Video shows pop-up synagogue in Ukraine unfolding like a book
This short film by photographer Iwan Baan shows the Babyn Yar Synagogue designed by Swiss studio Manuel Herz Architects opening and closing. More
Make designs central installation for COP26 Build Better Now virtual pavilion
London studio Make has designed a virtual reality installation that sits at the centre of the Build Better Now pavilion for COP26. More
Therme Art's Basel talk examines architecture's potential to improve mental health
Dezeen promotion: curator Hans Ulrich Obrist and other industry experts came together to discuss the ways in which architecture and design can be utilised to create restorative spaces that improve mental wellbeing. More
Dutch Design Week
Dutch Design Week
House built from 100 different plant-based materials unveiled at Dutch Design Week
Eco-design studio Biobased Creations has built a showhome almost entirely from biomaterials including wood, mycelium, seaweed, straw and vegetable fibres as well as earth and sewage. More
Striatus 3D-printed bridge "establishes a new language for concrete" says Holcim CEO
Holcim CEO Jan Jenisch explains how 3D-printed concrete bridge Striatus aims to showcase how to build with less material without compromising performance in this video Dezeen produced for the building materials company. More
Short film offers tour of Dutch Holocaust Memorial of Names by Studio Libeskind
This video guides viewers around a memorial by Studio Libeskind in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, which is dedicated to the Dutch victims of the Holocaust. More
MAD Architects plans Hollywood office wrapped with funicular railway
Chinese studio MAD Architects has revealed its design for The Star office block in Hollywood, which will incorporate a funicular railway. More
Tsuruta Architects incorporates 27,000 cat faces into five homes in Catford
UK-studio Tsuruta Architects has completed a housing project in south London called The Queen of Catford, which features thousands of cat faces and a pair of blue heritage plaques dedicated to fictional characters. More
Kengo Kuma and OPPO pair traditional materials and technology to create "spiritual experience"
In this video produced by Dezeen for OPPO, Japanese architect Kengo Kuma describes how he worked with the smart device brand to create Bamboo Ring, an installation currently showing at Milan design week. More
Watch a talk with Stefano Boeri and Joseph Grima about creating cities in symbiosis with nature
Dezeen promotion: in this Venice Biennale talk by Therme Art and V–A–C, 11 experts from the fields of architecture, design and technology discuss how we can reimagine our cities while giving back to nature. More
Renovations
Renovations
The DHaus Company adds hotel and Japanese-informed homes to London pub
Architecture and design studio The DHaus Company has overhauled The Bull and Last pub in north London, adding boutique hotel rooms and a pair of Japanese-inspired duplex flats. More
Chart Art Fair installs five "social architecture" pavilions in Copenhagen
This Dezeen video showcases the five architecture pavilions at this year's Chart art fair in Copenhagen, including a restaurant covered with microgreens and a structure made out of inflatable bags. More
Co-working
Co-working
Squire and Partners uses mass timber to add co-working facility to its London office
Architecture studio Squire and Partners has added a co-working facility to its own London office, in a new building framed by cross-laminated timber. More
Norman Foster Foundation presents free On Cities masterclasses
Dezeen promotion: the educational foundation set up by architect Norman Foster has released an online masterclass series focused on topics related to contemporary cities, with lectures given by experts including architects Sou Fujimoto, Francis Kéré and Deborah Berke. More
Watch our Redesign the World workshop on how to use Twinmotion
Last week, we ran a webinar on how to use architectural visualisation tool Twinmotion for those interested in entering our Redesign the World competition. The workshop is now available to watch in full here if you missed it the first time around. More
Concrete house by Gort Scott hugs rocky crag in Whistler
British architecture studio Gort Scott has installed a house on a rocky outcrop in the Canadian mountain resort of Whistler, offering impressive views over Alta Lake. More
"Recipes are important archives of where we come from and how we've evolved" says Sumayya Vally
In the final instalment of our exclusive video series with Counterspace founder Sumayya Vally, the South African architect discusses the role of recipes in her Material Histories project for the Istanbul Design Biennial. More
Counterspace's Children's Courtroom installation "teaches children about the justice system"
In the third of our series of exclusive video interviews with Sumayya Vally, the architect discusses how her studio Counterspace's Children's Courtroom project aimed to teach kids about the law, rights and equality. More
Counterspace's Folded Skies installation aims to explore "the complexities of land"
In the second part of our exclusive video series with Sumayya Vally, the architect discusses how her studio Counterspace's project Folded Skies addresses the complex geographies of Johannesburg. More
"Counterspace was born out of a desire to create a different canon" says Sumayya Vally
In the first of a series of exclusive video interviews with Sumayya Vally, the Serpentine Pavillion 2021 architect says her studio Counterspace was founded out of a desire to create the kind of architecture she felt was missing from her formal education. More
