Opinion: three years ago Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs wrote an impassioned article complaining about the frustrations of visiting Milan during its annual design week. This year he found more to smile about. Here’s his take on the 2016 fair. (more…)
Vo Trong Nghia Architects has designed a city hall for the Vietnamese city of Bac Ninh comprising a pair of planted towers, which lean together at the centre to frame a series of elevated viewing decks (+ slideshow). (more…)
Comments update: readers have been discussing Bjarke Ingels‘ impact on architecture this week, after Time magazine named him as one of this year’s most influential people. (more…)
New York-based Studio Dror has proposed adding another huge domed structure to Montreal’s Expo 67 site on Île Sainte-Hélène, where Buckminster Fuller‘s Biosphere has sat for almost 50 years (+ movie). (more…)
Zaha Hadid Architects has been selected to design a building for a technology park near Moscow, the first major project the firm has secured since the death of its founder last month. (more…)
New York’s Museum of Modern Art has issued a letter to quell speculation over the closure of its architecture and design galleries. (more…)
Dezeen promotion: American furniture brand Emeco has launched a new armchair by British designer Jasper Morrison at this year’s Milan design week, as part of his Alfi collection made using reclaimed materials (+ slideshow). (more…)
Geometric screens based on flag designs flank the windows of this former marine base in Amsterdam, which Bureau SLA has converted into offices to mark the Dutch Presidency of the Council of the European Union (+ slideshow). (more…)
Milan 2016: Norwegian designer Andreas Engesvik has created a minimal toothbrush that “will look good in any bathroom” for Danish brand Hay. (more…)
