Dezeen Awards
Dezeen Awards
Sir Lenny Henry to host inaugural Dezeen Awards ceremony
British comedian, actor and television presenter Sir Lenny Henry will be the host for the first ever Dezeen Awards ceremony taking place later this month. More
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Architecture
Architecture
Designs revealed for V&A East buildings by O'Donnell + Tuomey and Diller Scofidio + Renfro
London's V&A has released details of its plans for V&A East, a new outpost at the Olympic Park featuring a five-storey museum designed by O'Donnell + Tuomey and a research centre created by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. More
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Architecture
Architecture
Glass elevator for Battersea Power Station revealed in new visual
Architecture firm Wilkinson Eyre has revealed visuals showing its plan to install a glass lift inside one of the chimneys of Battersea Power Station in London. More
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Architecture
Architecture
Yves Behar debuts fully customisable tiny homes
Designer Yves Behar has launched a range of prefabricated accessory dwelling units that aim to tackle rising house costs and increase urban density in California. More
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Architecture
Architecture
Mexico City architects protest "fake, unlawful" referendum on Foster-designed airport
The result of the public vote to scrap Foster + Partners' partially built airport for Mexico City has not gone down well among local architects, who have described the referendum as an example of the country's "political issues and corruption". More
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Interiors
Interiors
Open-plan offices discourage face-to-face communication, says research
Workers in open-plan offices have less face-to-face interaction with colleagues than those who work separately, according to research by Harvard students. More
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Architecture
Architecture
India unveils world's tallest statue
A 182-metre-high monument created by Michael Graves Architecture and Design, which is four times the size of the Statue of Liberty, has been officially inaugurated in Gujarat state, India. More
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Design
Design
Norwegian banknotes featuring Snøhetta's pixelated designs now in circulation
Norway has put new 50 and 500 kroner banknotes into circulation, featuring pixelated images of Norwegian coastlines designed by architecture studio Snøhetta. More
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Architecture
Architecture
SOM's "sister skyscrapers" for doomed Chicago Spire site halted
The controversy surrounding the site of Santiago Calatrava's ill-fated Chicago Spire continues, as the city stalls the pair of skyscrapers that SOM's David Childs has proposed for the vacant waterfront plot. More
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Technology
Technology
Apple designs "greenest Mac ever"
Apple has launched a MacBook Air with a 100 per cent recycled aluminium alloy shell, reducing the carbon footprint of the computer by almost half. More
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Designart Tokyo
Designart Tokyo
Toyo Ito, Kazuyo Sejima and Sou Fujimoto donate works for Home for All charity auction
Leading Japanese architects have offered up drawings, models and other original works to raise funds for Home for All, the non-profit organisation set up by Toyo Ito following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. More
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Architecture
Architecture
Foster's $13 billion Mexico City airport scrapped after public vote
Foster + Partners' new airport for Mexico City has been cancelled midway through construction, following a public referendum that resulted in a majority vote against the project. More
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Architecture
Architecture
There is "no good Brexit" say Foster, Rogers and Chipperfield in open letter to UK prime minister
Over 1,000 leading architects have signed a letter to the UK prime minister stating that Brexit would be "devastating" to the architecture profession. More
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Design
Design
Yves Béhar responds to Pittsburgh synagogue shooting with Lies Cost Lives graphic
Designer Yves Béhar has created this graphic in the wake of the mass-shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue to warn against rising anti-semitism in the US, which he blames on president Donald Trump's "current culture of lies". More
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Books
Books
Phaidon names Spencer Bailey as editor-at-large
Spencer Bailey, the former editor of Surface magazine, has been named editor-at-large for Phaidon's architecture and design publications. More
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Architecture
Architecture
"I can only do so much" to protect the environment, says Peter Zumthor
Architects may be limited in their power to prevent climate change, says Peter Zumthor, but they can help by designing buildings to last for centuries rather than decades. More
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Design
Design
European parliament votes to ban single-use plastic items and designers say "bring it on!"
The European Parliament has voted for a ban on single-use plastic, on items for which alternatives already exist, in a bid to mitigate ocean pollution – a move that has been largely praised by architects, designers and brands. More
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Architecture
Architecture
Grimshaw's Airport Metro Connector will link LAX directly to public transport
Architecture firm Grimshaw's station that will connect Los Angeles International Airport to the city's light rail network is shown in these new renderings. More
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Technology
Technology
MIT surveys two million people to set out ethical framework for driverless cars
Self-driving cars should swerve to protect young people over the elderly and humans over animals, according to the Moral Machine survey of more than two million people, conducted by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. More
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Fashion
Fashion
Balenciaga is being sued for copying tree-shaped car fresheners
French fashion house Balenciaga is being sued for creating key rings that closely resemble Little Trees, the popular in-car air fresheners. More