This compact house was prefabricated in a factory near the Uruguayan capital, before being transported 200 kilometres by lorry to its destination – a picturesque olive grove surrounded by rolling hills (+ slideshow). (more…)
Rio 2016: Adidas and fashion designer Stella McCartney have revealed the outfits to be worn by Team GB athletes during the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympics this evening. (more…)
Our job of the week on the new and improved Dezeen Jobs is for a senior or junior architect at Mumbai-based Sanjay Puri Architects, whose recent projects include an office block clad in weathering steel (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
Dezeen promotion: design event Northmodern is set to present Nordic, northern European and international furniture, lighting and accessories in Copenhagen from 18 to 20 August 2016 (+ slideshow). (more…)
Swiss artist Felice Varini has used brightly coloured paintwork to transform the rooftop of Le Corbusier‘s iconic Unité d’Habitation in Marseille into a huge optical illusion (+ slideshow). (more…)
World Heritage Corb: next in our series on the 17 Le Corbusier buildings that have been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List is Maison La Roche-Jeanneret in Paris – designed to provide a home for the architect’s brother and a separate residence and gallery for a friend with a collection of cubist art (+ slideshow). (more…)
Architecture studio Hayhurst and Co has built a home and studio for leading leather-design duo Whitaker Malem, featuring a steeply stepped roof covered in over 800 plants (+ slideshow). (more…)
US studio Carlton Architecture has completed a lakeside house in North Carolina that features expansive window walls, and ample use of wood and pre-rusted steel (+ slideshow). (more…)
Connecticut is the focus of this week’s roundup of American houses, where our favourites include a bright red artist’s studio overlooking the Long Island Sound and an affordable dwelling in New Haven designed by Yale architecture students (+ slideshow). (more…)
Norman Foster, Calvin Klein and Dieter Rams are among over 100 high-profile designers that have sided with Apple as it continues an ongoing patent case against tech rival Samsung. (more…)
