Lookbooks
Ten homes with light-filled glass extensions
For our latest lookbook, we've chosen 10 residential glass extensions that create airy, light-filled and modern additions to homes. More about Ten homes with light-filled glass extensions
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Architecture
Kapsimalis Architects converts Santorini home into Ethos Vegan Suites hotel
Greek architectural studio Kapsimalis Architects has designed a hotel in Fira on the island of Santorini using entirely vegan materials and fittings. More about Kapsimalis Architects converts Santorini home into Ethos Vegan Suites hotel
Interiors
AvroKO draws on Korean culture for Oiji Mi restaurant in New York
Traditional designs from Korea, from houses to hairpins, are reworked to create the interiors of this Manhattan restaurant by New York studio AvroKO. More about AvroKO draws on Korean culture for Oiji Mi restaurant in New York
Architecture
Flowing brick facade creates shaded alcoves for home in Iraqi Kurdistan by Zakaa
A sinuous facade clad in thin white brickwork defines this house in Sulaymaniyah in the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan region, designed by local practice Zakaa. More about Flowing brick facade creates shaded alcoves for home in Iraqi Kurdistan by Zakaa
Lookbooks
Ten homes with characterful exposed wooden floorboards
In this lookbook, we collect 10 homes from the Dezeen archive that use exposed wooden floorboards to give spaces a homely feel. More about Ten homes with characterful exposed wooden floorboards
This week on Dezeen
This week we revealed the UK's best homes
This week on Dezeen, RIBA unveiled the 20 homes vying to be named 2022's House of the Year. More about This week we revealed the UK's best homes
Architecture
Kengo Kuma unveils first US residential tower
Japanese architecture studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has released designs for a structure in Miami Beach that will be the studio's first residential tower in the United States. More about Kengo Kuma unveils first US residential tower
Design
Villa Eugénie places two replica villas in flower meadow for Dior menswear show
Production studio Villa Eugénie created a replica of Christian Dior's childhood home and a garden with 19,000 flowers for Dior's Spring Summer 2023 menswear show. More about Villa Eugénie places two replica villas in flower meadow for Dior menswear show
School Shows
Ravensbourne University London spotlights 10 architecture projects
Dezeen School Shows: a tower that accommodates a local market and a community centre that tackles gentrification in its surrounding area are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Ravensbourne University London. More about Ravensbourne University London spotlights 10 architecture projects
Promotion
Artists can use technology to create human connection say Therme Art panelists
Promotion: last month at Design Miami/Basel 2022, panelists at Therme Art's Wellbeing Culture Forum discussed how art, architecture and technology can combine to support mental and physical wellbeing. More about Artists can use technology to create human connection say Therme Art panelists
Architecture
A202 Arhitekti adds pitched-roof wooden extension to renovated brick house in Slovenia
Slovenian architecture studio A202 Arhitekti has added a timber-lined extension and mezzanine bedroom to a derelict house in the town of Domžale, Slovenia. More about A202 Arhitekti adds pitched-roof wooden extension to renovated brick house in Slovenia
Opinion
"Reports of modernism's death turned out to be greatly exaggerated"
On the 50th anniversary of Pruitt-Igoe's demolition, it's clear that Charles Jencks declaration that modernism had died was a self-serving myth, writes Catherine Slessor. More about "Reports of modernism's death turned out to be greatly exaggerated"
Architecture
Vitra relocates Kazuo Shinohara's "geometric" Umbrella House from Tokyo to Germany
Vitra Design Museum has collaborated with the Tokyo Institute of Technology to relocate one of Japanese architect Kazuo Shinohara's last remaining homes from Tokyo to its architecture park in Weil am Rhein, Germany. More about Vitra relocates Kazuo Shinohara's "geometric" Umbrella House from Tokyo to Germany
Architecture
MVRDV and StudioPOD create 200-metre-long park beneath Mumbai flyover
Dutch studio MVRDV and local practice StudioPOD have collaborated to convert a disused space beneath a concrete flyover in Mumbai, India, into the One Green Mile linear park. More about MVRDV and StudioPOD create 200-metre-long park beneath Mumbai flyover
News
Notre-Dame visitor centre set to be built in underground car park
Landscape architecture studio Bureau Bas Smets is set to revive the square facing Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris and transform an abandoned underground car park beneath it into a visitor centre that opens onto the river Seine More about Notre-Dame visitor centre set to be built in underground car park
Interiors
Studio Noju creates intimate colourful spaces within open-plan Seville apartment
A pop-up guest bedroom features in this open-plan apartment by Studio Noju, which was renovated to create the illusion of having separate spaces and dressed in colours that nod to its Seville location. More about Studio Noju creates intimate colourful spaces within open-plan Seville apartment
Design
Ece Tan designs sex toys for cows to make farming practices more pleasurable
An insemination dildo and an udder massager feature in the Happy Cow collection of conceptual sex toys, which Central Saint Martins graduate Ece Tan has developed for bovines based on common farming tools. More about Ece Tan designs sex toys for cows to make farming practices more pleasurable
Architecture
Estudio MMX tops gabled Mexican holiday home with dramatic skylight
Estudio MMX used a strategy of "stylistic hybridization" to conform to local building guidelines for a four-gabled holiday home with a central skylight in Mexico. More about Estudio MMX tops gabled Mexican holiday home with dramatic skylight
Dezeen Debate
Dezeen Debate newsletter features a ribbon-like bridge
The latest edition of Dezeen Debate features a ribbon-like bridge in Los Angeles. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate newsletter features a ribbon-like bridge
Architecture
Safdie Architects vaults glass atrium over indoor garden at São Paulo medical centre
Safdie Architects has oriented a medical centre in Brazil around a massive atrium with a glass ceiling that was designed to evoke "the feeling of being under a tree canopy". More about Safdie Architects vaults glass atrium over indoor garden at São Paulo medical centre