OMA designs Morden Wharf neighbourhood for London's riverside
OMA has developed a masterplan for a mixed-use neighbourhood in southeast London, UK, which will have workspaces, a riverside park and more than a thousand homes. More
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Exhibit Columbus talk focuses on resilience and climate adaptation
Designer Iñaki Alday and landscape architect Kate Orff reflected on how their practices respond to the climate crisis in this live conversation produced by Dezeen for Exhibit Columbus. More
Dalston Curve Garden is an urban oasis on Hackney's disused railway
This video tour published as part of our collaboration with Open House London explores Dalston Curve Garden, a community green space hidden within one of London's most built-up boroughs. More
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Skateparks are "one of the world's great kinds of public space" says Iain Borden
In the first in a series of daily videos about London buildings and spaces during Open House London, architecture historian and skateboarding fan Iain Borden sheds light on the design of Crystal Palace Skatepark. More
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Biotecture's living walls reconnect urban landscapes with nature
Biotecture is spotlighting its portfolio of green walls that "integrate natural features into urban spaces" during the Dezeen x Planted collaboration for London Design Festival. More
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Edoardo Tresoldi installs 46 wire mesh columns on Italian coast
Artist Edoardo Tresoldi has placed 46 columns in a park in the Italian city of Reggio Calabria to create a permanent installation called Opera. More
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Guallart Architects designs post-covid housing for new city in China
Self-Sufficient City by Guallart Architects is a concept for a housing development in Xiong'an New Area, China, which would be able to produce its own energy and food during another coronavirus lockdown. More
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Julia Watson fills New York's Rockefeller Center plaza with native American meadow plants
Biodiversity and effects of climate change can be significantly affected by small-scale rewilding projects argues designer and environmentalist Julia Watson, who has temporarily covered New York's Rockefeller Center plaza and ice rinks with native plants with planting designer, Marie Salembier. More
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ON-A proposes covering Barcelona's Nou Camp stadium with Nou Parc
Barcelona studio ON-A has envisioned a 26-hectare park in the city that would rise up to cover FC Barcelona football stadium to the west. More
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Melania Trump criticised for "upsetting" White House Rose Garden renovation on social media
First lady Melania Trump has been criticised on social media for her pared-back redesign of the Rose Garden at the White House, with users comparing her to French queen Marie Antoinette. More
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BIG reveals masterplan for "urban lilypads" off coast of Penang Island
BiodiverCity is a masterplan by BIG that will see three artificial islands built off the shore of Penang Island, Malaysia, connected by an autonomous transport network. More
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Carlo Ratti unveils innovation district extension to Brasília masterplan
Italian architect Carlo Ratti has designed a masterplan for a high-tech innovation district in Brasília that will be an extension to the Lúcio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer-designed city. More
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Dutch city swaps asphalt for trees to adapt to climate change
Arnhem in the Netherlands has made a 10-year plan to re-landscape the city to cope with extreme flooding and heatwaves caused by climate change. More
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Stefano Boeri designs hybrid tree planters and street furniture
Superverde is Italian architect Stefano Boeri's design for modular street furniture for cities that comes with trees, plants and benches. More
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San Francisco building lifted 10 feet in preparation of rising sea levels
A historic waterfront building in San Francisco that weighs 2,075 tons, the equivalent of 20 space shuttles, will be hoisted up over three metres above ground to protect it from flooding caused by climate change. More
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Bring wilderness into cities to help solve climate change says Chris Precht
The "qualities of the countryside" should be introduced to urban areas to help tackle climate change, says architect Chris Precht. More
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David Adjaye reveals memorial for black woman shot by police in Brixton
British-Ghanaian architect David Adjaye has designed a memorial in Brixton for Cherry Groce, an innocent black woman shot by London's Metropolitan Police in her own home in 1985. More
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Productora designs pink concrete playgrounds in Mexico
Pink concrete forms seats, steps and climbing walls in these two public parks designed by Mexican architecture firm Productora. More
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15 proposals for adapting outdoor spaces for social distancing
Creative agencies from around the world have envisioned how public spaces could be adapted to allow social distancing as part of the Where We Stand initiative organised by editor David Michon. More
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Curved pedestrian bridge links two riverfront parks in Providence
US architecture firm Inform Studio and Buro Happold have designed a curved and stepped wood-covered pedestrian bridge to link two parks in Providence, Rhode Island. More
