Alejandro Aravena named as director of 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale

Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena has been appointed as artistic director for the Venice Architecture Biennale, which will focus on the "battles to be won" to improve quality of life within the built environment. More about Alejandro Aravena named as director of 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale

14 of the best contemporary beach houses and seaside holiday homes

Beach houses have long been associated with traditional clapboard architecture – but architects are reinventing the vernacular, swapping roofs for swimming pools and introducing dramatic cantilevers. Here are 14 of the best contemporary examples from the pages of Dezeen. More about 14 of the best contemporary beach houses and seaside holiday homes

"Rules are for those who don't otherwise know how to design"

Comments update: the winning design in the much-hyped Guggenheim Helsinki competition was among the most commented stories on Dezeen this week. Read on for more on this, plus other lively comments threads. More about "Rules are for those who don't otherwise know how to design"

This week on Dezeen

It's been a busy week in architecture with the winner of the Guggenheim Helsinki competition revealed (pictured), and the opening of this year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. We also published interviews with some of the design industry's most influential figures, including Alessandro Mendini and Philippe Starck. Read on to catch up with the latest architecture, interiors and design news, plus our track of the week. More about This week on Dezeen

Guggenheim Helsinki winners: "architecture is best conceived in reserve and introspection"

Moreau Kusunoki Architectes, the Paris-based practice that will design the Guggenheim Helsinki, has deliberately avoided media attention since it was founded in 2011. Dezeen looks at the unknown French-Japanese office that has won the biggest architecture competition of the year (+ interview). More about Guggenheim Helsinki winners: "architecture is best conceived in reserve and introspection"

Moreau Kusunoki Architectes wins Guggenheim Helsinki competition

French firm Moreau Kusunoki Architectes has been named as the winner of the Guggenheim Helsinki competition (+ slideshow). More about Moreau Kusunoki Architectes wins Guggenheim Helsinki competition

This week on Dezeen

This week on Dezeen we reported on plans for Álvaro Siza's first building in the US, the opening of the OMA-designed Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow, and a remote cabin in Washington state (pictured). Read on to catch up with the latest architecture, interiors and design news, plus our track of the week. More about This week on Dezeen

Dezeen Mail #258

Plans to 3D print an entire pedestrian bridge in Amsterdam using robots (pictured), Ole Scheeren's stacked-volume skyscraper in Vancouver and an Australian house inspired by Brazilian Modernist architecture feature in this week's Dezeen Mail. Click through for all the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.

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Daniel Libeskind plans three angular skyscrapers for Rome

After the Walkie Talkie, here is a trio of Trimphones: New York-based architect Daniel Libeskind has unveiled designs for three towers to be built near the new AS Roma football stadium, with the tallest reaching 220 metres in height (+ slideshow). More about Daniel Libeskind plans three angular skyscrapers for Rome

Ole Scheeren's Vancouver skyscraper will offer a "new typology for vertical living"

Architect Ole Scheeren has unveiled his first solo project outside of Asia – a Vancouver skyscraper that will feature a series of offset apartments protruding from the facade in a cluster of irregularly stacked glass boxes (+ slideshow). More about Ole Scheeren's Vancouver skyscraper will offer a "new typology for vertical living"