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  • Metaverse suffers "extensive damage" in riot at virtual art gallery

    Digital police have arrested dozens of avatars who rampaged at a party in the metaverse, causing damage to NFT objects worth billions of dollars. More

    Dezeen staff | 1 April 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Secret proposal for "Even Higher Line" on top of New York's High Line revealed

    New York City planners are working on secret plans for a controversial new pedestrian walkway on top of the High Line, dubbed "The Even Higher Line". More

    Dezeen staff | 1 April 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Confusion as Volkswagen claims it is rebranding itself as Voltswagen

    German car brand Volkswagen announced that it is changing its name to Voltswagen in the USA, but the move turned out to be an early April Fool's Day joke. More

    Tom Ravenscroft | 31 March 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Trump Comb-over watch goes into production following April Fools prank

    Swedish company TRIWA is selling a limited-edition watch that features the hair of US president Donald Trump as hands, after the success of an April Fools-day prank. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 2 May 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Eight of the best April Fools' Day pranks from architecture and design

    Did we fool you with our spoof story? Here are eight of this year's best architecture and design April fools including plans for a gondola in Edinburgh, a dog-walking drone and Swiss Army sunglasses. More

    India Block | 1 April 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Norman Foster unveils plans for The Unicorn tower to rival The Tulip

    The soon-to-be-approved Tulip may be superseded as the tallest building in the City of London before it's even built now that Norman Foster has revealed plans for a supertall co-working and living space suspended above Bloomberg HQ. More

    India Block | 1 April 2019 | Leave a comment
  • On April Fools Day, five of the best architecture and design pranks from the Dezeen archive

    Did you spot our April Fool story earlier today? Here's a roundup of other spoof stories we've run over the years, including bread-shaped skyscrapers and a hotel on the moon. More

    Marcus Fairs | 1 April 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Master & Dynamic unveils design for headphones made from colour-changing leather

    Audio brand Master & Dynamic has revealed designs for headphones made from leather that changes colour to match different moods. More

    Gunseli Yalcinkaya | 1 April 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Private Crossrail station planned underneath Adjaye-designed London house

    Photographer Ed Reeve has applied for planning consent to dig a private railway station underneath his home – the David Adjaye-designed Sunken House in north London. More

    Amy Frearson | 1 April 2015 | 23 comments
  • Domino's launches world's first driverless pizza delivery vehicles

    UK pizza chain Domino's has launched the world's first fleet of driverless delivery vehicles (+ movie). More

    Marcus Fairs | 1 April 2015 | 22 comments
  • Richard Branson launches plane-shaped skyscraper and moon hotel

    News: Richard Branson has today revealed new architectural designs from Virgin, including a New York skyscraper shaped like a bunch of balloons, a Sydney tower with the form of a space shuttle and a moon hotel that looks like tubular bells. More

    Amy Frearson | 1 April 2014 | 6 comments
  • London's bread-shaped skyscrapers unveiled on first day of April

    News: plans have been revealed this morning for a series of loaf-shaped skyscrapers to accompany the Cheesegrater, Can of Ham, Toast Rack and Gherkin buildings in central London. More

    Amy Frearson | 1 April 2014 | 10 comments
  • Floating Olympic Lanes by Dowling Jonesand Stone

    London Mayor Boris Johnson has unveiled plans for a floating motorway to be constructed on the River Thames, intended to ease congestion in the city ahead of the London 2012 Olympic games this summer. More

    Rose Etherington | 1 April 2012 | 27 comments
  • Bronze Boris Bike Statue by Dowling Jones & Stone

    Plans have been unveiled for a 12 metre-high bronze statue of London Mayor Boris Johnson overlooking the River Thames in London. More

    Rose Etherington | 1 April 2011 | 21 comments

Berlin set to build car-free housing and technology district on former Tegel Airport

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OEO Studio uses materials in a "playful way" for Designmuseum Denmark cafe and shop

Tables, design chairs and stone floors at Designmuseum cafe

Tom Kundig designs Truckee home with metal "treehouse" for Faulkner Architects founder

Concrete and steel buildings through the trees

Studio Other Spaces creates colourful conical glass pavilion for Californian winery

Image of the interior of the glass pavilion
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