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Chicago's Vista skyscraper by Jeanne Gang will be world's tallest building...
In a newly released video, American architect Jeanne Gang explains how natural crystal formations inspired the shape of Vista Residences, a new skyscraper proposed for Chicago that will be the world's...
View ArticleSANAA completes river-inspired building at Grace Farms nature reserve
Japanese studio SANAA has completed a sinuous building of glass, concrete, steel and wood that winds across the landscape of a nature reserve in New Canaan, Connecticut. Named The River in reference to...
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Floating timber slabs create layered walls within New York shoe store by...
Australian designer Jordana Maisie has created a Manhattan boutique for upscale shoe brand Feit that features asymmetrical display areas made of thin sheets of wood (+ slideshow). Photograph by Naho...
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Martin Fenlon puts contemporary face on historic bungalow near downtown LA
US architect Martin Fenlon cites the Gehry House as inspiration for the renovation and expansion of his own home – a cedar-clad bungalow in Los Angeles (+ slideshow). Situated on a dense site, the...
View ArticlePlywood throne designed for Pope's New York mass to reflect "simplicity and...
California-based designer Jim Lenahan – best known for his concert sets for musicians like Tom Petty and Korn – has designed a chair for Pope Francis' visit to New York today. The Pope is in New York...
View ArticleDeborah Berke named dean of Yale School of Architecture
New York architect Deborah Berke will succeed Robert A M Stern as dean of the Yale School of Architecture in New Haven, Connecticut. Berke is the founder of the 65-person firm Deborah Berke Partners...
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Incorporated adds cantilevered steel and glass staircase to a New York apartment
Contemporary design and fabrication processes were used to produce a staircase with "wing-shaped" folded steel treads at the heart of this renovated New York City apartment (+ slideshow). Local studio...
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The 10 projects that sum up Chicago's architectural history
Feature: With the first Chicago Architecture Biennial kicking off later this week, Dezeen picks 10 of the projects – past and present – that have helped shape the city that gave birth to contemporary...
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Rafael Viñoly unveils designs for pair of Chicago skyscrapers
New York-based Rafael Viñoly Architects has conceived a pair of residential towers for Chicago's growing South Loop neighbourhood, on a site overlooking a park. Viñoly was chosen for the project by...
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10 of Chicago's lesser-known architectural gems
Feature: visitors to the first Chicago Architecture Biennial, which opens later this week, will discover a raft of architectural treasures that are often overshadowed by the skyscrapers and...
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Competition: win tickets to Dror Benshetrit and Brancott Estate talk with...
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with New Zealand winemaker Brancott Estate and designer Dror Benshetrit to give one reader the chance to win two tickets to an exclusive talk in New York City on 21...
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Rural Urban Framework awarded Curry Stone Design Prize at Chicago...
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015: Hong Kong design and research group Rural Urban Framework has been awarded the 2015 Curry Stone Design Prize for humanitarian architecture (+ slideshow). The...
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Zaha Hadid's first residential building in New York includes $50 million...
New York developer Related Companies has released new images of Zaha Hadid's High Line-adjacent building to tempt buyers into investing in the project (+ slideshow). The 11-storey glass and steel...
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Jewellery exhibition focuses on early work by Harry Bertoia
An exhibition at the Cranbrook Museum of Art outside Detroit examines the jewellery of the mid-century American sculptor and designer Harry Bertoia (+ slideshow). The show, called Bent, Cast &...
View ArticleFirst Chicago Architecture Biennial is a "site of experimentation" say curators
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015: the inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial opens to the public this weekend. Speaking at a preview today, curators Sarah Herda and Joseph Grima said the exhibition...
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Furniture by Bertoia, Jacobsen and Platner introduced with gold-plated finishes
Mid-century furniture pieces by designers including Warren Platner, Harry Bertoia and Arne Jacobsen are being reproduced as gold versions thanks to improvements in metal-coating technology (+...
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Local architects take on Windy City challenges at the Chicago Architecture...
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015: a capsule exhibition within the Biennial's main show focuses on the future of Chicago, with proposals including a peninsula on the Chicago River and a landscape of...
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Theaster Gates transforms abandoned Chicago bank into public arts centre
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015: artist Theaster Gates has converted a derelict bank building in a low-income Chicago neighbourhood into a cultural venue with galleries, event space, and libraries...
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First images of SANAA-designed Grace Farms building in Connecticut revealed
The first official photographs of SANAA's sinuous cultural centre at the Grace Farms nature reserve in Connecticut have been released ahead of its opening tomorrow (+ slideshow). Called The River, the...
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Sarah FitzSimons outlines a traditional American house with Chicago lakefront...
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015: a stark installation on the Chicago lakefront by artist Sarah FitzSimons features the outline of a traditional two-storey American house (+ slideshow). FitzSimons...
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