News Feed

Motor brand MINI has launched the latest incarnation of the iconic car at the firm's production plant in Oxford, UK (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A nursing professor and explorer have designed a portable life-support system that they claim allows divers to eat, sleep and decompress underwater. Read more

Milan 2013: Zaha Hadid imagined a block of ice formed in the crevasses of a glacier for the design of this bench, launching this week in the Tortona district of Milan. (more...) View the full article

News: Classical architect Quinlan Terry is one of a small number of architecture and design industry figures to be recognised in the 2015 New Year Honours list. (more…) View the full article

New Year's resolutions dictate the annual renewal of an unused gym membership but, for those still unwilling to leave the lounge behind we've rounded up five of the best home workout spaces, from punch bags that keep you fit while you type to a basketball court that doubles as an entrance hall. Basketball Court House, Japan, by Koizumi Sekkei An indoor basketball court takes the place of an entrance hall in this home in eastern Japan designed by Koizumi Sekkei. Rooms surround the wooden court, but are protected from stray balls by sliding doors and metal grilles. Find out more about Basketball Court House › Photograph by Adrien WilliamsIn Suspension, Canada, by Natu…

The next intake of architecture students at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia will be accommodated in modular student housing with stark concrete interiors (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Taking its cues from a cuckoo clock, Cuckoo House is a cafe combined with a four-person house in Da Nang, Vietnam, designed by architecture studio Tropical Space. Read more

MIT has taken the first steps towards turning plants into functional lighting by embedding the firefly enzyme in the leaves of a watercress plant. Read more View the full article

Nina Tolstrup's design firm Studiomama has created a pastel-coloured wardrobe with doors that unfold into a partition for large rooms (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Bathrooms and storage are hidden behind white panels inside this Berlin apartment that Raum404 has recently renovated, allowing it to be used as a home and a gallery. Read more View the full article

Interieur: French designer Matali Crasset has created a collection of concrete furniture, including a lamp shaped like an interwar military listening device. (more…) View the full article

The gaping hole in the centre of this office block in Paris was designed by MVRDV to preserve views of another local building (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A path of narrow brass lines leads visitors around the different areas of this restaurant in Munich, which is set inside an important Modernist building. (more…) View the full article

Milan 2016: British designer Lee Broom will recreate part of an Italian palazzo inside a delivery van for a travelling installation to showcase his latest 90s-inspired lighting collection. (more…) View the full article

News: three residential towers designed by Foster + Partners for a riverside development in central London have been given the go-ahead by Lambeth Council. (more...) View the full article

Japanese studio Hiroyuki Ogawa Architects has created a smoking room that is designed to never be smoky inside a shopping centre on the outskirts of Tokyo (+ slideshow). (more…)

Dutch designer Wouter Biegelaar used blocks of ice to sculpt a single piece of furniture for lounging, sleeping and dining inside a suite at the Icehotel in Lapland (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: online retail giant Amazon has presented a prototype for a service that uses flying robots to deliver packages to customers within half an hour of ordering (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

News: record numbers of overseas students have applied to study architecture and design courses in the UK, with applications up 14% on last year. (more...) View the full article

Dutch studio MVRDV has transformed a neoclassical chapel into the main entrance for a museum of modern art in Schiedam, the Netherlands, adding bright red shelves between the listed building's existing features (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Delicate glazing fits around a bulky concrete structure at this hilltop house in Toledo by Spanish architect Alberto Campo Baeza (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Jobs has plenty of job vacancies in Germany available right now, with roles in Berlin, Düsseldorf and Cologne, including positions with Studio Olafur Eliasson and HENN Architecten. Read more

Thomas Heatherwick explains his desire for the recently opened Vessel, at the Hudson Yards development, to become a unique public destination in this video. Read more

Wilkinson Eyre has created "unique student residencies with identity" from prefabricated timber pods at the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology in Wiltshire, England. Read more

This year, furniture designs ventured out of the home onto the streets and into prisons. Design reporter Jennifer Hahn picks out her top 10 projects for our review of 2019, from public seating in Beirut to silicone chairs. Read more View the full article