Furniture
Two supports connect beneath Eric Jourdan's Gilda table
A continuous ribbon of steel forms two legs of this simple table by French designer Eric Jourdan. More about Two supports connect beneath Eric Jourdan's Gilda table
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Architecture
Australian Institute of Architects moves into sculptural Melbourne tower by Lyons
The new Melbourne home of the Australian Institute of Architects is a 22-storey tower by architecture firm Lyons with a sculptural facade that breaks down into staircases and balconies (+ slideshow). More about Australian Institute of Architects moves into sculptural Melbourne tower by Lyons
Architecture
Angular metal roof wraps around hilltop house by deMx architecture
A metal-clad roof designed to reference local barns follows the stepped profile of this house in the American state of Arkansas by deMx architecture (+ slideshow). More about Angular metal roof wraps around hilltop house by deMx architecture
News
Beatrice Galilee appointed architecture and design curator for The Met
News: British curator Beatrice Galilee has been appointed to a newly created role as curator of architecture and design at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. More about Beatrice Galilee appointed architecture and design curator for The Met
Competition: Mies van der Rohe monograph to be won
Competition: Dezeen and publishers Phaidon have teamed up to give one reader the chance to win a monograph of work by Modernist architect Mies van der Rohe. More about Competition: Mies van der Rohe monograph to be won
Design
World's first knitted football boot announced by Adidas
Sports brand Adidas has created the world's first football boot to have an upper knitted entirely from yarn (+ slideshow). More about World's first knitted football boot announced by Adidas
Furniture
Stand table by Jakob Timpe slots together without glue or fixings
This collapsible table by Berlin-based designer Jakob Timpe is made from nine pieces of wood that simply slot together with no screws, glue or tools (+ slideshow). More about Stand table by Jakob Timpe slots together without glue or fixings
Architecture
LAN wins renovation of Grand Palais exhibition hall in Paris
News: French studio LAN has won a competition to revamp the Grand Palais exhibition centre in Paris with plans to restore galleries around the Grand Nave and insert a new entrance court. More about LAN wins renovation of Grand Palais exhibition hall in Paris
Furniture
Cantilevered sofas by Paulo Kobylka fit together like stacked concrete slabs
Brazilian architect Paulo Kobylka has designed sofas with cantilevered cushions that look like long concrete slabs stacked on top of one another (+ slideshow). More about Cantilevered sofas by Paulo Kobylka fit together like stacked concrete slabs
Architecture
Bulging cement panels clad Zurich railway service facility by EM2N
This railway service facility in Zurich by local architects EM2N features a three-dimensional patterned facade made from zigzagging cement modules (+ slideshow). More about Bulging cement panels clad Zurich railway service facility by EM2N
Architecture
Hinanai Village House opens out to a scenic mountain landscape
Huge sliding doors at the front and rear of this weekend house in rural Hiroshima allow residents to open out their timber-lined living spaces to the scenic mountain landscape (+ slideshow). More about Hinanai Village House opens out to a scenic mountain landscape
Design
Simon Legald designs stackable melamine trays for Normann Copenhagen
Danish designer Simon Legald has created a set of stacking melamine trays with softly rounded edges for design brand Normann Copenhagen (+ slideshow). More about Simon Legald designs stackable melamine trays for Normann Copenhagen
Architecture
Williamson Chong's House in Frogs Hollow burrows into the Ontario landscape
The lower storey of this house in Ontario by Toronto studio Williamson Chong Architects is wrapped by a concrete wall that burrows into a hillside, while the upper floor is an overhanging box clad with red-stained timber (+ slideshow). More about Williamson Chong's House in Frogs Hollow burrows into the Ontario landscape
Architecture
Special feature: ten amazing airport designs
Following SOM’s new airport terminal in Mumbai featuring a vast concrete canopy and Grimshaw’s St Petersburg terminal comprising monumental folded ceilings, here are some of the most amazing examples of airport architecture from the pages of Dezeen (+ slideshow). More about Special feature: ten amazing airport designs
Architecture
Light glows through the cedar facade of Writer's Shed by Weston Surman & Deane
Hidden at the bottom of a London garden, this glowing shed by British studio Weston, Surman & Deane was designed as a writing retreat for an author (+ slideshow). More about Light glows through the cedar facade of Writer's Shed by Weston Surman & Deane
Music video
Glowing 3D-printed characters explore LA in Cut Copy's music video
Dezeen Music Project: a pair of miniature 3D-printed figures wander around Los Angeles in this stop-motion music video by creative studio PARTY for Australian electronic band Cut Copy's track We Are Explorers. More about Glowing 3D-printed characters explore LA in Cut Copy's music video
Architecture
New Pinterest board: shingles
A multipurpose building with a skin of chestnut shingles was popular last week, so we've created a Pinterest board full of architectural projects with facades covered in overlapping tiles. See our new Pinterest board»
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Design
Lamp made from model glider materials by Studio Daniel for Odesi
Dutch designer Daniel Hulsbergen created this intricate lamp from materials similar to those he used as a child to make model gliders. More about Lamp made from model glider materials by Studio Daniel for Odesi
Architecture
Patterned brickwork surrounds Atelier ChanChan's Herringbone House
Pale bricks are arranged in a herringbone pattern on the outer walls of this compact house in north-east London that architect Zoe Chan designed and built for herself (+ slideshow). More about Patterned brickwork surrounds Atelier ChanChan's Herringbone House
Interiors
Za Bor Architects adds submarine-like meeting rooms to Yandex's Moscow office
Brightly coloured pods resembling submarines contain meeting rooms at the new Moscow office for internet company Yandex by Russian studio Za Bor Architects (+ slideshow). More about Za Bor Architects adds submarine-like meeting rooms to Yandex's Moscow office