Architecture
New York's 2020 skyline shown in new visualisations
These visualisations show the swathe of skyscrapers set to spring up across New York by 2020. More about New York's 2020 skyline shown in new visualisations
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Dezeen Mail issue 310 features this week's best stories and discussions
Examples of Iran's booming architecture scene, a tear-resistant condom and reaction to the collapse of Kunlé Adeyemi's award-winning Makoko Floating School feature in this week's Dezeen Mail.
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Architecture
Adjaye Associates chosen for Latvian Museum of Contemporary Art
David Adjaye's firm has been selected to design a major new art museum in Riga, Latvia (+ slideshow). More about Adjaye Associates chosen for Latvian Museum of Contemporary Art
Furniture
IKEA's PS 2017 collection includes "no waste" products made from recycled materials
IKEA has unveiled furniture and homeware made from recycled wood, plastic and glass as part of its latest PS collection aimed at young urban dwellers (+ slideshow). More about IKEA's PS 2017 collection includes "no waste" products made from recycled materials
Architecture
Wolfgang Buttress' beehive-inspired Expo pavilion relocates to Kew Gardens
The beehive-inspired pavilion created by artist Wolfgang Buttress for the Milan Expo 2015 reopens in London's Kew Gardens this weekend (+ slideshow). More about Wolfgang Buttress' beehive-inspired Expo pavilion relocates to Kew Gardens
Promotion
What Design Can Do Refugee Challenge receives more than 600 entries
Dezeen promotion: more than 600 entries have been submitted by designers, architects and students for a competition aiming to discover projects that can improve the lives of refugees around the world. More about What Design Can Do Refugee Challenge receives more than 600 entries
Architecture
Rio 2016 Olympic Golf Course includes rainwater-collecting canopy by Rua Arquitetos
Rio 2016: Brazilian studio Rua Arquitetos has completed the golf venue for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, which features a tree-like canopy that collects rainwater to irrigate the course (+ slideshow). More about Rio 2016 Olympic Golf Course includes rainwater-collecting canopy by Rua Arquitetos
Furniture
Zaha Hadid's folded Kuki chair redesigned using carbon fibre
Design Miami/Basel 2016: the late Zaha Hadid's sculpted plastic Kuki chair has been relaunched in carbon fibre at Design Miami/Basel. More about Zaha Hadid's folded Kuki chair redesigned using carbon fibre
Architecture
Oblique glass pyramid thrusts skyward from SOM's leadership centre at US military campus
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has completed a new building on the grounds of the US Air Force Academy in Colorado, featuring a glass skylight resembling the tail fin of a jet fighter that points towards the North Star (+ slideshow). More about Oblique glass pyramid thrusts skyward from SOM's leadership centre at US military campus
Architecture
Pale brickwork creates decorative facade for Iranian apartment building
As architecture in Iran undergoes a boom, architects Behzad Yaghmaei and Azadeh Mahmoudi have completed an apartment block in Kerman with decorative brick facades (+ slideshow). More about Pale brickwork creates decorative facade for Iranian apartment building
Interiors
Sou Fujimoto combines geometric forms with Indonesian crafts for Potato Head Hong Kong
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has completed his first project in Hong Kong, combining elements of his previous structures with traditional Indonesian craftwork to create a shop and restaurant for Balinese hospitality brand Potato Head. More about Sou Fujimoto combines geometric forms with Indonesian crafts for Potato Head Hong Kong
Competition: win a pair of tickets to the Royal College of Art's 2016 graduate show preview
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with London's Royal College of Art to offer five readers the chance to win a pair of tickets to the private view of the school's 2016 graduate exhibition on 23 June 2016. More about Competition: win a pair of tickets to the Royal College of Art's 2016 graduate show preview
Design
Seven designers helping to put Romanian design on the map
Dezeen was in Bucharest for the fifth edition of Romanian Design Week last month. Here we select products by our favourite designers at the show, including modular children's furniture, wooden headphones and traditionally patterned rugs (+ slideshow). More about Seven designers helping to put Romanian design on the map
Design
Hex condom features a tear-resistant honeycomb surface
Swedish sex toy company Lelo has developed a condom with hexagonal-shaped cells that the company claims will tear less than others on the market. More about Hex condom features a tear-resistant honeycomb surface
Architecture
Five of the best houses in Texas on Dezeen
Kicking off a series that spotlights houses from different US states, we've searched our archive for five of the best residences in Texas. They include a black timber extension to an Austin bungalow and a lakefront dwelling with a pre-rusted steel treehouse (+ slideshow). More about Five of the best houses in Texas on Dezeen
Architecture
"World's tallest moving observation tower" prepares to welcome first passengers
A giant glass-and-steel doughnut that will transport passengers up and down a 162-metre-high pole is undergoing final tests ahead of its opening according to Marks Barfield Architects, who designed the British Airways i360 viewing tower. More about "World's tallest moving observation tower" prepares to welcome first passengers
Architecture
Richard Rogers "had to fight like hell" for Zaha Hadid's Aquatics Centre design
Zaha Hadid 1950-2016: next up in our exclusive video series, Richard Rogers reflects on the battle to select Zaha Hadid's design for the London Aquatics Centre, a building he describes as "a roaring success". More about Richard Rogers "had to fight like hell" for Zaha Hadid's Aquatics Centre design
Interiors
Critics slam "painful" auction of items from Philip Johnson's The Four Seasons restaurant
Furniture, tableware and objects from the Philip Johnson-designed The Four Seasons restaurant in New York are to be auctioned off, marking the destruction of "one of the rarest phenomena in Modernism" according to US critics (+ slideshow). More about Critics slam "painful" auction of items from Philip Johnson's The Four Seasons restaurant
Design
Atelier Bow-Wow and Didier Faustino create glowing wooden shelters for Paris exhibition
A gabled cabin by architecture studio Atelier Bow-Wow and a faceted pod by artist Didier Faustino have been installed inside a Parisian gallery as part of an exhibition about imaginary worlds. More about Atelier Bow-Wow and Didier Faustino create glowing wooden shelters for Paris exhibition
Design
Dezeen Father's Day gift guide for the design-conscious dad
It's not too late to find a last-minute present for Father's Day this Sunday. From a ballpoint pen that can make digital notes to a TV designed by the Bouroullec brothers, we've filled our gift guide with 10 of the best new products (+ slideshow). More about Dezeen Father's Day gift guide for the design-conscious dad