French-Brazilian studio Triptyque has revamped a 85-metre-high office block in Rio de Janeiro with zigzagging glazing and solar panels so it can generate its own electricity (+ movie). (more…)
Milan 2016: in this Dezeen movie for Caesarstone, designer Tom Dixon explains how the four sculptural kitchens he created for The Restaurant installation in Milan were designed to satisfy “the mini celebrity chef” in people. (more…)
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). (more…)
Amsterdam collective Fiction Factory has developed a modular building system of cardboard components, which can be assembled in just one day to form houses or offices (+ slideshow). (more…)
Swiss architect Mario Botta, whose San Francisco Museum of Modern Art building reopens next week with a Snøhetta-designed extension, has put his stamp on the iconic Fixpencil tool for architects. (more…)
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. (more…)
Designers are losing the understanding of the nature and potential of materials gained from creating things by hand, according to Apple’s Jonathan Ive. (more…)
British designer Thomas Heatherwick‘s elevated park over the Hudson River has been given the go ahead by planners and will start construction this summer. (more…)
Clerkenwell Design Week 2016: Benjamin Hubert’s London studio Layer has unveiled designs for a made-to-measure wheelchair that will be manufactured using 3D-printing technology. (more…)
With just over a month to go before London’s Tate Modern opens its new Herzog & de Meuron-designed wing, Instagram users have been sharing images of the angular brick structure. (more…)
