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This monument to seamen by Canadian studio Bourgeois Lechasseur Architects stands on the site of a fish processing plant that was destroyed in a fire. Read more View the full article

Belgian studio GAFPA has slotted a timber-framed house inside the steel skeleton of a disused stonemason's atelier in Ghent, and transformed a former outbuilding into a walled garden (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

White plaster walls, concrete floors, and grey marble fixtures helped Australian practice Adam Kane Architects avoid an "overly feminine" aesthetic inside the Mariana Hardwick bridal boutique in Melbourne. Read more

Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza has renovated one of his most iconic projects – the waterside Boa Nova Tea House in his hometown of Porto (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

South Korean designer Wonmin Park constructed these chairs and tables from slabs of coloured resin (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Pampers has partnered with health software platform Verily, a sister company of Google, to create nappies that tell parents when their baby's nappy needs changing as well as monitoring their sleep patterns. Read more

Dezeen promotion: the A' Design Awards and Competition has announced the winning architecture, interiors and design projects in this year's contest. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: food designer Chloé Rutzerveld has developed a concept for "healthy and sustainable" 3D-printed snacks that sprout plants and mushrooms for flavour (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

David Bowie's extensive collection of Memphis furniture features in this week's issue of Dezeen Mail, along with a roundup of 10 minimalist kitchens and the new-look Dezeen. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail › View the full article

Global architecture firm HOK has created a conceptual proposal for a fleet of drones that would serve as a portable hotel, enabling access to far-flung locales (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Music: musician and director Kamiel Rongen mixed water and oil with paint, sugar, and even an air freshener to create a series of misty surreal landscapes for this music video (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

It's only possible to create ethical fashion if you pay attention to all elements of the business says Amy Powney, creative director of Mother of Pearl, which is collaborating with Net-A-Porter to make clothes from vegan peace silk. Read more

Milan 2016: Danish studio GamFratesi has borrowed shapes from typical mid-century furniture to create the Voyage chair and Collector desk for Italian brand Porro's 90th anniversary collection. (more…) View the full article

The impact that the High Line had on New York real estate can teach architects "a really good lesson" on the need to manage gentrification, says Elizabeth Diller in the second part of our exclusive video interview at the RIBA International Conference. Read more View the full article

International font company Monotype has brought the London Tube's 100-year-old typeface into the 21st century, adding the hashtag, at sign and lighter weights more suitable for digital use (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

British firm Austin-Smith:Lord used textured brick for the internal and external surfaces of this monastery in Liverpool to give it an austere but coherent aesthetic (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Australian studio CplusC Architectural Workshop has extended a house in a Sydney suburb so that it looks like a doll’s house with the back wall taken off (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A residence on the edge of a cliff in Chile named D House is the fourth project from our A-Zdvent calendar, which is counting down the days until Christmas with houses named after letters of the alphabet. Read more about D House » View the full article

Spanish-Mexican studio LaSelva's 45 furniture system for Chinese brand Inyard can be customised to create tables of different sizes and finishes. Read more View the full article

White marble panels on the exterior of this commercial building in São Paulo by French-Brazilian office Triptyque were intended to give it an icy aesthetic that contrasts with its subtropical environment (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Istanbul Design Biennial 2012: design duo Kram/Weisshaar used custom software to adapt and strengthen the branch-like metal joints of this collection of 3D printed furniture, currently on show at the Istanbul Design Biennial (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson used a combination of mirrors and coloured screens to create different abstract scenes for Wayne McGregor's Tree of Codes ballet. Read more View the full article

Yves Behar has designed a connected thermostat for UK energy supplier British Gas aimed at ordinary consumers rather than technology lovers (+ movie). (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

This week on Dezeen, we looked back at the biggest architecture and design stories of 2019, and looked forward to the upcoming projects of the new year. Read more View the full article

This vertiginous viewing platform in the Canadian Rockies was designed by Calgary firm Sturgess Architecture with a strengthened glass floor that provides a view straight down to the valley below. (more...) View the full article