Dezeen has announced the design shortlist for this year's Dezeen Awards, which includes projects by India Mahdavi, Konstantin Grcic and MVRDV. More about Dezeen Awards 2025 design shortlist reveals 79 leading projects
Dutch studio MVRDV has made its CarbonSpace web-based tool, which can be used to estimate the embodied carbon of a building at the early design phases, free to the public. More about MVRDV releases web-based tool to "help architects design with carbon from day one"
Adaptive reuse is becoming an increasingly valued approach to architecture, but can be tricky to pull off. Dezeen spoke to specialists about the skills architects need to tackle projects successfully. More about Adaptive reuse requires architects to get "hands on" say experts
Dutch studio MVRDV has unveiled a series of rock-shaped buildings designed to blend into their coastal setting for the Nature Rocks tourist centre in southern Taiwan. More about MVRDV reveals design for rock-like visitor centre on Taiwan's coastline
Dutch studio MVRDV has overhauled a former industrial site in Shanghai to create the Gate M West Bund Dream Center, a riverside cultural district punctuated with bright orange circulation routes. More about MVRDV adds orange stairs to Shanghai cement factory
Reusing existing buildings is making MVRDV better at designing new ones, studio co-founder Nathalie de Vries tells Dezeen in this interview. More about "Part of the DNA of our office is that we never exclude possibilities" says MVRDV's Nathalie de Vries
The latest edition of our Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Dutch studio MVRDV's design for a marble-clad residential tower in Taiwan. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about MVRDV's marble-clad Taipei tower revealed in today's Dezeen Agenda
Dutch studio MVRDV has unveiled designs for a marble-clad residential tower in Taipei, Taiwan, that will be covered in protruding volumes. More about MVRDV unveils design for marble-clad skyscraper in Taipei
Dutch studios MVRDV and Zecc Architecten have revealed plans to overhaul a vacant church in the Netherlands by adding a swimming pool with an adjustable floor that allows visitors to "walk on water". More about MVRDV unveils design for Holy Water swimming pool in former Dutch church
Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has unveiled its designs for Market Cube, an adaptable marketplace composed of stacked volumes in Zhubei, Taiwan. More about MVRDV reveals plans for stacked marketplace in Taiwan
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the Portlantis exhibition centre by Dutch studio MVRDV. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features MVRDV's Rotterdam exhibition centre
Dutch studio MVRDV has completed the Portlantis exhibition centre that doubles as a viewing tower overlooking the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. More about MVRDV unveils "eye-catching" Rotterdam exhibition centre topped with viewpoint
A series of irregularly stacked boxes will make up the LuLa Light Mall shopping centre, currently under construction in Chengdu, China, by Dutch studio MVRDV. More about MVRDV unveils design for stacked shopping centre in Chengdu
Architecture firm MVRDV has blanketed the square outside Bangkok's city hall with a woven floor mat made from recycled rice bags, inviting residents to sit, congregate and consider Thailand's plastic pollution crisis. More about MVRDV creates public seating area that doubles as "860-square-metre infographic" in Bangkok
Dutch studio MVRDV has overhauled a former world war two German military base in the Netherlands, adding terraced housing and preserving a series of bunkers disguised as farmhouses. More about MVRDV transforms world war two military base into housing
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a cluster of seven staggered housing blocks in Abu Dhabi by Dutch studio MVRDV. More about "Dystopian ugly" says commenter
A communal plaza and stepped terraces encourage residents to spend time together outdoors at Pixel, a cluster of seven staggered housing blocks in Abu Dhabi by Dutch studio MVRDV. More about MVRDV designs Pixel as alternative to "nondescript" housing in Abu Dhabi
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features MVRDV's designs for a series of bayside residential towers in China. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features MVRDV's plans for stepped high-rises in Shenzhen
Dutch studio MVRDV has revealed a series of residential high-rises arranged around courtyards in Shenzhen's Qianhai bay, which will form part of a smart city development by technology company Tencent. More about MVRDV unveils residential high-rises for Tencent smart city in Shenzhen
Dutch studios MVRDV, Orange Architects and LOLA Landscape Architects have designed a masterplan for a neighbourhood in Zwolle, the Netherlands, which will include a converted warehouse topped with wooden apartments. More about WärtZ district designed as "second city centre" for Zwolle