Sordo Madaleno organises beachfront Casa Cozumel around plant-filled courtyard
Mexican studio Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos has completed a beach home on the island of Cozumel that brings vegetation indoors through openings in the ground floor. More
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Dezeen's top 10 graduate design projects of 2018
Graduate show season is always a highlight in the design calendar and 2018 was no exception. For our review of the year, design reporter Gunseli Yalcinkaya selects 10 of this year's standout student projects, from a portable protest toilet to a portable cooking set. More
MINI Living builds "global village" of Urban Cabin micro homes
MINI Living Urban Cabins were installed in London, New York, Los Angeles and Beijing over the space of a year. In the latest video from our Dezeen x MINI Living series, we look back at all four. More
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UK government to implement all Grenfell Tower fire review recommendations
The UK government has announced that it will "take forward all of the recommendations" of the Hackitt review into building fire safety, which was carried out following the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017. More
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"Dictatorship in the 21st century looks like London or New York"
Moscow shows us that cities created by dictatorships can also have beautiful buildings and welcoming public spaces, says Owen Hatherley. More
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Elon Musk gives first look at Boring Company tunnel
Elon Musk has driven a Tesla through his Boring Company's test tunnel in Los Angeles County, in the first public demonstration of what he hopes will form a congestion-beating new subterranean transport solution. More
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Renzo Piano unveils design for new Genoa bridge following disaster
Italian architect Renzo Piano has designed a €202 million bridge for his hometown of Genoa, after the old bridge collapsed in a storm. More
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Luminaire opens first West Coast location in West Hollywood
A two-storey building with glazed walls houses the new Los Angeles showroom for upscale modern furniture retailer Luminaire. More
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Hashim Sarkis to curate Venice Architecture Biennale 2020
Architect Hashim Sarkis, dean of architecture and planning at MIT, will be director for the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2020. More
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Barn-inspired Conservatory House is an off-grid escape on a Pretoria farm
South African architect Nadine Englebrecht has completed an off-grid home featuring a central conservatory in the countryside outside Pretoria. More
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Optician Sans is a font that completes the eye test chart alphabet
Creative agency Anti has produced a custom font called Optician Sans by adding to the ten letters used in historic optotype eye test charts. More
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Foster + Partners designs golden stadium for Qatar World Cup final
Qatar has revealed plans for the 80,000-seater Lusail Stadium, designed by Foster + Partners to host the final of the FIFA World Cup 2022. More
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Dezeen's top 10 British architecture projects of 2018
Many impressive buildings opened in the UK in 2018, from big hitters like the V&A Dundee and Coal Drops Yard, to smaller projects like Studio's Weave's Belvue School and Peter Zumthor's Secular Retreat. For our review of 2018, architecture reporter India Block picks the top 10. More
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Porthole in Barcelona apartment gives glimpses of bathroom from living area
A porthole offers a cheeky view into the shower cubicle of this Barcelona apartment, which Colombo and Serboli Architecture has revamped for one of its founders. More
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Marije Vogelzang's secret vending machine dispenses tasty and tasteful goods
Dutch designer Marije Vogelzang has installed a vending machine outside her studio in Dordrecht, where visitors can buy porcelain tableware and other products relating to food. More
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Casa CCFF by Leopold Banchini offers alternative to Switzerland's typical concrete houses
Leopold Banchini Architects has built a house it describes as a "domestic factory" beside an industrial train station in Lancy, Switzerland. More
