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Adidas has unveiled the latest pair of trainers from its Futurecraft series, featuring uppers made from 100 per cent biodegradable material. Read more View the full article

Zaha Hadid 1950-2016: Pritzker Prize laureates paid tribute to Zaha Hadid at a private dinner before this year's Pritzker ceremony in honour of Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena, which took place in New York on Monday. (more…) View the full article

Brazilian studio Studio MK27 has rotated the top volume of this concrete house in Brasília so it extends out over a narrow swimming pool to rest on a pair of stilts. Read more View the full article

Charlie Luxton Design decided to "refurbish not demolish" a neglected, brick bungalow on the edge of a village in the Cotswolds to create a family home. Read more View the full article

In this Dezeen movie, jury members discuss the winners of the Samsung Mobile Design Competition wallpaper category, which were revealed last month at the Samsung Developer Conference in San Jose, California. Read more View the full article

Danish firms Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects and Gottlieb Paludan Architects have won a competition to design the world's largest waste-to-energy power plant in China (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Hundreds of spinning blades reveal the invisible patterns of the wind in American artist Charles Sowers’ kinetic installation on the facade of the Randall Museum in San Francisco. (more…) View the full article

Belgian architect Indra Janda has used translucent polycarbonate shingles to create a garden room at her parent's home. Read more View the full article

Architecture firm Feuerstein Quagliara has integrated a series of covered outdoor spaces into this country home, which is designed to provide "visual and physical connections to the landscape from every room". Read more View the full article

Over 100 Australian architecture studios have formed an organisation called Architects Assist, which will provide pro-bono design services to people affected by Australia's bushfire crisis. Read more View the full article

German studio Opposite Office has proposed creating a temporary Covid-19 superhospital inside Berlin's unfinished Brandenburg airport during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more View the full article

This corrugated paper cabin designed by architect Mattias Lind is printed to resemble black marble on one side of the folds and white marble on the other so it looks different from either side (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015: Vietnam-based Vo Trong Nghia Architects has unveiled a fourth prototype of its low-cost housing design, which is now moving towards mass production (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

We've created a new Pinterest board full of moving buildings that roll, spin, twist and hinge open, following the publication of Henning Larsen's Danish university facility with a climate-responsive kinetic facade. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more moving buildings View the full article

A gallery inside the Triennale Milano museum is transformed into a fluorescent skateboarding venue in this installation by South Korean artist ​Koo Jeong A. Read more View the full article

Dutch architecture studio BETA has designed a house in Amsterdam for a multi-generational family with a central yellow staircase connecting their separate accommodation. Read more

Brooklyn Museum has revealed its plans to stage a major showcase focused on the history and influence of legendary New York nightclub Studio 54 next year. Read more

Japanese studio Nendo has designed a collection of handbags from single sheets of laser-cut leather that the buyer can assemble at home. Read more View the full article

Seoinn Design Group has designed a place of worship with a stone tower featuring a cross hanging over an observatory as a contemporary spire for the Saemoonan Church in South Korea. Read more

The stepped profile of this house in Japan by architecture studio IHRMK gives clues about the complicated layout of rooms contained within. (more…) View the full article

Milan 2016: Italian design studio Tipic has created a smart kitchen countertop that integrates various interactive functions including a sink that appears out of the surface with a simple gesture (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

VDF products fair: architect Julien De Smedt's iconic Stacked Storage System for Muuto is now available in midnight blue. Read more View the full article

Italian timepiece manufacturer Lorenz has relaunched a clock that was designed by Richard Sapper in 1960 to utilise mechanisms salvaged from second-world-war torpedoes. Read more View the full article

Zaha Hadid Architects has completed the Heydar Aliyev Centre in Baku, Azerbaijan - a cultural centre with walls that rise seamlessly from the surface of the surrounding plaza (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

As real-estate prices in New York City continue to soar, Brooklyn residents are using their extra space and relaxed planning restrictions to extend their townhouses and build "quirky" garden studios, according to local architects (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article