Pininfarina unveils Ferrari-like tractor design for Zetor
Italian design studio Pininfarina has launched a tractor that takes its cues from sport cars to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Czech agricultural machinery manufacturer Zetor. More
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"Prison Architect is a graveyard for the utopian spirit where noble ambitions go to die"
Opinion: controversial computer game Prison Architect offers a grim lesson for real-world architects, whose good intentions often count for nothing, says Will Wiles. More
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James Turrell and Schmidt Hammer Lassen unveil extension for ARoS art museum
Danish architecture firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen has teamed up with American artist James Turrell to design a domed extension to one of Denmark's most-visited museums (+ slideshow). More
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Plans for 800 new London art and design studios rejected
A proposal by architects SelgasCano to turn a south London car park into 800 creative workspaces has been rejected by the local council. More
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Ai Weiwei's first jewellery collection is cut from a rod of gold rebar
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has partnered with a London jewellery gallery to create "wearable sculptures" designed to look like reinforcing bars used in construction (+ slideshow). More
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Raumlabor builds industrial-looking sauna above the waters of Gothenburg port
The industrial harbour of Swedish city Gothenburg is the setting for this sauna by Raumlabor, which features a rusty steel exterior and a warm timber-lined interior (+ slideshow). More
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Peter Marigold's pocket-sized FORMcard melts into mouldable plastic glue
London-based designer Peter Marigold is launching a remouldable bioplastic card that can be used to make new tools and modify or repair broken objects (+ movie). More
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Foster + Partners' Roman history museum begins construction in south of France
Roman artefacts will be housed in this museum and archaeology centre by Foster + Partners, which is now under construction in France (+ slideshow). More
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Wave of super-tall towers in Manhattan sparks protests over shadows
New Yorkers are speaking out against a rash of super-tall skinny skyscrapers by architects including SHoP and Robert AM Stern, which they say will overshadow Central Park. More
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Today we like: lights
Today is Diwali, the festival of lights celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists. Marked by displays of brightly-coloured lights and fireworks, the festival celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, and good over evil.
To mark the occasion, we're revisiting some of the best lighting design from our archives, including an immersive installation that mimics the movements of fireflies and a spinning disk that created glowing light inside a dark gallery (pictured). See all our lighting design stories »
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Virtual reality mall lets consumers shop alongside digital giraffes and zebras
Dutch Design Week 2015: British designer Allison Crank has created a virtual reality shopping centre that allows users to commission bespoke objects within a world of floating neon signs and stray zoo animals (+ movie). More
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Dezeen has reached 250,000 Instagram followers!
London-based illustrator Daniel Clarke created this image for us to celebrate our 250,000th follower on Instagram. Follow us here for the best architecture, interiors and design images.
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Du Besset-Lyon transforms former sanatorium into Clermont-Ferrand School of Architecture
Paris studio Du Besset-Lyon has converted and extended a 1930s sanatorium to create a new school of architecture in the French city of Clermont-Ferrand (+ slideshow). More
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Orang+Utan vegetarian cafe features stark white tiling and neon signage
Ukrainian studio AKZ Architectura completely covered the interior of this vegetarian cafe in Kiev with white tiles and installed a "jungle" in the toilets (+ slideshow). More
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House in Nara by Keiichi Sugiyama boasts a raised cedar terrace
An elevated terrace stretches along one side of this narrow house in Nara, Japan, providing the residents with glimpses into the neighbourhood (+ slideshow). More
