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New York studios auction off designs to support city's battle with coronavirus
Lindsey Adelman, Apparatus and Rich Brilliant Willing are among 40 design studios and makers in New York City that have put their work in an online charity auction, where all proceeds will support the...
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Nike designs personal protective equipment for Oregon hospitals
Nike has created face shields and lenses for air-purifying respirators with materials from the sportswear brand's footwear and clothing to help protect against Covid-19. Working with health...
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Birdseye Design integrates Bank Barn house into Vermont hillside
Weathered cedar covers this Vermont house, which local studio Birdseye Design built into a grassy slope to take cues from nearby barns. Called Bank Barn, the three-storey home is located Green...
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Michael Mannhard proposes Burning Man installation that uses wind turbine blades
Blades taken from retired wind turbines form a sculptural playground in this conceptual Burning Man installation designed by American architecture firm Michael Mannhard Workshop. Bladeyard A Turbine...
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Worrell Yeung contrasts wood pillars and grey marble in Chelsea Loft
New York architecture studio Worrell Yeung has brought new life to a former artist's studio in the city, stripping paint off wood pillars and adding a large kitchen island. Located in Manhattan's...
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The Architect's Newspaper co-founder Bill Menking dies aged 72
The architecture community has paid tribute to William "Bill" Menking, co-founder of The Architect's Newspaper, who has died aged 72 of cancer. Menking co-founded The Architect's Newspaper (AN) in 2003...
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Burning Man announces plans for Virtual Black Rock City amid pandemic
Burning Man has cancelled its Black Rock City event this year and revealed plans to host a virtual alternative instead due to the "painful reality of Covid-19". The organisers of the annual festival...
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Coronavirus pandemic reveals "inequities" in New York housing say local...
The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the issues with housing in New York City that must be addressed following the crisis, according to architects in the city. As people self-isolate in their homes...
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Standard Issue creates open-source design for CNC-cut face mask
Brooklyn design agency Standard Issue has created an open-source design for a face mask that can be CNC-cut and produced on a large scale. Standard Issue's product, called One Mask, is designed so it...
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Google's Wing drones deliver essentials during coronavirus pandemic
The Wing drone delivery system developed by Google is being used to deliver toilet paper and medicine to residents in lockdown in Virginia, USA. Run by Google's parent company Alphabet Inc, the drone...
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Aluminium shingles encase faceted Massachusetts house by Bryanoji Design Studio
Architecture firm Bryanoji Design Studio has wrapped aluminium shingles around this angular house in a Massachusetts woodland. Mill-finished aluminium shingles cover the exterior and roof to pick up on...
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AIA conference cancelled until 2021 due to coronavirus
The American Institute of Architects has cancelled its annual conference, which was set to take place in a month, as the US continues to battle the spread of coronavirus. The AIA had previously planned...
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Orange performance room stands out at Yale University's radio station
New York architecture studio Forma has created contrasting orange and grey-coloured rooms for Yale University's student-run radio station. Forma, led by Miroslava Brooks and Daniel Markiewicz, designed...
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Five of the best houses in Michigan on Dezeen
Next up in our series of roundups of houses from each US state we're looking at Michigan, where residences are designed to make the most of its abundance of shoreline. Michigan Lake House by Desai Chia...
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Saez Pedraja adds small studio to a fashion designer's Santa Monica residence
California architect Juan Saez Pedraja has added a studio fronted with aluminium panels and cedar shades to the backyard of a remodelled Santa Monica residence. Ramar Residence and Studio is located on...
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"A non-healthcare building converted to a patient care space is not quite a...
While converting existing buildings into fully functioning hospitals is unfeasible, high schools and large hotels can be used as care space for coronavirus patients, says Jason Schroer, who is director...
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OMA reveals updated design for Washington DC garden bridge
Architecture firm OMA and landscape studio Olin have released updated visuals for 11th Street Bridge Park – a raised garden that will extend over Washington DC's Anacostia River. The update follows the...
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"This is not a hospital" says architect behind conversion of McCormick Place
Convention centres that have been rapidly turned into facilities for coronavirus patients should not be called hospitals, says Doug King, the healthcare principal of Stantec, which has overseen the...
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Architecture students complete Passivhaus in South Dakota
Architects Robert Arlt and Charles MacBride and a group of students in South Dakota have completed an experimental gabled Passivhaus, which they claim is the first in the area to "sell energy back to...
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Mies van der Rohe's Lafayette Park in Detroit captured in new photographs
A modernist housing development in Detroit designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is captured in photographs by architect and local resident Julio Alberto Cedano. Called Lafayette Park, the project was...
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