News
Factory Fifteen founder Jonathan Gales dies aged 36
Jonathan Gales, co-founder of British film and animation studio Factory Fifteen, has died following a car accident. More about Factory Fifteen founder Jonathan Gales dies aged 36
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Dutch Design Week
Lina Chi designs furniture made from linoleum to show the material "in a new light"
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Lina Chi has created a collection of curvaceous furniture pieces made from single sheets of linoleum to help reinvent the material. More about Lina Chi designs furniture made from linoleum to show the material "in a new light"
Promotion
Zaha Hadid Design's gift guide features sculptural spice grinder and chess set
Promotion: Dezeen has teamed up with Zaha Hadid Design to put together a Christmas gift guide, which includes a collection of stainless steel candle holders informed by the way cells replicate and sunglasses made in collaboration with eyewear brand The Owner. More about Zaha Hadid Design's gift guide features sculptural spice grinder and chess set
News
"Brave and fearless" Viva Magenta named Pantone Color of the Year 2023
A hot pink called Viva Magenta that is reminiscent of blush has been named as 2023 colour of the year by the American colour company Pantone. More about "Brave and fearless" Viva Magenta named Pantone Color of the Year 2023
Architecture
LaRue Architects creates a copper-clad lake house in the Texas Hill Country
LaRue Architects has clad a lake house outside of Austin, Texas with patinated copper, limestone and oak in order to give it a "living finish". More about LaRue Architects creates a copper-clad lake house in the Texas Hill Country
Dezeen Debate
Dezeen Debate features SANAA's "overlapping" Sydney Modern extension
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Debate newsletter features SANAA's extension of the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features SANAA's "overlapping" Sydney Modern extension
Design
Hundreds of Virgil Abloh-designed sneakers showcased at Nike's Miami Art Week exhibition
Sportswear company Nike has created the Virgil Abloh: The Codes c/o Architecture exhibition at Miami Art Week, which showcases the collaborations between the designer and the brand. More about Hundreds of Virgil Abloh-designed sneakers showcased at Nike's Miami Art Week exhibition
Design
Six student design projects that experiment with materials
Dezeen School Shows: we've rounded up six projects presented on Dezeen School Shows that aim to innovate and upgrade material and textile design. More about Six student design projects that experiment with materials
Promotion
Corian Solid Surface helps develop sustainable spaces for people to live and work
Promotion: the Corian Design business of DuPont is actively moving towards circular economy principles by increasingly using recycled materials and reducing material waste in the production of its Corian Solid Surface material. More about Corian Solid Surface helps develop sustainable spaces for people to live and work
Architecture
Kvorning Design references salmon scales for ovoid Salmon Eye pavilion
Salmon Eye is a floating exhibition pavilion and aquaculture visitor centre on Norway's Hardangerfjord, which Kvorning Design created with a facade formed from stainless steel plates designed to mimic fish scales. More about Kvorning Design references salmon scales for ovoid Salmon Eye pavilion
Architecture
Wood screens and green courtyards define apartment block in Mallorca by OHLAB
Sliding panels of thin wooden slats provide shade and ventilation to the interiors of this apartment block in Palma on the island of Mallorca, designed by local architecture studio OHLAB. More about Wood screens and green courtyards define apartment block in Mallorca by OHLAB
Dezeen x Holcim: Concrete Icons
Casa Ventura "floats on top of the hill" it's built on says Tatiana Bilbao
Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao explains how her concrete Casa Ventura house responds to the topography of its hilltop site in the latest instalment of Dezeen's Concrete Icons series produced in collaboration with Holcim. More about Casa Ventura "floats on top of the hill" it's built on says Tatiana Bilbao
2022 review
Dezeen's top 10 reuse architecture projects of 2022
To kick off Dezeen's review of 2022, we round up 10 of the most eye-catching architectural reuse projects of the year, from an art museum in Tehran to a Marcel Breuer-designed hotel. More about Dezeen's top 10 reuse architecture projects of 2022
News
"Between 400 and 500" deaths connected to World Cup construction says top Qatar official
The secretary-general of Qatar's Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy has said that at least 400 migrant workers died building the World Cup. More about "Between 400 and 500" deaths connected to World Cup construction says top Qatar official
Architecture
Will Alsop's upside-down-boat cafe becomes British Isles' "youngest listed building"
Will Alsop's La Frègate cafe in Jersey has been granted Grade II-listed status following a campaign led by architectural charity Twentieth Century Society. More about Will Alsop's upside-down-boat cafe becomes British Isles' "youngest listed building"
Architecture
TAA adds contemporary extension to traditional Toulouse chartreuse house
Local architecture office TAA has completed House M in Toulouse, France, featuring a glass-and-concrete extension that contrasts with the existing brick-clad chartreuse-style dwelling. More about TAA adds contemporary extension to traditional Toulouse chartreuse house
Architecture
Drew Mandel Architects completes a multi-textural house in a Canadian forest
Drew Mandel Architects designed a house in Milton, Canada with exteriors of metal, brick and wood that is centred around a walnut staircase. More about Drew Mandel Architects completes a multi-textural house in a Canadian forest
Architecture
Foster + Partners to design King Salman International Airport in Saudi Arabia
British architecture studio Foster + Partners is designing the six-runway King Salman International Airport in Riyadh, which is set to become one of the world's largest airports. More about Foster + Partners to design King Salman International Airport in Saudi Arabia
Architecture
Brick extension opens up Dutch home to forested garden
Dutch practices Space Encounters and Studio Vincent Architecture have completed BD House, an extension of a 1950s villa with a brick garden pavilion intended to create the feeling of "living in the forest". More about Brick extension opens up Dutch home to forested garden
Houses of the month
Dezeen's top five houses of November 2022
A dwelling overlooking a Scottish loch like a modern-day castle and a tiny home in Switzerland converted from a rustic wood store are among Dezeen's Houses of the month for November. More about Dezeen's top five houses of November 2022