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Ecological urban spa made from shipping containers planned for San Francisco
Car elevators in Porsche Design’s Miami tower will give billionaires drive-in apartments
Dezeen’s A-Zdvent calendar: Frank Gehry
Daniel Libeskind designs metallic apartment block for Berlin
A pile of sand marks the entrance to Design Miami
Herzog & de Meuron’s Pérez Art Museum creates new “vernacular” for Miami
Mockery of Kanye West’s design ambition is “racist” says African-American activist
Lucid Stead installation by Phillip K Smith III makes a desert cabin appear transparent
Renzo Piano completes extension to Louis Kahn’s Kimbell Art Museum
“The world can be saved through design” says Kanye West
Plant-filled amphitheatre proposed for the High Line’s final stretch
One World Trade Center named tallest skyscraper in western hemisphere
John Maeda leaves Rhode Island School of Design for venture capital firm and eBay
Herzog & de Meuron is “deconstructing stupid architecture” in Miami
Kanye West announces second film in interview about working with Rem Koolhaas
Foster unveils extension plans for Florida’s Norton Museum of Art
Gehry presents new proposal for site opposite his Walt Disney Concert Hall
Bowstring Truss House turns a warehouse with a spectacular roof into a home
New York loft conversion based on a 1960s modular Swiss house by Ali Tayar
Google’s colourful Madrid headquarters by Jump Studios
Snøhetta unveils new staircase for San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Pinterest’s San Francisco headquarters by All of the Above and First Office
Surya sunlight-responsive sculpture by REX and Front