Toyo Ito's sculptural opera house in Taiwan features in this week's issue of Dezeen Mail, along with Zaha Hadid's final furniture collection for David Gill Gallery and Renault's new electric concept car.
Caruso St John Architects has won the RIBA Stirling Prize 2016 with the "highly accomplished and expertly detailed" London gallery it designed for British artist Damien Hirst. More
With the demand for minimalist homes increasing, architects are coming up with innovative ways to hide bulky appliances and storage units. We've rounded up 10 of the most stripped-back kitchens on Dezeen, including one concealed behind perforated metal screens and another crafted from raw materials. More
International font company Monotype has worked with Google to create one typeface that can be used by everyone in the world, writing in any language. More
Dezeen has teamed up with Biennale Interieur to give away five travel packs to this year's event, including transport, accommodation and dinner. More
EU students are deferring or cancelling their offers from UK design schools over Brexit with major implications for the future of the sector, according to London Design Festival co-founder and UAL governor Ben Evans. More
Architect Bing Thom, designer of several major buildings in Vancouver, has died aged 75 following a brain aneurysm. More
A house with a climbing wall up one side and a home wrapped around a giant boulder both feature in this Wyoming-focused edition of our series about residential architecture from different US states. More
Dezeen promotion: this year's Global Futures Forum will feature workshops, debates and presentations lead by creative industry professionals, including London Design Festival director Ben Evans and Wired UK editor David Rowan. More
Wilkinson Eyre created a dramatic lightwell and a rooftop reading room for its revamp of a Giles Gilbert Scott-designed library at the University of Oxford – one of the six projects vying for the Stirling Prize later today. More
Designer Richard Clarkson has created a small, remote-controlled cloud for the home that plays music and flashes while hovering a few centimetres from the ground. More
The Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology by Amanda Levete's firm AL_A has opened to the public, coinciding with the start of the Lisbon Architecture Triennale. More
A translucent fold-up doorway separates a studio from a living room in this apartment created for a São Paulo-based illustrator who works from home. More
British designer Tom Dixon has launched his first collection of office furniture, which includes a minimalist lamp and a workstation based on archetypical Victorian school desks. More
This 120-year-old Kyoto townhouse was once used as a seed plantation, but has been carefully restored to create an events venue that celebrates Japanese interior design traditions. More
