Work is well underway on Heatherwick Studio's "tree-covered mountains" in Shanghai, as shown in this flyover movie filmed by a drone. More about Drone footage shows Heatherwick Studio's "tree-covered mountains" underway in Shanghai
MAD co-founder Ma Yansong says that Chinese cities should draw more from the country's traditional architecture, rather than aping the style of western buildings, in the second part of our exclusive video interview. More about Chinese cities are still copying architecture from other countries, says Ma Yansong
Danish firm Henning Larsen Architects has won a competition to design a group of buildings in Toronto, with a proposal that channels wind to create a comfortable microclimate in a central plaza. More about Henning Larsen's Etobicoke Civic Centre shelters public square from cold winds
In this video interview filmed at the RIBA International Conference, Chinese architect Ma Yansong of MAD spells out why he believes architects should be proposing visionary ideas for the future, rather than cozying up to developers. More about Ma Yansong: "Architects need to talk about what the future is"
Bartlett School of Architecture graduate Grace Quah has produced a feminist film featuring a conceptual housing estate where appliances become the architecture, reducing the amount of unpaid domestic labour women are required to carry out. More about Grace Quah's Bartlett graduation project is a feminist film featuring homes that perform domestic chores
The cosy feel of classic Scandinavian cottages is referenced in the interior of this summer house near the Belarusian village of Raubichi, which is clad entirely in larch and cedar. More about Zrobym Architects' summer house combines references to Scandinavian and Belarusian architecture
UK-based start-up Mayku has released a vacuum former that's powered by a Hoover and small enough to fit on a desktop. More about Mayku shrinks the vacuum former to a desktop-friendly size with FormBox
Elizabeth Diller, one the architects behind the High Line, says the project's impact on New York real estate can teach architects "a really good lesson" on the need to manage gentrification in the second part of our exclusive video interview. More about Architects can help to manage gentrification caused by projects like the High Line, says Liz Diller
One-minute movie: RCA graduate Julian Melchiorri says his design for a synthetic biological leaf, which creates oxygen via photosynthesis like a real plant, could enable long-distance space travel. More about RCA graduate develops synthetic leaf that could aid space exploration
Architects should be more proactive in driving forward development proposals, says architect Elizabeth Diller in this exclusive video interview Dezeen filmed at the RIBA International Conference in London. More about Architects must work harder "to put new ideas on the table" says Liz Diller
One ring rules an entire augmented-reality interface in this project by Royal College of Art graduate Nat Martin. More about Scroll ring by RCA graduate Nat Martin lets users easily interact with augmented reality
The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority has released a movie detailing its proposal to extend the city's historic Union Station building with a ring-shaped, glazed passenger concourse. More about Ring-shaped concourse proposed for major renovation of Los Angeles' Union Station
A plan to build self-sufficient floating cities outside of national borders features in the latest movie from our Dezeen x MINI Living video series. More about The Seasteading Institute's floating cities are designed for unregulated innovation
This captioned movie explores a proposal by RCA graduate Llywelyn James to tackle London's housing crisis by building 100-metre-long cantilevered structures on the city's undeveloped brownfield sites. More one-minute movies ›
More about RCA graduate proposes low-cost cantilevered homes to combat housing crisisThe soaring skyscrapers, manicured gardens and rubbish tips of Hong Kong are all shown in this drone footage shot by architect Mariana Bisti. More about Hong Kong's densely packed high-rises captured from above in drone movie by Mariana Bisti
Cascading balconies top this Brooklyn apartment block by American studio ODA, which is shown in a movie starring the design team throwing footballs, catching flowers and passing balloons between the terraces. More about ODA creates stepped terraces at corner of Brooklyn condo building
Our latest captioned movie features modular structures designed by Ten Fold Engineering, which can be transported anywhere on a lorry and self-deployed at the touch of a button. More one-minute movies ›
More about Prefab buildings by Ten Fold Engineering build themselves in eight minutesKvadrat Soft Cells design director Jesper Nielsen explains the advantages of the three-dimensional textile panel system his team is developing in this movie Dezeen filmed for Kvadrat in Copenhagen. More about Textiles are a "simple, smart material" says Kvadrat Soft Cells design director
What Design Can Do has teamed up with Autodesk Foundation and IKEA Foundation to launch the Climate Action Challenge, a competition inviting designers to come up with proposals responding to climate change. More about Climate Action Challenge asks designers for proposals to tackle climate change
The world's first rope-less, horizontal-vertical elevator system – akin to Willy Wonka's glass elevator – has been installed inside a purpose-built innovation test tower in Germany. More about ThyssenKrupp unveils the world's first sideways-moving elevator system