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Despite changing needs and tastes, Venturi Scott Brown's threatened extension to the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego warrants preservation simply because their names are attached to it, says Mimi Zeiger. Read more View the full article

Opinion: in response to Joseph Rykwert's Royal Gold Medal lecture this week, where the critic stressed that all design has political implications, Kieran Long rejects Zaha Hadid's assertion that architects have "nothing to do with the workers" who die on construction sites. (more...) View the full article

Skyscrapers in Seoul: American architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill have designed a skyscraper with glazed triangular facets for emerging commercial centre the Yongsan International Business District of Seoul, which we’ve been focussing on this week. (more…) View the full article

Planks of translucent glass provide the walls for this house in south London designed by architect Carl Turner for himself and his partner (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This black woodland house on the outskirts of Seattle is set around a gravelled courtyard, which provides its residents with a secluded outdoor space safe from roaming elk. Read more View the full article

British supercar brand McLaren has released images of its racetrack-dedicated P1 GTR, which will debut at the Geneva Motor Show next month (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: Titan, the first digital pocket watch from Ziiiro, is now in stock in five distinctive colours. (more...) View the full article

Our new Pinterest board features architecture for education, encompassing schools, kindergartens, research centres and universities. See our new schools Pinterest board » Follow Dezeen on Pinterest » View the full article

Homely living spaces serve as a backdrop to artworks inside this gallery in Bath, England, which has been created by editor Rosa Park and designer Fred Rigby. Read more View the full article

Prolific Australian industrial designer Marc Newson has just joined Apple's design team, so here's everything you need to know about the designer – including previous collaborations with Jony Ive and his most popular projects on Dezeen. (more...) View the full article

Homeware and accessories brand Trame made its debut at Maison&Objet with a collection, Voyages to Meknes, based on the fictional story of Louis XIV's daughter marrying the Sultan of Morocco. Read more View the full article

Construction has halted on the skinny supertall skyscraper designed by SHoP Architects in Manhattan due to ballooning costs. Read more View the full article

Barozzi Veiga has completed the Tanzhaus dance centre in Zürich, which opens onto a promenade along the river Limmat with a concrete arcade of trapezoid openings. Read more View the full article

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Residents can step through holes in the walls inside this house in Japan by architects Atelier Cube (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Across the United States, run-down motels and motor lodges from the 1950s and 1960s are being given a new lease of life as contemporary hotels and guesthouses. From California to New York, here are some of the best examples. Read more View the full article

These handmade lights by Israeli designer Ohad Benit mimic the shapes of soap bubbles being formed. Read more View the full article

Stepped and planted roof terraces have been slotted into the 175-metre-high Robinson Tower in Singapore, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox with local practice Architects 61. Read more

This week on Dezeen, the work of up-and-coming French designers, alongside sofas and rugs were on show at the Maison&Objet furniture and accessories fair in Paris. Read more View the full article

An ancient Chinese courtyard garden tucked away in the hutongs of Beijing provides the setting for seasonal installations at curated design shop WUHAO. (more…) View the full article

Jury members discuss the top-three winners of the Samsung Mobile Design Competition mobile accessories category in this movie Dezeen filmed at the Samsung Developer Conference in San Jose, California. Read more View the full article

The Pratt Institute has launched an archival project that pays tribute to women in architecture. Following a celebratory dinner party held in March, the school's dean of architecture Harriet Harriss explains why projects like the Mistresses Archive are vital to achieve gender parity in the profession. Read more View the full article

A glass-walled garage and courtyard form the focal point of Basic House, a residence by Brownhouses in Bangkok that is designed to be deliberately simple. Read more View the full article

Architecture collective Assemble has transformed a former public swimming pool to create a new art centre for Goldsmiths college in south London. Read more View the full article

Established studios Rockwell Group, Studio Gang and Barber & Osgerby and emerging talents such as Mamou-Mani, Peter Pichler and Biasol are among 116 practices on the 2019 longlist for Dezeen Awards studio of the year and emerging studio categories. Read more