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Architecture studio Lipton Plant has turned a small space at the side of a Victorian house in north London into the glazed entrance for a basement extension focused around an oak staircase (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Graduate designer Hyunseok An wants to highlight the role that "unappreciated" algae could play in our diets by creating an indoor micro-farm for the home. Read more

Witherford Watson Mann has overhauled a former stable block in Leicestershire to create the rural Nevill Holt Opera theatre, which is shortlisted for this year's Stirling Prize. Read more

Goldsmiths, one of the UK's best known art and design schools, has declared a climate emergency and pledged to become carbon neutral by 2025. Read more

Low-lying volumes topped with overhanging roofs form this holiday home in the Pacific Northwest, which was designed by US studio Wittman Estes for a family of impassioned naturalists. Read more

A frame of monolithic concrete portals supports a bar and cafe, designed by Portal 92, which overlooks a raised terrace of terracotta-coloured seating in Moradabad, India. Read more

Architecture studio Vora has created an interplay of old and new inside these five Barcelona apartments, by arranging walls to highlight the original patterned tile floors. Read more

Edition Office, Linehouse and Takt Project have been named the best emerging studios of the year at the Dezeen Awards party in London. Read more View the full article

Architecture and design magazine Metropolis has been acquired by New York media company Sandow. Read more View the full article

Plywood is used to make cabinets, nooks and dividers inside this olive green retail store in Lower Manhattan that Brooklyn studio ABA has designed for London streetwear brand Maharishi. Read more View the full article

Snøhetta has teamed up with the Wikimedia Foundation to develop a new visual identity for its global organisation that will be generated in partnership with volunteers from around the world. Read more View the full article

The rocky north coast and traditional white-washed buildings of Menorca inform the irregularly stacked boxes of a holiday home in Coves Noves by architects Nomo Studio. Read more View the full article

Benjamin Hubert and his studio Layer have designed Bang & Olufsen's sculptural Beosound Balance speaker, which has a two-part structure made from wood and textile. Read more View the full article

Designer Fabio Novembre questions the desire to return to normal after the coronavirus pandemic, claiming that "the virus is in the system we used to live in", in a video message recorded for Virtual Design Festival. Read more View the full article

The two founders of Lagado Architects have revamped their own townhouse in Rotterdam to feature bold live-work spaces and a sculptural blue staircase. Read more View the full article

Coronavirus will lead to "value shift" in housing design according to architect Alison Brooks, who rejected the trend for micro-homes because "nobody wants less space". Read more View the full article

It’s Dezeen night at the Barbican’s Ron Arad: Restless exhibition in London next Thursday, 11 March and we have 50 pairs of tickets (worth £10 each) to give away for the show and the book event we’re hosting that evening. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The creative director and co-founder of Qwstion, Christian Kaegi, sheds light on why the sustainable Swiss brand is infiltrating the production chains of major companies in this exclusive interview for VDF x Alcova. Read more View the full article

Japanese architects Suppose Design Office have completed a house in Tokyo surrounded on one side by a tent. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve just sent out Dezeenmail issue #53 - have a look at it here. Dezeenmail is sent out roughly every two weeks and contains a selection of Dezeen’s best stories and comments, along with all our latest competitions and jobs. You can subscribe here. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Our latest Dezeen Watch Store pop-up opens next week at SuperDesign in London, where we’ll be showing the latest watches in our collection, including the Trapezoid series by Naoto Fukasawa for Issey Miyake (above). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In this short interview we conducted as part of our Food and Design report for luxury kitchen appliances brand Scholtès, Dutch designer Marieke van der Bruggen explains Public Pie, an open-air kitchen where the food is cooked in front of you. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Greek architect Aristeide Antonasto has designed a metal-clad extension on stilts for a courtyard in central Athens. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: Dezeen have teamed up with Swiss brand Punkt. to offer readers the chance to win one of three limited-edition posters signed by Jasper Morrison. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Munich designer Matthias Demacker presented this chair with interchangeable upholstery pads for Italian brand Area DeClic in Milan last month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article