Angular zinc-clad volumes fold around a central courtyard and stretch out towards ocean views at this house designed by Australian architect John Wardle on the scenic Great Ocean Road in Victoria (+ movie). More about John Wardle's Fairhaven Beach House stretches out towards the ocean
Following the row over whether Zaha Hadid's World Cup stadium looks like a vagina, here's a roundup of yonic architecture from the Dezeen archives. As one commenter wrote: "There are enough phallic buildings in the world; maybe it's time for some vaginal ones". More about After Zaha's "vagina" stadium, here are six more examples of yonic architecture
Movie: in our final exclusive interview from Inside Festival, Emre Açar of Alatas Architecture & Consulting explains how the Turkish studio converted a dark, narrow nineteenth-century house in Istanbul into a light office space. More about Wooden Istanbul house converted into a new office for Turkish tinned tuna company
Following the completion of Dutch studio OMA's De Rotterdam building and our exclusive interviews with Rem Koolhaas, here is a selection of OMA projects that we have featured on Dezeen including a glazed cube for a Tokyo store, a proposed bridge with a pedestrian boulevard in France and the CCTV building in China. See our new OMA Pinterest board »
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Plants could be genetically engineered to produce textiles at the same time as food, according to this synthetic biology project by designer and researcher Carole Collet. More about Genetically engineered crops could grow lace amongst their roots
The central staircase inside this office in Mexico City by architecture studio Goko is made up of different sections, including some that look like they are upside down. More about Staircase with upside-down sections at an office in Mexico