Anna Winston
FC Barcelona selects Nikken Sekkei team to overhaul Camp Nou stadium
Huge Japanese architecture firm Nikken Sekkei and Barcelona studio Pascual i Ausió Arquitectes have been selected to renovate the Camp Nou stadium, home of FC Barcelona. More about FC Barcelona selects Nikken Sekkei team to overhaul Camp Nou stadium
Inequality still a serious issue in US architecture, say female architects
Women are being driven out or held back from careers in architecture by long hours, childcare, unequal pay and the likelihood of being passed over for promotion, according to a major new survey by the American Institute of Architects released to coincide with International Women's Day. More about Inequality still a serious issue in US architecture, say female architects
Yamazaki Kentaro Design Workshop's kindergarten is designed as a large set of steps
Tokyo studio Yamazaki Kentaro Design Workshop created stepped levels inside this nursery in Japan's Chiba Prefecture to form a large, open space across the sloping site (+ slideshow). More about Yamazaki Kentaro Design Workshop's kindergarten is designed as a large set of steps
"The architectural community cannot remain apathetic to Calais' Jungle and the refugee crisis"
Opinion: last week, local authorities in Calais began destroying sections of the Jungle – the sprawling refugee and migrant camp that has become a symbol of Europe's immigration crisis. It's time that architects stepped in to help provide a solution that actually works, says architect Jeannie S Lee, who visited the camp with her London studio EVA. More about "The architectural community cannot remain apathetic to Calais' Jungle and the refugee crisis"
Loop.pH's BMX track installation in Taipei changes colour in response to air quality
Conceived as a pair of colour-changing "lungs" connected by two looping cycle tracks, Loop.pH's Vel02 installation has opened as part of the Velo-City Global 2016 cycling conference in Taipei (+ movie). More about Loop.pH's BMX track installation in Taipei changes colour in response to air quality
UK's third-biggest architecture firm BDP bought by Japanese engineering giant
Business news: UK architecture firm BDP has been bought by Japanese firm Nippon Koei for £102.2 million. More about UK's third-biggest architecture firm BDP bought by Japanese engineering giant
Design Museum Holon to host Nendo's first major museum retrospective
Israel's design museum will hold a four-month retrospective covering the prolific output of Japanese studio Nendo and its founder Oki Sato (+ slideshow). More about Design Museum Holon to host Nendo's first major museum retrospective
Nendo's Draftsman 03 Grid watch design is based on technical drawing paper
Dezeen Watch Store: prolific Japanese studio Nendo has unveiled the third design in its series of watches based on architectural drawing tools with the Draftsman Grid 03. More about Nendo's Draftsman 03 Grid watch design is based on technical drawing paper
Hibino Sekkei and Youji no Shiro's kindergarten features house-shaped reading nooks
Japanese studios Hibino Sekkei and Youji no Shiro have returned to a kindergarten building in Kanagawa Prefecture they designed 42 years ago, updating it to suit modern teaching styles (+ movie). More about Hibino Sekkei and Youji no Shiro's kindergarten features house-shaped reading nooks
Amanda Levete wins competition to design mosque for Abu Dhabi's World Trade Center
Amanda Levete's London studio AL_A has won an invited competition to create a mosque as part of the Foster + Partners-designed World Trade Center Abu Dhabi development. More about Amanda Levete wins competition to design mosque for Abu Dhabi's World Trade Center
Odile Decq wins Jane Drew prize for women in architecture
French architect Odile Decq has been named as the recipient of the Jane Drew prize for raising the profile of women within architecture, as a survey finds large numbers of female architects reporting sexual discrimination or harassment. More about Odile Decq wins Jane Drew prize for women in architecture
Lexus announces finalists for 2016 design award for young creatives
Dezeen promotion: a clock that uses UV-responsive liquid to tell the time, eco-friendly packaging made from algae, and modular clothing are among the prototype designs shortlisted for this year's Lexus Design Award. More about Lexus announces finalists for 2016 design award for young creatives
Instagram users offer a sneak peek inside The Met's empty Breuer building
Instagram users have been posting images of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's empty Breuer building in New York, before the interiors are populated with art works for its opening next month. More about Instagram users offer a sneak peek inside The Met's empty Breuer building
What Design Can Do launches design challenge to create solutions for refugees
Dutch organisation What Design Can Do has launched an international competition to help find solutions for refugees facing a wide variety of challenges. More about What Design Can Do launches design challenge to create solutions for refugees
Lisbon Architecture Triennale curator Diogo Seixas Lopes dies aged 43
This year's Lisbon Architecture Triennale chief curator Diogo Seixas Lopes, who has been described as one of the most important thinkers on Portuguese architecture, has died. More about Lisbon Architecture Triennale curator Diogo Seixas Lopes dies aged 43
Nendo and Luca Nichetto join Claesson Koivisto Rune's Smaller Objects brand
Stockholm 2016: a range of international names have created products for a label created by Swedish architecture and design studio Claesson Koivisto Rune, which offers designers an alternative to the traditional royalty model (+ slideshow). More about Nendo and Luca Nichetto join Claesson Koivisto Rune's Smaller Objects brand
Today we like: Chinese architecture
It's Chinese New Year! To celebrate the beginning of the year of the monkey, we're revisiting some of the best new Chinese architecture on Dezeen, including the world's second tallest building, a sinuous opera house by MAD, and Kengo Kuma's folk-art galleries for the China Academy of Arts. See more new Chinese architecture »
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Today we like: Australia
It's Australia Day today, so we're celebrating with some bonzer architecture on Instagram and revisiting the best Aussie projects on Dezeen.
Highlights include a hotel in the middle of Australia's deepest lake (pictured), a cliff-top house inspired by a Picasso painting, and an equestrian centre with a curving rammed-earth wall. See more Australian architecture and design »
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Watch our short video about Pritzker Prize-winner Alejandro Aravena
Last week, Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena won the Pritzker Architecture Prize. To celebrate, Dezeen has produced this short movie, which serves as an introduction to Aravena's work. More about Watch our short video about Pritzker Prize-winner Alejandro Aravena
17 of the architecture projects helping to transform Rotterdam
From billowing pink bus stops to a bombastic market hall and a smog-eating tower, a barrage of new projects are helping turn Rotterdam into "the city of the future". Dezeen rounds up 17 of the city's most interesting recent additions. More about 17 of the architecture projects helping to transform Rotterdam