“When will a more ambitious and influential spirit return to the New York design scene?”
Google to start shipping modular smartphone Project Ara
Australian Pavilion features swimming pool as “space for healing racial and cultural division”
Venice Biennale heralds return of handmade architecture, says Peter Zumthor
Pedro Ferreira separates old from new in Porto townhouse conversion
Buro Koray Duman finds uses for neglected space under elevated New York highway
Loll creates Lollygagger outdoor furniture from recycled milk bottles
Alejandro Zaera-Polo sues Princeton University for libel following plagiarism row
MVRDV designs transparent Infinity Kitchen to make food healthier and sexier
Tate Modern releases first images of Herzog & de Meuron’s Switch House extension
Meditating twice a day keeps staff at Vo Trong Nghia Architects focused, claims founder
Undulating brick building in Iran encourages public to walk on its roof
Dezeen Mail issue 307 features this week’s biggest architecture and design stories
British Pavilion calls for architects to redesign home ownership rather than houses
Graves reached using GPS proposed for bushland cemetery near Sydney
Royal Mail’s Animail stamp collection clings to the sides of envelopes
New York Textile Month will highlight the revival of cloth, says Li Edelkoort
VRtisan develops new virtual reality tools for architects
Competition: win tickets to New Designers showcase of UK graduate projects
VR goggles combined with hand-held controllers offers architects “a whole new way of designing”
Naturehumaine creates stripped-down facade for Montreal residences
Naturehumaine creates stripped-down facade for Montreal residences Redirect
Flea Folly Architects designs high temple of timber in a monastic archway
