Architecture Building Culture adds housing units to postnatal recovery centre...
Portland studio Architecture Building Culture has created a gabled structure to accommodate more residents at a local communal home for new mothers (+ slideshow). Photograph by Joshua Jay Elliot The...
View ArticleDezeen's top five collections from Parsons 2016 MA graduate fashion show
Graduate shows 2016: the trend for line-drawn furniture design crossed over into fashion at the Parsons School of Design graduate show in New York, where two collections with sketch-like details were...
View ArticleYayoi Kusama plasters red dots across Philip Johnson's Glass House
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama has continued her residency at the iconic Glass House in Connecticut by sticking red polka dots all over its transparent walls (+ slideshow). Dots Obsession – Alive,...
View ArticleOMA's monumental concrete wells host mourners at New York's Park Avenue Armory
These cylindrical towers were designed by OMA's New York office to echo sounds made by mourners during a performance by artist Taryn Simon (+ slideshow). An Occupation of Loss opens today at the Park...
View ArticleStudio Gang clads Chicago student housing complex in wavy strips of concrete
US firm Studio Gang has completed a student residential complex for the University of Chicago that features towers sheathed in glass and sculptural white concrete panels (+ movie). Scheduled to open on...
View ArticleFive of the best houses in Maryland on Dezeen
Maryland is the next state in our series of roundups focused on residential architecture across the US. A house sheathed in a wooden brise-soleil and a home with walls that look like pixellated blocks...
View ArticleHeatherwick unveils staircase structure as "centrepiece" for New York's...
British designer Thomas Heatherwick has revealed a honeycomb-like structure comprising a series of interconnected staircases to sit at the centre of the vast Hudson Yards development on Manhattan's...
View ArticleMuseum of the West by Studio Ma features walls made of textured concrete
US firm Studio Ma has drawn inspiration from horseshoes, woven baskets and rugged landscapes for its design of a Western heritage museum in the metropolis of Phoenix, Arizona (+ slideshow). The Museum...
View ArticleSaks Fifth Avenue opens Downtown Manhattan outpost by Found
A branch of luxury department store Saks Fifth Avenue has opened close to the World Trade Center site in New York, with interiors designed by London studio Found (+ slideshow). The 85,000-square-foot...
View ArticleIssey Miyake and Muji among participants at first New York Textile Month
Dezeen promotion: an Issey Miyake fabric-pleating demonstration, a talk at Muji's flagship store and an installation made of recycled materials will take place during the inaugural New York Textile...
View ArticleGiant window fills gable end of Hamptons guest house by TA Dumbleton
Brooklyn studio TA Dumbleton Architect took cues from two divergent typologies – an old farmhouse and a city loft – while designing this weekend retreat on Long Island in New York (+ slideshow). The WE...
View ArticleNendo shows 50 Manga Chairs within light installation at New York's Friedman...
Nendo has taken its collection of chairs based on Japanese manga comics to New York, where they are on show as part of a light installation at Friedman Benda gallery (+ movie). The Japanese studio's 50...
View ArticleChen + Suchart extends historic Arizona home with metal-clad gabled addition
US firm Chen + Suchart Studio has renovated and expanded a 1930s dwelling in Phoenix, Arizona, adding a metal-clad volume with a window wall and a pointy roof (+ slideshow). Called the Escobar...
View ArticleGhiora Aharoni uses art deco references for Chelsea pied-à-terre interior
New York-based Ghiora Aharoni Design Studio has added curved oak panels and silver leafing to an apartment in an art-deco Manhattan building to better reflect its original style (+ slideshow). The...
View ArticleWendell Burnette builds little house on the prairie in Wisconsin
This zinc-clad home by US studio Wendell Burnette Architects sits in the middle of a Wisconsin crop field (+ slideshow). The 5,000-square-foot Prairie House is a simple box clad in galvanised zinc,...
View ArticleFougeron Architecture clads San Francisco condo building in dark wooden dowels
US studio Fougeron Architecture has completed an urban residential building in a San Francisco neighbourhood that features faceted facades covered with grey rods (+ slideshow). Called 400 Grove, the...
View ArticleOMA reveals its first residential tower for New York
The New York office of Dutch firm OMA has proposed an apartment building with a "prismatic" corner for Manhattan. Planned for a corner plot at 121 East 22nd Street in the Grammercy Park neighbourhood,...
View ArticleDaniel Arsham creates colourful cave from moulded sports balls at Galerie...
American artist and designer Daniel Arsham has created a cave from purple spheres as part of his first solo exhibition in New York (+ slideshow). Arsham, who co-founded Brooklyn studio Snarkitecture,...
View ArticleModus Studio cloaks Arkansas home in wood and pre-rusted steel
American firm Modus Studio has drastically revamped a ranch-style house in Arkansas by covering the front facade in cedar and Corten steel, and adding an angular extension (+ slideshow). Called 560...
View ArticleGehry's Eisenhower Memorial finally approved by former US president's family
The Eisenhower family has withdrawn is rejections to the Frank Gehry-designed memorial, proposed for Washington DC to honour the 34th president of the United States (+ slideshow). After years of...
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