Two Corten steel pavilions form the mouths to a tunnel of university laboratories inside a former army tank depot in Bremen, Germany. More »
Five years ago this week an all-star lineup of architects comprising Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, Jean Nouvel and Tadao Ando released proposals for a cultural complex on an island off the coast of Abu Dhabi. Hadid’s designs were for a performing arts centre projecting towards the harbour while Gehry put forward plans for a Guggenheim contemporary art museum, Nouvel proposed a Louvre classical art gallery and Ando designed a maritime museum. All four are currently still in development. More »
Dezeen archive: one of our most controversial stories this week was a strikingly red psychiatric centre, so we’ve grouped together all of our stories about bright red architecture. See all the stories »
These desks by London architects Studio Octopi were designed to look like miniature basketball courts. More »
This time last year Zaha Hadid unveiled concept proposals for two luxury villas at a golf resort and residents of a Paris neighbourhood complained so much about the noisy construction of a Frank Gehry-designed civic building that construction had to stop for the next month. More »
Translucent windows create a glowing frame around the facade of this Tokyo townhouse when the lights are turned on inside. More »
Architect Daniel Libeskind has completed a family of curved towers beside a bay in Singapore. More »
This week Marc Newson unveiled the camera he designed for Japanese brand Pentax and Nike launched a wristband that can tell whether you’ve done any exercise. Meanwhile, Austrian designer Nina Levett caused a stir with a trio of provocative videos that show her at work in her studio. More »
The latest menswear collection by fashion designer Sruli Recht of Iceland features leather made from dolphin skin, fabric woven from horse hair and silk extracted from a spider’s gland implanted in a goat. More »
Designer Noé Duchaufour Lawrance has fitted out an alpine ski lodge in the French Alps with a trunk-like hearth, curved fir walls and a floating bed. More »
Dezeen Screen: design graduate Ariane Prin uses an extruding machine to press pencils from waste materials she finds at the Royal College of Art workshops in her project From Here to Here, presented and filmed at our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform. Watch the movie »
Sugary treats are arranged like ingredients for potions inside this dimly lit patisserie in north Athens. More »
London designer Phil Cuttance has built a machine to cast faceted vases that are unique every time. Watch the movie » More »
Australian designer Marc Newson has launched a camera for Japanese brand Pentax. More »
A staircase at the centre of this Amsterdam apartment has risers that are almost but not quite at right angles to the treads. More »