Architecture
"Great innovator" Italo Rota dies aged 70
Italian architect Italo Rota, who designed projects including the Museo del Novecento in Milan, has passed away at age 70. More about "Great innovator" Italo Rota dies aged 70
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Architecture
Foster + Partners gender pay gap widest on record
The gender pay gap at Foster + Partners is the widest it has been since the data was first compiled six years ago despite an overall improvement at the UK's largest architecture firms year-on-year, official figures show. More about Foster + Partners gender pay gap widest on record
Interiors
Al-Jawad Pike creates marble "immersive experience" for APL's Soho flagship store
British architecture studio Al-Jawad Pike has used colourful marble for the interiors of trainer brand Athletic Propulsion Labs' second flagship store in Soho, New York City. More about Al-Jawad Pike creates marble "immersive experience" for APL's Soho flagship store
Architecture
Muda Architects completes circular museum dedicated to traditional Chinese medicine
Chengdu studio Muda Architects has completed Tianfu Museum of Chinese Medicine in Pengzhou, China, which is based on the shape of the yin-yang symbol. More about Muda Architects completes circular museum dedicated to traditional Chinese medicine
Architecture
Urlo Studio completes steel pavilion for Ecuadorian sports club
Urlo Studio has completed an "aesthetic and functional" gym and multi-sport club with a glass and aluminium pavilion with a composite facade in Ecuador. More about Urlo Studio completes steel pavilion for Ecuadorian sports club
Architecture
Foster + Partners first Uruguay project to feature glass-lined courtyard
UK architecture studio Foster + Partners and local studio Ponce de León Arquitectos have broken ground on its first project in Uruguay, an apartment building wrapped around a multi-storey glass courtyard. More about Foster + Partners first Uruguay project to feature glass-lined courtyard
Architecture
Ae-Architecten layers old and new in Belgian house renovation
Belgian studio Ae-Architecten has used glazed yellow bricks and concrete-lined living spaces to renovate SL House, a detached home in Ghent, Belgium. More about Ae-Architecten layers old and new in Belgian house renovation
Architecture
Bell Phillips creates Cosway Street housing block with fluted precast brick facades
Scalloped facades featuring tones of cream and red brick define a U-shaped housing block by Bell Phillips in Marylebone in central London. More about Bell Phillips creates Cosway Street housing block with fluted precast brick facades
News
Saudi Arabia lowers predicted number of residents at The Line by 2030
The Line mega-city, which is the flagship development for Saudi Arabia's Neom project, will allegedly house fewer than 300,000 people by 2030, down from an original goal of 1.5 million. More about Saudi Arabia lowers predicted number of residents at The Line by 2030
Dezeen Awards
Jasper Morrison, Beata Heuman and Michael Bennett named Dezeen Awards 2024 judges
Product designer Jasper Morrison, interior designer Beata Heuman and Studio Kër founder Michael Bennett have been announced as Dezeen Awards 2024 judges, alongside architects Shimul Javeri Kadri and Carolina Maluhy. More about Jasper Morrison, Beata Heuman and Michael Bennett named Dezeen Awards 2024 judges
Roundups
Eight buildings with inverted-pitched roofs that resemble butterfly wings
An angular English home extension and a timber-clad Guatemalan retreat feature in our roundup of buildings with butterfly roofs. More about Eight buildings with inverted-pitched roofs that resemble butterfly wings
Architecture
Kauh restores historic Spanish park to be a "palimpsest of its evolution"
Spanish architecture practice Kauh has completed the renovation of La Hoya Park in the historical centre of Almería, restoring a series of stepped, dry stone terraces on the site of a 13th-century town. More about Kauh restores historic Spanish park to be a "palimpsest of its evolution"
Dezeen Showroom
Soniah floor lamps by Faina among 16 new products on Dezeen Showroom
Dezeen Showroom: a collection of statuesque floor lamps designed to resemble Ukraine's national flower is among 16 new products recently listed on Dezeen Showroom. More about Soniah floor lamps by Faina among 16 new products on Dezeen Showroom
Design
Ombak chair consists of 2,000 plastic bags salvaged from Bali's rivers
Indonesian non-profit Sungai Watch has unveiled the debut furniture launch from its design studio Sungai Design, aimed at creating useful products from the mountains of plastic waste that it fishes from Bali's rivers every day. More about Ombak chair consists of 2,000 plastic bags salvaged from Bali's rivers
School Shows
Kent State University presents 10 architecture projects
Dezeen School Shows: an adaptive reuse project that creates accommodation for homeless people in Los Angeles is included in this school show by Kent State University students. More about Kent State University presents 10 architecture projects
Architecture
Architectural Association students use foraged wood to build "open-air laboratory"
Students from London's Architectural Association have used timber battens and foraged waste wood to build a demountable forest pavilion called Field Station. More about Architectural Association students use foraged wood to build "open-air laboratory"
Lookbooks
Ten homes where flooring enhances the connection between indoors and outdoors
Our latest lookbook explores homes where flooring details and materials help to create the impression that a living space extends out beyond a house's exterior walls. More about Ten homes where flooring enhances the connection between indoors and outdoors
Architecture
Timber structure defines compact bio-based home in the Netherlands
Amsterdam studio Woonpioniers has used natural materials and prefabricated elements throughout the Sprout Ruben & Marjolein house, which includes an open, greenhouse-like volume. More about Timber structure defines compact bio-based home in the Netherlands
Interiors
Reflect Architecture balances "contemporary art with family life" in Toronto house
Canadian studio Reflect Architecture has renovated a home in Toronto for a new generation of the same family, while incorporating an extensive art collection. More about Reflect Architecture balances "contemporary art with family life" in Toronto house
Interiors
Post Company restores hotel known as birthplace of Apple's Macintosh computer
New York design studio Post Company has revived a historic hotel in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, drawing on the building's illustrious past and recent acclaim to inform its interiors. More about Post Company restores hotel known as birthplace of Apple's Macintosh computer