"We can't stop super-blocks or sprawl, but we have to make space for life in between"
Aaron Betsky finds lessons for western city planners and designers in amongst the mega-blocks, privatised spaces and urban sprawl of Asian cities. More
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10 projects worth knowing by architect David Adjaye
With the news that David Adjaye has won the 2016 London Design Medal, we've rounded up some of the British architect's most memorable designs, from his long-awaited Washington museum to a range of sustainable underwear (+ slideshow). More
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OMA reveals its first residential tower for New York
Dutch firm OMA's New York office, which is headed by Shohei Shigematsu, has proposed an apartment building with a "prismatic" corner for Manhattan. More
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"Sleeping in a dumpster more comfortable" than Zaha Hadid-designed hotel room says Moby
Musician Moby has hit out at architects "who think about stuff that can be photographed well, but who never actually plan on spending time in the spaces they create". More
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PriestmanGoode "re-evaluates sitting" with designs to tackle train overcrowding
London studio PriestmanGoode has tackled the problem of overcrowding on public transport with new designs that rethink how people sit on their commute (+ movie). More
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Anya Hindmarch presents Spring Summer 2017 collection on amphitheatre catwalk
A giant illuminated disk hung above a set of circular steps to form the set for designer Anya Hindmarch's collection during this season's London Fashion Week (+ slideshow). More
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Elevated walkway and visitor centre added to 12th-century abbey ruins by Binario Architectes
Binario Architectes has used Corten steel, concrete and wood to create a series of new additions to the Villers Abbey in Belgium, including a visitor centre and an elevated pathway (+ slideshow). More
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Five trends to look out for at the London Design Festival 2016
London Design Festival 2016: the London Design Festival has officially begun. With hundreds of events, installations and talks scheduled over the course of the nine days, we've picked out five key trends already emerging from the event. More
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GMAA's Meditation Pavilion and Garden creates contemplative atmosphere at Swiss home
A+Awards 2016: artificial mist envelops this wooden meditation pavilion near Geneva, which earned its designers GM Architectes Associés an Architizer A+Award earlier this year (+ slideshow). More
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BIG, MVRDV and Snøhetta unveil competing designs for San Pellegrino headquarters
Architecture studios BIG, MVRDV, Snøhetta and Architetto Michele De Lucchi have all unveiled proposals for the new San Pellegrino Flagship Factory in northern Italy (+ slideshow). More
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Overlapping cylindrical and log-covered blocks form Danish holiday home by Jan Henrik Jansen
Nine cylindrical volumes interlock to form this holiday home on the Danish island Møn, which is covered in thousands of spruce logs and lined with beach pebbles (+ slideshow). More
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Fifteen tonnes of rubble used to build Rotterdam house by Architectuur Maken
The bricks forming the facade of this tall, skinny house in Rotterdam are made from 15 tonnes of compacted industrial waste (+ slideshow). More
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Sanwa designs collection of compact kitchen units for small homes
Japanese kitchen manufacturer Sanwa has designed a set of four kitchen units tailored to those with limited living space (+ slideshow). More
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Viaduct's James Mair picks his five favourite minimalist furniture pieces
London Design Festival 2016: the best works of minimalist furniture have to make an impression with nothing more than a few lines. James Mair, founder and director of designer showroom Viaduct, shares five of his favourite examples with Dezeen (+ slideshow). More
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Wendell Burnette builds little house on the prairie in Wisconsin
This zinc-clad home by US studio Wendell Burnette Architects sits in the middle of a Wisconsin crop field (+ slideshow). More
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Split House by BKK Architects is made up of two angular wooden structures
Angular volumes clad in timber and metal step down the side of a sloping site to form this house near Melbourne with ocean views (+ slideshow). More
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"DS+R's education building suggests architectural innovation can still be put to the public good"
Opinion: the light-filled, social spaces at Diller Scofidio + Renfro's medical education centre at Columbia University could make future doctors demand more from their workspaces and ultimately pave the way for better hospitals, says Alan G Brake. More
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Benjamin Hubert lights V&A's medieval tapestry room with rippling steel installation
London Design Festival 2016: 50,000 metal triangles make up British designer Benjamin Hubert's undulating Foil installation, which casts light onto the V&A's medieval tapestries (+ movie). More
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Brexit decision is "criminal" says Konstantin Grcic
Brexit: the EU Referendum should never have happened according to German designer Konstantin Grcic, who said the decision by Britain's former prime minister David Cameron to host the vote was criminal. More
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UK parliament to launch inquiry into impact of Brexit on creative industries
A UK House of Commons committee has announced plans for an inquiry that will focus in part on employment within the creative industries post Brexit. More
