Duggan Morris builds office with millennial-pink exterior in London's King's Cross
London firm Duggan Morris Architects has completed an office building in London, featuring an aluminium facade in this year's trendiest colour. More
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Pre-cast concrete staircase forms centrepiece of basement extension by Studio Octopi
This south London house extension by Studio Octopi features a pre-cast concrete staircase that had to be craned into position.
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It was "a howling error" that the iPhone didn't win Design of the Year in 2008, says Deyan Sudjic
Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic, curator Glenn Adamson, architect Farshid Moussavi and Dezeen founder Marcus Fairs reflect on the difficulty of predicting the impact of design, in this movie produced by Dezeen for Beazley Designs of the Year. More
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Superflex installs dozens of swings at Tate Modern to "combat social apathy"
Danish design collective Superflex has filled the Tate Modern's Turbine Hall with a snaking framework of three-seater swings, which it hopes will encourage social interaction between visitors. More
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Diller Scofidio + Renfro wins contest to design £250 million concert hall for London
A major new concert venue replacing the Museum of London is to be designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the New York architecture firm behind the acclaimed High Line park. More
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Pezo von Ellrichshausen installs 16 steel towers in Hull's historic Trinity Square
Chilean architect duo Pezo von Ellrichshausen has worked with Swiss artist Felice Varini to create 16 "outdoor rooms" in Hull, England, featuring steel walls that incorporate optical illusions. More
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Exhibition Road accident shows it's "time to review shared space" says Labour MP Emma Dent Coad
"Shared space" streets have been called into question after a taxi ploughed into museum-goers on Exhibition Road, a broad boulevard shared by pedestrians and vehicles in London's South Kensington. More
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Architect and London Eye entrepreneur David Marks dies
Marks Barfield Architects co-founder David Marks has died aged 64, following a long illness. More
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Studio Ben Allen inserts pale plywood children's bedroom into Barbican flat
London architecture firm Studio Ben Allen has built a plywood structure inside a flat in London's brutalist Barbican Estate to create a bedroom for two children, featuring archways, steps and a fold-down desk. More
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10 of the best collectible design pieces on show at PAD London
Design fair PAD is in London this week for its 11th edition. We've selected 10 stand-out pieces of limited-edition contemporary design from the show, including furniture covered in silk-worm cocoons and a chair that references ballet dancers. More
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Aitor Throup designs "clothes, not costumes" for Wayne McGregor's latest production
Aitor Throup delved into his 12-year archive when developing the outfits for Wayne McGregor's latest performance, Autobiography, which are designed to function as modular clothing. More
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Free writing course opens to aspiring design journalists from racial minorities
A new education programme has launched in London, to encourage young people who are black or minority ethnic to embark on careers in architecture and design journalism. More
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UK government's £2 billion housing pledge is not high enough, says RIBA president Ben Derbyshire
UK prime minister Theresa May has committed an extra £2 billion to building new affordable housing – but the figure is nowhere near high enough to solve the housing crisis, according to Royal British Institute of Architects president Ben Derbyshire. More
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Adam Nathaniel Furman creates sequence of tiled archways at London Design Festival
Designer Adam Nathaniel Furman explains how his Gateways installation for London Design Festival showcased the history of Turkish ceramic tiles, in this movie filmed by Dezeen for Turkishceramics. More
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Foster + Partner's Bloomberg headquarters is the "world’s most sustainable office"
The first photos have been released of Norman Forster's newly completed European headquarters for Bloomberg in London, which claims to be the world's most sustainable office building. More
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IKEA lab Space10 creates pop-up hydroponic farm for growing extra-healthy salads
IKEA's innovation lab Space10 created a pop-up farm during this year's London Design Festival, growing tiny greens that were used to prepare 2,000 nutritional salads. More
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UKIP faces copyright battle with Premier League over similar lion logo
The UK Independence Party has replaced its yellow, pound-sign logo with a purple lion's head – and is now facing a copyright battle with England's main football league, whose own logo is remarkably similar. More
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Deborah Berke Partners transforms historic insane asylum into boutique hotel
Guests can stay overnight in former patients' rooms at this late 19th-century building constructed as a mental hospital, which New York studio Deborah Berke Partners has partially restored and redesigned as a hotel. More
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Falling number of students studying design "not sustainable" for UK economy, Design Council warns
The UK's Design Council has weighed in to the debate about the declining number of students taking creative subjects, describing the situation as "not sustainable for design businesses or the UK economy". More
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Design Museum beats annual visitor target after just 10 months, but only one fifth pay to visit exhibitions
Visitors to London's Design Museum have increased 500 per cent since the institution moved to its new home, although the number buying tickets has grown by a more modest 50 per cent. More