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Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza will present plans to build a new entrance and visitor centre for historic Granada palace the Alhambra at an exhibition opening later this month in Berlin. (more...) View the full article

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

Architect Álvaro Siza Vieira has built a linear, white concrete art museum that runs parallel to the Tâmega river in Chaves, Portugal (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A sequence of white geometric galleries are enclosed within this aluminium-foil pavilion, which Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza created for furniture brand Camerich at the China International Furniture Fair. Read more

Interview: Álvaro Siza, one of the world's most decorated architects, spoke to Dezeen recently in his home city of Porto, Portugal. In this interview he tells us his projects are never finished "because we never have enough time". (more…) View the full article

Álvaro Siza's plans for a new entrance and visitor centre at the historic Granada palace the Alhambra have been rejected. Read more View the full article

Squeezed between two existing buildings in Barcelona, this family home by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes features a steel frame, a timber facade and two street-facing balconies (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Indonesian designer Alvin Tjitrowirjo has created five new pieces of handmade furniture, designed to promote rattan as a high-quality material. Read more

Vancouver studio Alyssa.Marcela presents Peel Vase Series, a range of vessels for cut flowers made of paper, as part of the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration. Read more View the full article

British industrial designer James Dyson has added two new models to his range of blade-less fans, the AM02 Tower and the AM03 Pedestal. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Venetian office AMAA has converted an abandoned plumbing factory into an architecture studio with a rough-and-ready character. Read more View the full article

This house in Amagansett, New York, by Bates Masi Architects is designed to take advantage of its windy site on Long Island's south shore (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Here are the latest renderings of BIG's combined power plant and ski slope that blows smoke rings, which commenced construction in Copenhagen yesterday (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

VDF products: Viennese brand SAGAN has collaborated with Nigerian designer Kenneth Ize to create its colourful collection of Amaka and Ilorin bags. Read more View the full article

Amanda Levete's firm has revealed its design for a Maggie's Centre for cancer care in Southampton, England, set at the centre of a tranquil flower garden. (more…) View the full article

AL_A principal Amanda Levete has won this year's Jane Drew Prize, an annual lifetime achievement award for an architect who has furthered the progress of women in the industry. Read more View the full article

Amanda Levete's London studio AL_A has won an invited competition to create a mosque as part of the Foster + Partners-designed World Trade Center Abu Dhabi development. (more…) View the full article

Stackable football pitches could be erected on disused or temporarily empty plots across London, according to Amanda Levete and her London-based studio AL_A. Read more View the full article

Fibreglass petals overlap to create the transparent roof of Amanda Levete's forest-inspired MPavilion, which opened to the public today in Melbourne's Queen Victoria Gardens (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

The Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology by Amanda Levete's firm AL_A has opened to the public, coinciding with the start of the Lisbon Architecture Triennale (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Amanyangyun hotel is designed to celebrate Chinese culture says Tanuj Goenka, director of Kerry Hill Architects, in this movie produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD awards. Read more

A ring, glasses, earbuds and an oven are among the new voice-controlled Alexa devices that Amazon has released to offer "even more ways to add Alexa to your daily life". Read more

Online retail giant Amazon is celebrating the birthday of legendary designer Charles Eames with a pinboard that collects together replicas of his designs sold on the site. (more…) View the full article

News: ecommerce giant Amazon has selected an office building by Foster + Partners for central London as its new UK home. (more...) View the full article

Following its proposal for flying warehouses, online retailer Amazon has filed a patent that would see its depots submerged underwater, with items summoned to the surface by acoustic vibrations. Read more View the full article