, which "marks a new era" for the institution says its director Eva Franch i Gilabert. Read more

We just sent the latest issue of our Dezeen Mail newsletter, which leads with the completion of London’s Olympic venues and, in particular, our readers’ horrified reaction to Anish Kapoor’s ArcelorMittal Orbit sculpture (above). One commenter described as an “evil scientist’s lair“. Also included in this issue are all the latest jobs, competitions (including how to win a £520 bike), music tracks plus the usual round-up of the best stories and comments from the past week. Read Dezeen Mail issue 101 » Subscribe to Dezeen Mail » View the full article

Japanese architect Ninkipen! has completed a house in Osaka Prefecture, featuring a metal surface that appears to be peeling up from the structure (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A huge school for Syrian refugees is set to be built at a camp in Jordan, using a modular and re-deployable construction system developed with the help of former Architecture for Humanity director Cameron Sinclair. Read more View the full article

Architecture studio OMA has completed its extension to the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Quebec, which features a stack of stepped galleries and a protruding, angular staircase. (more…) View the full article

This week on Dezeen, a rural house in Northern Ireland by McGonigle McGrath was named as the RIBA House of the Year, and Glenn Murcutt's MPavilion was unveiled in Melbourne. Read more View the full article

Stray balls aren’t a problem on the rooftop tennis court of this sports centre in western Poland by PL.architekci, thanks to the cage that covers the building (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Belgian design studio Alliages Design's Toupie storage units are made up of a stack of open metal cubes attached to a vertical floor-to-ceiling pole. Read more

International firm SWA Group has been selected to redesign Futian District in Shenzhen, an area that’s larger than Manhattan (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article