Trump wall prototypes pop up near US-Mexico border
Portions of eight proposed designs for the wall that President Donald Trump wants to construct along the US-Mexico border are to be tested over the coming months. More
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"The architecture of the Americas is not white"
The Pacific Standard Time exhibitions in Los Angeles show that arts and culture from south of the border have shaped an architectural identity for the region that is much more interesting than what's found in the Northeast US, says Aaron Betsky. More
GRT Architects creates New York office with millennial-pink kitchen and dark "nap room"
New York studio GRT Architects has renovated spaces at the top of a 19th-century building in the city, creating an office for a UX design firm that looks more like a home than a workplace. More
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Dezeen readers receive 20 per cent off tickets to The Salon Art + Design fair in New York
Dezeen promotion: The Salon Art + Design fair has announced the galleries confirmed for next month's event in New York, which will present work by designers including Zaha Hadid and Faye Toogood, and Dezeen readers get a discount on day passes. More
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MP calls for pedestrianisation of Exhibition Road amid dispute over accident figures
A war of words has broken out over the "shared space" design of London's Exhibition Road, with local politicians at loggerheads over whether the layout has improved or worsened accident rates in the popular museum district. More
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Creative Industries Federation implores UK government not to be "reckless" on immigration post-Brexit
The UK's flourishing creative industries could falter if the government fails to produce an improved immigration system when freedom of of movement ends, a new report has warned. More
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"Drab, austere, forgettable and cheerlessly bright"
In this week's comments update, readers are debating whether Duggan Morris Architects was right to finish its new office building in this year's trendiest colour, millennial pink. More
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A/O builds slanted black holiday home in Hudson Valley
Designed and built by Actual/Office Architects, this vacation home in upstate New York consists of two nested volumes wrapped in angled screens made of blackened wood. More
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10 sustainable foods of the future on show at Dutch Design Week
One of the big exhibitions at Dutch Design Week is an "embassy" exploring the future of food, in the face of depleting resources. Here are 10 suggestions for what we might consume in years to come, from saltwater carrots to insect sausages. More
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The Broad imposes 30-second "selfie rule" at Yayoi Kusama exhibition
Visitors to Yayoi Kusama's new exhibition at The Broad are only allowed to spend 30 seconds inside each installation, to prevent selfie-takers causing big queues. More
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David Adjaye and Ron Arad to design UK Holocaust memorial
British architect David Adjaye and Israeli architect Ron Arad have been named the winners of a competition to create the UK's National Holocaust Memorial in a park near the Houses of Parliament in London. More
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Dezeen Jobs launches free accounts for jobseekers and employers
Our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs has launched improved user accounts for employers and introduced free accounts for jobseekers. More
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Micaella Pedros repurposes discarded plastic bottles as joinery for wooden furniture
This captioned movie shows the heat-shrinking method developed by RCA graduate Micaella Pedros, which allows her to join wooden furniture together using recycled plastic bottles. More
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David Lynch's Twin Peaks sketches inform minimal craft beer packaging
Director David Lynch has collaborated with illustrators Ben Kopp and Keith Shore to design beer can packaging inspired by sketches he created for his cult television show Twin Peaks. More
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JamesPlumb creates hand-sculpted lamps from lead and concrete
No two works are the same in JamesPlumb's new lighting collection, which features crumpled sheets of lead that sit on top of cubed concrete bases. More
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Neri&Hu uses translucent glass blocks for walls of bright and flexible function room in Beijing
Chinese studio Neri&Hu has designed a luminous meeting room with glass brick walls in the Opposite House hotel in Beijing, which is furnished with bespoke pieces inspired by the city's traditional street food culture. More
