Louis Kahn building at Yale reopens following meticulous restoration
The Yale Center for British Art, designed by architect Louis Kahn, has reopened following a refurbishment that "sets a new standard for the stewardship of modern architecture" according to Robert AM...
View ArticleFoster + Partners gets go ahead for crystalline skyscrapers in San Francisco
Foster + Partners has won planning approval for a pair of faceted glass skyscrapers in San Francisco, which will be among the tallest buildings in the city. The pair of mixed-use blocks known...
View ArticleDavid Rockwell designs Minimalist lighting collection for Rich Brilliant Willing
New York 2016: American designer and architect David Rockwell has designed a collection of three simple lighting fixtures for New York company Rich Brilliant Willing. The collection, which is Rich...
View ArticleZaha Hadid's interiors for One Thousand Museum tower in Miami revealed in new...
These new images reveal more details and show the interior designs for late architect Zaha Hadid's residential skyscraper currently under construction in Miami (+ slideshow). Zaha Hadid's One Thousand...
View ArticleRafael Viñoly apologises for comments on 432 Park Avenue skyscraper "screw-ups"
Architect Rafael Viñoly has sent Dezeen a public letter apologising for comments he made about the interior design of his supertall New York skyscraper. "In the context of what we understood to be a...
View ArticleFernando Mastrangelo casts Fade furniture from dyed cement
New York 2016: Brooklyn artist Fernando Mastrangelo has used cement to create a range of furniture with subtle patterns and pastel colours (+ slideshow). On show at the Sight Unseen Offsite exhibition,...
View ArticleStudio 804 builds Kansas home designed to achieve net-zero energy consumption
Students in a design-and-build programme at the University of Kansas have completed a family dwelling intended to demonstrate a more responsible approach to house building (+ slideshow). Called the New...
View ArticleJoe Doucet launches Othr brand for 3D-printed home accessories
New York 2016: the latest designer to set up their own brand is Joe Doucet, who has launched a range of 3D-printed products by names including Claesson Koivisto Rune, Sebastian Bergne and Philippe...
View ArticleCalico Wallpaper uses salt to pattern chocolate packaging for Mast Brothers
New York 2016: Brooklyn company Calico Wallpaper has used the salts in Mast Brothers' new chocolate range to create marbled packaging for the bars (+ slideshow). Mast is well known for the graphic...
View ArticleEight shining examples of lighting from New York's ICFF 2016
New York 2016: with the Big Apple now an important centre for lighting design, Dezeen's US editor Dan Howarth selects eight of the best new products at the city's ICFF fair this week. Dezeen identified...
View ArticleSpace Copenhagen selects natural materials for New York's 11 Howard hotel...
Danish studio Space Copenhagen has created bespoke furniture using stone, wood and leather to complement its interiors for this hotel in Manhattan's SoHo district (+ slideshow). 11 Howard is Space...
View ArticleApparatus extends furniture and lighting collection with marble and brass pieces
New York 2016: New York studio Apparatus has launched two brass lighting designs, a set of marble tables and an umbrella stand during the city's design week. The new products from Gabriel Hendifar and...
View ArticleCritics compare Snøhetta's SFMOMA extension to a "gigantic meringue" and a...
Critics have had mixed reactions to the Snøhetta-designed extension of Mario Botta's San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, with descriptions ranging from a "good citizen" to a "baked alaska slumped on...
View ArticleDesign Army creates "defiantly opinionated" political packaging for American...
Ahead of this year's US presidential election, creative agency Design Army is encouraging Americans to chose chocolate bars based on six illustrated packaging designs that represent different political...
View ArticleSubstance Architecture clads Iowa car park in a golden screen
This multi-storey parking garage in Des Moines, Iowa, by local firm Substance Architecture features a yellow-coloured aluminium screen that permits air flow while blocking views of cars (+ slideshow)....
View ArticleMilton Glaser designs Get Out The Vote graphic for US election
Graphic design legend Milton Glaser is among the designers who have created posters encouraging Americans to head to polling stations and vote in this year's presidential election. Glaser, one of the...
View ArticleKennerly clads San Francisco townhouse in glass and white plastic
Kennerly Architecture & Planning has completed a San Francisco residential building with a number of distinctive features, including a perforated metal gate, white plastic cladding and lush...
View ArticleDesigners reinterpret Shaker artefacts for Furnishing Utopia exhibition
New York 2016: 11 international designers and studios have produced a range of simple furniture and homeware based on the American Shaker movement (+ slideshow). Furnishing Utopia includes 32 new...
View ArticleNorman Kelley uses reclaimed bricks for Aesop Bucktown in Chicago
Bricks arranged in pinwheel patterns line the walls of skincare brand Aesop's first store in the American Midwest (+ slideshow). Designed by New York and Chicago firm Norman Kelley, the shop is located...
View ArticleFoster + Partners unveils Apple Union Square store in San Francisco
Apple has debuted a series of new interior features at its latest store on San Francisco's Union Square, designed with UK architecture firm Foster + Partners (+ slideshow). Opening tomorrow, the store...
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