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This house for a surgeon in Chiba, Japan, by Apollo Architects & Associates contains courtyards with elevated wooden walkways and glass walls behind its thick concrete exterior (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

German practice J. Mayer H. has replaced the gridded facade of a 1950s office building with organically curved glass and white render. (more…) View the full article

Bblur Architecture has won approval to wrap a giant slide around the Anish Kapoor-designed ArcelorMittal Orbit sculpture in London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. (more…) View the full article

American architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien have been named architecture laureates for the Japan Art Association's 2019 Praemium Imperiale awards. Read more

The Royal Institute of British Architects has declared a state of climate emergency, committing to a five-year plan of action for climate change. Read more

French designer and Memphis Group member Nathalie du Pasquier has created more than 50 new pieces for her first solo show in the UK in 25 years. Read more View the full article

Our review of the year naturally concludes with December, when the Louvre Lens by SANAA and Imrey Culbert has been our most popular story, the architecture world paid tribute to the late Oscar Niemeyer and the fight to protect design education continued. (more...) View the full article

Seed-dispersing robots and file-sharing drones are among proposals to fuse technology and the natural world by Liam Young of Tomorrow's Thoughts Today, presented at our Designed in Hackney Day last summer (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Australian designer Trent Jansen has created a collection of furniture shaped to resemble scaly and hairy monsters from his country's myths. Read more View the full article

Reactions to a Zaha Hadid project for Beijing being copied by a developer in another Chinese city lead Dezeen Mail issue 133, which also features the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 133 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

London hotelier Ennismore has designed an outpost of The Hoxton within an old meatpacking facility in Chicago, including a co-working lobby space and rooftop pool. Read more

Laboratory for Architecture in Barcelona uncovered barrel-vaulted brick ceilings during the renovation of this apartment in the architects' home city (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: new British shelving design and manufacturing company ON&ON will launch at Design Junction during the London Design Festival in September. (more...) View the full article

Design studio Sasaki has completed a minimalist white pavilion and a glazed library for a growing university in Monterrey, with terraces that offer generous views of the city. Read more View the full article

Pomo summer: Ettore Sottsass' Carlton bookcase was the defining product of the 1980s Memphis Group. In the latest instalment of our Postmodernism series, we explore how its bright coloured laminates and playful form typified Memphis' challenge to Modernism's impersonal aesthetic. (more…) View the full article

This set of images by photographer Iwan Baan provides a first look inside Herzog & de Meuron's extension to the Tate Modern art gallery, set to open next month in London (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen has teamed up with French illustrator Jean Jullien and his animator brother Nicolas to create this exclusive film, in which Emeco CEO Gregg Buchbinder tells the story behind five of the American furniture brand's chairs. Read more View the full article

Brighton University graduate Laila Laurel has designed a chair that prevents people from "manspreading", as part of a project that aims to offer solutions to sexist issues experienced by women. Read more

This fly-through video created for the NLA's annual London Tall Buildings Survey shows how over 500 towers currently proposed for London will affect the capital's skyline. Read more View the full article

A rooftop deck, an overhauled kitchen and ample glazing are among the notable features in a 50-year-old dwelling in Washington that has been renovated by US firm Wittman Estes Architecture + Landscape. Read more View the full article

Explore this year's Serpentine Pavilion, a secluded courtyard designed by Mexican architect Frida Escobedo, in this exclusive 360-degree video filmed by Dezeen. Read more View the full article

London architecture office Make has designed a portable prefabricated kiosk with a folded aluminium shell that opens and closes like a paper fan (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

As the demand for houses in London keeps on growing, architects are still managing to find old warehouses to transform into new homes and live-work spaces. We've rounded up some of the best examples, including an apartment with a raw-steel movie archive and an industrial space converted into an artist's studio (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

French studio TVK has overhauled the Place de la République in Paris to create an even larger pedestrian plaza that includes a new cafe pavilion, water features and over 150 trees (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde has developed an "electronic vacuum cleaner" that can remove smog from urban skies and is working with the mayor of Beijing to use the technology in a new park in the city (+ interview + movie). (more...) View the full article