Our cities are full of apartment blocks dotted with pathetically sized balconies too small to be of any actual use, writes Jessica Furseth. More about "If no one ever sits there, is a balcony still a balcony?"
Product design desperately needs to drop the notion that things can be made based on an "average-sized" human being, writes Karen Korellis Reuther. More about "Women are living in a physical world that is too often designed without them in mind"
As part of Dezeen's Future Stadium series, academic Benjamin Flowers considers the role of stadiums as one of the last monumental architectural forms that demands affection from the public. More about "Stadiums are the most significant expression of monumentality in our time"
The World Cup has highlighted the strengths and weaknesses of public transportation in North America and provided cities with the opportunity to test and implement novel approaches, writes scholar Deb Chachra. More about "The World Cup is a unique opportunity to make different public transit approaches visible"
History suggests that the upcoming election of a new RIBA president will do little to address the issues plaguing UK architects, writes Neal Shasore. More about "There's no point hoping that this RIBA presidential election can make much difference"
Following the surprise success of architectural horror flick Backrooms, Edwin Heathcote considers the basis for our morbid fascination with endless corporate spaces. More about "As so often seems to happen, Koolhaas got there first"
With the gap between cheap and expensive furniture wider than ever, IKEA's new PS collection is a timely reminder that affordable design can also be joyful, writes Debika Ray. More about "IKEA has challenged the rest of the design world"
This week's 3 Days of Design is an opportunity to challenge the idea that new is better, writes Katie Treggiden. More about "Design weeks need to start framing repair as aspirational"
The completed Obama Presidential Center represents a concerning shift in the image ex-presidents want to convey, writes Anthony Paletta. More about "The Obama Presidential Center unquestionably breaks free of tired precedent"
A new architecture movement tied to the tough realities of the profession is establishing itself in the UK and beyond, writes Nat Barker. More about "An architectural style has emerged that I'm calling 'gentleism'"
This year's Milan design week was a watershed moment for the use of AI and it is time for the industry to take action, writes Rima Sabina Aouf. More about "Design fairs need to adopt an AI policy, and need to do it now"
Parametricism is not what humanity needs from architecture in the 21st century, writes Catherine Slessor as part of our series on the style. More about "Parametricism is a technophile triumph of fetishised process over outcome"
Luxury brands and the widespread presence of opulence made this year's Milan design week an uncomfortable occasion, says Li Edelkoort. More about "Times have changed and the power of money has contaminated culture"
Parametricism can never become a dominant architecture style now that the forces of capitalism are no longer interested in the lives of the masses, writes Douglas Spencer. More about "The relationship between architecture and capitalism on which parametricism was premised ceased to exist long ago"
As Peter Zumthor's highly anticipated Los Angeles County Museum of Art opens, local writer Shane Reiner-Roth examines how the structure reflects the current moment. More about "Zumthor's LACMA building captures the strangeness of our times"
Collectible design taking its biggest ever platform at Milan design week tells us something significant about the current state of design, writes Debika Ray. More about "It's no surprise that Western design is seeking refuge in making beautiful things for the few"
This year's Milan design week will likely be dominated once again by fancy stuff for rich people but there are still gems to be found if you look hard enough, writes Max Fraser. More about "Just when one's cynicism is about to overflow, Milan will always deliver surprises"
Architects have an important role to play in making societies more resilient to the threat of future health crises, write Diego S Silva, Enya Moore and Chris L Smith. More about "Architects and public health officials must work together to prepare for the next pandemic"
It's no coincidence that so many of Glasgow's heritage buildings are succumbing to fire, writes conservation architect Matt Loader. More about "Glasgow's burning problem is a symptom of a greater failure"
Critics who bash Donald Trump's design concept for a presidential skyscraper library are too fixated on style and not on the wider trends in architecture's uptake in politics, writes Matt Shaw. More about "Trump's presidential library skyscraper makes sense"