Architecture
Studio Edwards designs minimal house on wheels Base Cabin
Studio Edwards has turned the simple A-frame cabin into a mobile home with a sleek rubber skin. More about Studio Edwards designs minimal house on wheels Base Cabin
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Architecture
Mies van der Rohe's Lafayette Park in Detroit captured in new photographs
A modernist housing development in Detroit designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is captured in photographs by architect and local resident Julio Alberto Cedano. More about Mies van der Rohe's Lafayette Park in Detroit captured in new photographs
Architecture
Architecture students complete Passivhaus in South Dakota
Architects Robert Arlt and Charles MacBride and a group of students in South Dakota have completed an experimental gabled Passivhaus, which they claim is the first in the area to "sell energy back to the grid". More about Architecture students complete Passivhaus in South Dakota
Interview
"This is not a hospital" says architect behind conversion of McCormick Place
Convention centres that have been rapidly turned into facilities for coronavirus patients should not be called hospitals, says Doug King, the healthcare principal of Stantec, which has overseen the transformation of Chicago's McCormick Place. More about "This is not a hospital" says architect behind conversion of McCormick Place
Architecture
Tadao Ando's Meditation Space captured in new photographs by Simone Bossi
Architectural photographer Simone Bossi has created a new image series exploring the curved concrete of a tiny building by Japanese architect Tadao Ando. More about Tadao Ando's Meditation Space captured in new photographs by Simone Bossi
News
Daily coronavirus architecture and design briefing: 27 April
Daily coronavirus briefing: today's architecture and design coronavirus briefing includes hacks for hands-free door opening, the Serpentine Pavilion postponement and the widths of New York's sidewalks. More about Daily coronavirus architecture and design briefing: 27 April
Architecture
Larch-clad house by RX Architects cantilevers over landscape
RX Architects incorporated part of an unfinished building into this house with a cantilevered upper story on the Rye Nature Reserve in East Sussex, England. More about Larch-clad house by RX Architects cantilevers over landscape
Architecture
Luca Fortin constructs concrete passageway for Quebec City park
Two monolithic concrete walls by designer Luca Fortin are arranged "like an opened book" to form a passageway inside a Quebec City park. More about Luca Fortin constructs concrete passageway for Quebec City park
Architecture
Happel Cornelisse Verhoeven builds bright red fire station in Antwerp
Dutch studio Happel Cornelisse Verhoeven has used red glazed bricks to make a new Antwerp fire station stand out. More about Happel Cornelisse Verhoeven builds bright red fire station in Antwerp
Architecture
Alejandro Sticotti's holiday home in Uruguay teams weathered wood and textured concrete
Argentinean architect Alejandro Sticotti has elevated a wood-clad box above the glazed kitchen and dining room of his family's holiday home on the coast of Uruguay. More about Alejandro Sticotti's holiday home in Uruguay teams weathered wood and textured concrete
Architecture
Toni Yli-Suvanto Architects creates angular Arctic Sauna Pavilion
Finnish studio Toni Yli-Suvanto Architects has created a timber pavilion that functions both as a sauna and a hub for social activities. More about Toni Yli-Suvanto Architects creates angular Arctic Sauna Pavilion
Virtual Design Festival
This week's VDF highlights include Ron Arad, SO-IL, Kunlé Adeyemi, Nelly Ben Hayoun, Beatie Wolfe and Studio Drift
Week two of Virtual Design Festival came and went in a flash! Here's a day-by-day roundup of all the week's collaborations, interviews and video messages. More about This week's VDF highlights include Ron Arad, SO-IL, Kunlé Adeyemi, Nelly Ben Hayoun, Beatie Wolfe and Studio Drift
This week on Dezeen
This week, BIG created a spiral-shaped museum and Dezeen released its latest podcast
This week, BIG completed a spiral-shaped museum in the Swiss mountains and John Pawson discussed the reasoning behind his characteristic minimalism in Dezeen's latest podcast. More about This week, BIG created a spiral-shaped museum and Dezeen released its latest podcast
News
Serpentine Pavilion 2020 postponed until next year due to coronavirus
The opening of this year's Serpentine Pavilion, designed by South African architecture studio Counterspace, has been postponed until 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. More about Serpentine Pavilion 2020 postponed until next year due to coronavirus
VDF x reSITE
"We have a tendency to look at representations of new cities as a kind of pornography" said Michael Sorkin
Ahead of Monday's collaboration between Virtual Design Festival and reSITE , the Prague urbanism conference has shared a video of a lecture by Michael Sorkin, in which the late architect and critic quashes the lure of glamorised future city proposals. More about "We have a tendency to look at representations of new cities as a kind of pornography" said Michael Sorkin
Architecture
Building Beyond Borders uses stone and earth to build Women's House Ouled Merzoug
Architecture students collaborated with a women's group in Morocco to design and build a community centre out of stone and earth in the village of Ouled Merzoug. More about Building Beyond Borders uses stone and earth to build Women's House Ouled Merzoug
News
Daily coronavirus architecture and design briefing: 24 April
Daily coronavirus briefing: today's architecture and design coronavirus briefing includes coronavirus tartan and emojis. More about Daily coronavirus architecture and design briefing: 24 April
Architecture
Peckham apartment blocks by Tikari Works are covered in rust-red shingles
Rust-red tiles completely cover the facade of these angular apartments in south London, which Tikari Works has designed to have a "sibling relationship" with neighbouring properties. More about Peckham apartment blocks by Tikari Works are covered in rust-red shingles
Architecture
Atelier Espaço P2 remodels Portuguese home with wood-lined interiors
Architecture studio Atelier Espaço P2 has refurbished this house in Ansião, Portugal, inserting wood-lined interiors into a building that has been in the owner's family for three generations. More about Atelier Espaço P2 remodels Portuguese home with wood-lined interiors
Virtual Design Festival
Tokyo has cells for living, working, eating, entertainment and sex says Martin van der Linden
In his latest contribution to Virtual Design Festival, video blogger Martin van der Linden uses some of his favourite architecture books to explain the order behind Tokyo's apparently chaotic urban landscape. More about Tokyo has cells for living, working, eating, entertainment and sex says Martin van der Linden