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Mork-Ulnes completes California ski chalet coated in black tar
This northern California cabin by Mork-Ulnes Architects is clad in tar-coated timber and sits atop a concrete plinth – measures that both help protect the structure from heavy snowfall. Encompassing...
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Yayoi Kusama installs 1,300 floating steel balls at Philip Johnson's Glass...
An installation by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama originally created for the 1966 Venice Biennale has been reconstructed near Philip Johnson's iconic Glass House in Connecticut (+ slideshow). Titled...
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Google Doodle celebrates urban design writer and activist Jane Jacobs
Today's Google Doodle features an illustration of American writer and urban planning activist Jane Jacobs, who successfully campaigned against major infrastructure projects in New York and Toronto. To...
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BIG and Foster both still in contention for Two World Trade Center tower
The developer of New York's Two World Trade Center tower, Silverstein Properties, is uncertain whether it will retain Bjarke Ingels Group for the project or go with original architect Foster +...
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Fort Standard creates soapstone cabinet for material-focused collection
New York 2016: Brooklyn design studio Fort Standard has debuted a cabinet crafted from stone slabs and a chair made solely of leather as part of its latest furniture collection (+ slideshow). The...
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Aerial cable car proposed for Chicago by Marks Barfield and Davis Brody Bond
Marks Barfield Architects and Davis Brody Bond have teamed up to design an aerial "gondola" that would stretch over the city of Chicago and serve as a major tourist attraction. Dubbed the Chicago...
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Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt announces 2016 design awards winners
Moshe Safdie, Bruce Mau and Studio O+A are among the 11 winners of this year's National Design Awards, given annually by the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York. The recipients of the...
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Piero Lissoni wins design competition with waterfront aquarium in New York
Italian architect Piero Lissoni has won a speculative competition for a site on New York's East River with his proposal for a submerged circular aquarium. Piero Lissoni's Aquatrium design won the...
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Nicole Nadeau's nipple tiles are moulded from her own breast
New York 2016: US artist Nicole Nadeau has used one of her own breasts to create a mould for a collection of hexagonal tiles complete with pink nipples. Nadeau created a single mould of her breast to...
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MoMA's Insecurities exhibition to address the global refugee crisis
New York's Museum of Modern Art has announced an exhibition of projects that aim to tackle the issue of shelter for migration and global refugee emergencies. This autumn, Insecurities: Tracing...
View Article"Calatrava's transit hub feels utterly scrubbed of memory and dislocated from...
Opinion: Santiago Calatrava's World Trade Center transit hub may be Instagram-friendly, but it is part of a troubling trend for public spending on spaces that aren't really public at all, says Alan G...
View ArticleBrooklyn sees boom in architecture and design jobs
Brooklyn has seen a sharp jump in the number of architecture and design jobs, according to new figures that show creative employment has almost doubled in the borough over four years. A report by the...
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Bottega Veneta's Maison boutique in Beverly Hills features arched openings...
A light palette of materials influenced by Spanish Colonial Revival architecture is used throughout the interior of Italian fashion house Bottega Veneta's shop in Beverly Hills. Designed by creative...
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Seven unmissable exhibitions during New York design week
New York 2016: the annual NYCxDesign festival is underway, and Dezeen's Dan Howarth has selected seven of the showrooms and exhibitions not to miss during the citywide event. NYCxDesign runs until 17...
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Norwegian design talent features in New York's A Few Good Things exhibition
New York 2016: Anderssen & Voll, Kristine Five Melvær and Lars Beller Fjetland are among the designers exhibiting in a showcase of Norway's established and up-and-coming talent this week. A Few...
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Steven Holl unveils visual arts centre for historic Pennsylvania college
Steven Holl Architects has revealed designs for a Pennsylvania arts centre with a sculptural, white form that references a kite. The Visual Arts Building is slated to be built at Franklin &...
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Lisson Gallery opens a new location under New York's High Line
Studio MDA and Studio Christian Wassmann have collaborated to create the first US outpost for Lisson Gallery, which has a roster of contemporary artists that includes Ai Weiwei and Marina Abramović (+...
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Equalizer lamps by Ladies & Gentlemen Studio feature pastel-coloured glass...
New York 2016: US atelier Ladies & Gentlemen Studio has designed a series of lighting pendants with glass spheres that change colour once the light is turned on (+ slideshow). Designed for New York...
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Miami Beach should lobby to resurrect Zaha Hadid's parking garage, says Craig...
Miami developer Craig Robins has called on the local community to push for the construction of a car park designed by Zaha Hadid, which was rejected by city officials just weeks after her sudden death....
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Viñoly admits "screw-ups" with 432 Park Avenue tower in New York
Architect Rafael Viñoly has spoken out about problems with his 432 Park Avenue skyscraper in Manhattan, currently the tallest residential tower in the western hemisphere. As tenants begin to move in to...
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