Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs has tapped Thomas Heatherwick's studio and architecture firm Snøhetta to develop proposals for the smart, mass-timber city that the company is developing on Toronto's waterfront. More
Installations set against the arid landscape of California's Coachella Valley for the Desert X biennial art festival include a huge orange block and a rainbow-like arch. More
Online marketplace 1stdibs has opened its first standalone brick-and-mortar store in a former warehouse in New York City, where customers can peruse new works by Fernando Mastrangelo Studio and Ladies & Gentlemen Studio, as well as antiques. More
Karl Lagerfeld was known for creating spectacular runway shows. Following the news of his death, here's a look at 12 of the best, including a recreation of the Eiffel Tower and a Chanel-branded supermarket. More
In this week's comments update, readers are divided over Katy Perry's decision to remove allegedly "racist" designs from her shoe line. More
Dezeen promotion: Ermenegildo Zegna has launched My Cesare, its first customisable sneaker collection "where the worlds of luxury and streetwear meet". More
Canadian studio MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects used concrete, glass and wood to form an austere pool house in southern Quebec that references Mies van der Rohe's seminal Barcelona Pavilion. More
British fashion designer Anya Hindmarch has teamed up with design collective Numen/For Use to create a London Fashion Week installation that sees visitors clambering through woven, electric-blue tubes in a Soho car park. More
Concrete-lined living spaces extend out onto angular balconies at this low-cost housing block in Zurich, designed by locally based studio Gus Wüstemann. More
3XN has unveiled its design for a multipurpose sports arena with a green roof that will merge into the landscape of Munich's Olympic park. More
Karl Lagerfeld, the prolific fashion designer who turned around the fortunes of Chanel and Fendi, has died in Paris. More
IKEA is set to launch an air-purifying curtain coated with a mineral-based surface that breaks down common pollutants. More
The ornate wall panels of a previously hidden 19th-century atrium informed the transformation of this steak restaurant by design duo Humbert & Poyet. More
Los Angeles-based studio Ensso has designed an all-in-one fountain pen with scale ruler for architects and engineers. More
The Arvo Pärt Centre, which is dedicated to the Estonian composer, is deep in an pine forest and has no main entrance or exit. More
