Artist Joep van Lieshout explains how he "likes to get dirty" by taking a hands-on approach to designing furniture, such as his Liberty Lounger chair for Moooi, in our latest Design Dreams movie for the Dutch brand. More about Design should be "smashed into the world" says Joep van Lieshout
The 305-metre-tall viewing attraction The Tulip, proposed for the UK capital by Foster + Partners, does not comply with London Plan says city mayor Sadiq Khan. More about Foster + Partners breaches planning guidelines with The Tulip, says London mayor
The Glasgow School of Art has rebuffed claims that a high pressure mist suppression system, removed before the Charles Rennie-Mackintosh-designed building was destroyed in a catastrophic fire, was largely intact. More about Glasgow School of Art refutes claim removed mist system "would have saved" building
Biasol has designed the interior of this Melbourne home to evoke a classic Parisian apartment, placing a plant-filled light well at its centre. More about Biasol looks to Parisian apartments for interior of Melbourne home Casa Atrio
The top positions in architecture and design on Dezeen Jobs this week include opportunities at Herzog & de Meuron in Basel, Switzerland and Mecanoo in Delft, the Netherlands. More about This week's top architecture and design jobs include Herzog & de Meuron and Mecanoo
A series of 3D-printed models of the foot of a receding glacier in Switzerland feature in this installation by Dutch designer Xandra van der Eijk, which examines the notion of ecological grief. More about Xandra van der Eijk's installation explores feelings of ecological grief
IF_DO has wrapped a sixth-form college in Surrey, England, around a courtyard and planted a tree in the centre to connect it to its woodland setting. More about Colonnades and courtyards bring nature into sixth-form college by IF_DO
Stone patios and gravel terraces slot in between the monolithic concrete blocks that make up this Argentinian house designed by BP Arquitectura. More about Concrete screen shades patio at BP Arquitectura's Casa Mq2 in Córdoba
Charleston interiors firm Basic Projects has created cosy apartment-like suites inside a refurbished brick building, during its conversion into a hotel in nearby Savannah. More about Basic Projects and Christian Sottile include "creature comforts" at Savannah's Windrose hotel
VAC Library by Farming Architects is a large wooden climbing frame that uses solar-powered aquaponics to keep vegetables, koi carp and chickens in Hanoi, Vietnam. More about Climbing-frame library in Vietnam has a thriving aquaponics system
Japanese architect Yo Shimada of Tato Architects has designed a table intended to be made at home by consumers using standard materials bought from any DIY store. More about Yo Shimada debuts coffee table made from basic DIY store materials
We've updated our Pinterest board showcasing the best prefabricated homes, including a hutong house that plugs-in to a small Beijing plot and OMA's stacked precast concrete tower. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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A copper facade frames the grey stone interior of this dining and retail space in Shanghai designed by local firm Office Coastline. More about Genshang's Shanghai restaurant designed by Office Coastline as "gentle sequence of spaces"
Santiago studio Equipo Cazu Zegers took cues from temporary shelters used by lumberjacks when designing this isolated retreat in southern Chile. More about "Precarious tents" inform Casa Lluvia in rural Chile by Equipo Cazu Zeger
Watch OMA, MAD, Forensic Architecture and more deliver presentations at the architecture symposium hosted by New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. More about Watch A Year of Architecture in a Day talks from The Met
Petr Stolin Architekt has wrapped a double-skinned translucent facade of fibreglass around the Nová Ruda kindergarten in the Czech Republic. More about Kindergarten in Czech Republic encased in two layers of translucent fibreglass
An abstract mural is just one of the vivid features that Amber Road and Lymesmith have incorporated in the extensive overhaul of this Sydney home, which has been finished in a variety of "joyful" colours. More about Sydney's Polychrome House has pops of colour in every room
This week on Dezeen, the Creative Industries Federation, Norman Foster and David Chipperfield signed a letter calling for a People's Vote, and Opposite Office imagined Buckingham Palace as a co-living space. More about This week, designers called for a second Brexit vote and Buckingham Palace was redesigned
Industrial designers Marco Maturo and Alessio Roscini from Studio Klass have created a collection of geometric rugs informed by Italian Renaissance paintings. More about Studio Klass' Cinquecento rug collection takes cues from Renaissance art
Five teams of architects are in the running to redesign Chicago's O'Hare international airport, with Foster + Partners and Santiago Calatrava among the list of firms participating in the competition. More about Foster, Calatrava and SOM on shortlist for new Chicago O'Hare airport terminal