Architecture studio MAD has designed a "giant mattress" at the Seoul Biennale of Architecture that comforts people standing next to it by illuminating and releasing cooling water mist. More about MAD unveils interactive Breathing Cells sculpture at Seoul Biennale of Architecture
Two creatives chosen to contribute to the Humanise Wall at Thomas Heatherwick's Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism have criticised the installation for being insensitive to its South Korean context. More about Seoul creatives brand Heatherwick's Humanise Wall "a profound lack of judgment"
Thomas Heatherwick's Humanise campaign fails to identify the causes of poor-quality architecture or ways to tackle them, writes Owen Hopkins. More about "Thomas Heatherwick's Humanise campaign is an incredibly reductive way of assessing the built environment"
British designer Thomas Heatherwick has unveiled the 90-metre-long, four-storey-high Humanise Wall as the centrepiece of the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism. More about Heatherwick reveals twisted Humanise Wall at Seoul Architecture Biennale
This year's Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism aims to directly engage the public rather than replicate the "echo chamber" of other architecture festivals, says the event's general director Thomas Heatherwick in this exclusive interview. More about Seoul Architecture Biennale "a very sincere attempt to invite a bigger conversation" says Thomas Heatherwick
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Heatherwick Studio’s Humanise Wall, which is currently under construction in Seoul. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features images of Heatherwick's Humanise Wall under construction in Seoul
The 90-metre-long twisted wall designed by Heatherwick Studio as the centrepiece of the upcoming Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism has been revealed in photos. More about Photos reveal Heatherwick's Humanise Wall under construction in Seoul
Architecture studios Kengo Kuma and Associates, MAD and Kéré Architecture and designer Stella McCartney are among 24 designers chosen by Thomas Heatherwick to create walls for the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism. More about Kengo Kuma and MAD among architects creating Walls of Public Life at Seoul Biennale of Architecture
Design studio Common Accounts imagines the funeral of the future, where liquefied bodies are used to fertilise plants and flowers, and social media accounts generate a virtual afterlife. More about Common Accounts designs an eco-friendly funeral for the digital age
Dezeen promotion: this year's thematic exhibition at the 2019 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism looked at how a "collective" practice can challenge the way cities are developed. More about Thematic exhibition explored the "collective city" at the Seoul Biennale 2019
Our next Dezeen x MINI Living video explores a modular urban farming system called Growmore, which allows people living in cities to build mini gardens from a series of simple plywood planters. More about Urban gardening system Growmore helps city dwellers build mini local farms
A brutalist megastructure in Seoul is undergoing a major revamp. The result may not be photogenic, says Owen Hatherley, but it offers a promising model for regeneration without gentrification. More about "What is happening at Sewoon Sangga is, quietly, quite extraordinary"
MVRDV's plant-covered walkway in Seoul may look like a low-budget version of the High Line, but it's much more than that – it's the sign of a new frontier in city-making, says new Dezeen columnist Gerard Reinmuth. More about "Seoullo is no High Line, but it is of equal importance"
Four months after MVRDV revealed its plant-covered walkway on a former elevated highway in Seoul, photographer Jim Stephenson visited the project to see how it is settling into the city. More about MVRDV's "Seoul High Line" captured in new photographs
Amid rising tensions between North Korea and the rest of the world, a pair of architects have built a full-scale mockup of a Pyongyang apartment, as part of an exhibition in the South Korean capital. More about Seoul Biennale visitors invited to experience replica of a North Korean home
While some architects have been experimenting with mushroom mycelium as a cladding material, architect Dirk Hebel and engineer Philippe Block have gone one step further – by using fungi to build self-supporting structures. More about Tree-shaped structure shows how mushroom roots could be used to create buildings
Planting boxes can be bolted together to create mini gardens and farms, with this simple construction system devised by Danish architects Sine Lindholm and Mads-Ulrik Husum. More about Growmore is a modular building kit for urban gardeners