Architects SO-IL, Assemble and Carlo Ratti discuss the future of urban architecture at our first Dezeen x MINI Living Initiative talk in Milan. Tune in at 2pm UK time to watch it live. More about Watch our Dezeen x MINI Living talk with SO-IL, Assemble and Carlo Ratti live from Milan
Chinese architects Lu Wenyu and Wang Shu delivered the Royal Academy's prestigious annual architecture lecture this week. The lecture was broadcast live on Dezeen and on our Facebook page, but you can still watch it here. More about Watch Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu's 2016 Royal Academy annual architecture lecture
Holly Lewis and Oliver Goodall of Hackney studio We Made That have been exploring architecture's "soft side" by planting flowers in the Olympic Park, as they explain in this talk filmed at our Designed in Hackney Day last year. More about "A soft side to architecture is coming to the fore" – We Made That
Jay Gort from Hackney studio Gort Scott Architects argues that the beleaguered British high street is actually a thriving location of "collision and conflict" in this talk filmed by Dezeen at our Designed in Hackney Day last year. More about "High streets are places of collision and conflict" – Jay Gort
Seed-dispersing robots and file-sharing drones are among proposals to fuse technology and the natural world by Liam Young of Tomorrow's Thoughts Today, presented at our Designed in Hackney Day last summer (+ movie). More about "There is no nature any more" – Liam Young of Tomorrow's Thoughts Today
Suzanne O'Connell of Hackney studio The Decorators introduces a temporary restaurant in a local market and a community event on top of a multi-storey car park in this movie filmed by Dezeen at our Designed in Hackney Day. More about "A lot of what we do is about testing public space"– Suzanne O'Connell of The Decorators
In the next movie we filmed at our Designed in Hackney Day, Gurmeet Sian of Office Sian explains how an emphasis on building relationships with his clients makes him more like a midwife than an architect. More about "The architect-midwife should be brilliant at listening" - Gurmeet Sian
Curator and writer Beatrice Galilee proposes that architecture and design exhibitions need to be about more than just "sticking furniture on plinths" in this movie we filmed at Dezeen Live during 100% Design. "It's just not good enough anymore," she says. More about "There's a real sense of urgency for a more critical design" - Beatrice Galilee at Dezeen Live
In the next movie we filmed during Dezeen Live at 100% Design, designer Asif Khan explains how soap bubbles, rubbish bins and a neighbour's flower bed have all provided inspiration for his work. More about "I'm interested in what the future might look like" - Asif Khan at Dezeen Live
Architect and writer Sam Jacob takes the audience at Dezeen Live on a rapid-fire journey from a prehistoric standing stone to the Argos catalogue and USB cigarettes in this interview filmed at 100% Design during the London Design Festival. More about "Could we be human without objects?" - Sam Jacob at Dezeen Live
In this first movie from the series we filmed at our Designed in Hackney Day of talks and discussions, architects Maria Smith and Je Ahn of Studio Weave speak to Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs about projects including a bench for 300 people and how they believe "a trap that architects can fall into is thinking that they know how to do everything." More about Architects should be wary of "thinking that they know how to do everything" - Studio Weave
In this final movie from our series filmed at the Design Academy Eindhoven My Way talks in Milan, academy graduate Bas Princen talks about his work as a photographer. More about Interview with Bas Princen