Movie explores Luis Barragán’s colourful Casa Gilardi in Mexico City

Casa Gilardi by Luis Barragán

This film created for design video channel Nowness gives a tour around legendary Mexican architect Luis Barragán‘s last house – a bachelor pad turned family home in Mexico City. Read more

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Rolf Sachs covers Leica camera in ping-pong rubber

Leica camera

Artist Rolf Sachs has collaborated with Leica to cover the camera brand’s M-System model in the same material used on ping-pong bats. Read more

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Architects question authorship with Lisbon Triennale pavilion

Lisbon: The Form is Form

This pavilion created for the Lisbon Architecture Triennale mishmashes the architectural styles of three studios to question authorship. Read more

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Alt Arkkitehdit clads woodland house in Finland with sheets of rusty Corten steel

Residence in Muhos by Alt

Finnish practice Alt Arkkitehdit has covered a family home in northern Finland in weathering steel panels and greying spruce planks that help it to blend into its woodland setting. Read more

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Wood, marble and steel combine in Elements table by Made in Ratio

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Three different shapes rendered in three distinct materials come together in the Elements table, launching at Biennale Interieur this week. Read more

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World Architecture Festival 2016 unveils seminar programme for first Berlin event

World Architecture Festival 2016

Dezeen promotion: this year’s World Architecture Festival will address a range of housing issues, including displaced communities, modern lifestyles and global urbanisation. Read more

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Brexit and education policy combine to create “talent crisis” in UK design

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Brexit: the UK government’s education policy has come under attack from two different design bodies. Read more

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Ron Arad’s Tel Aviv tower set to become Israel’s tallest building

ToHA Tel Aviv by Ron Arad

Ron Arad Architects has unveiled images of an office complex underway in Tel Aviv, which is expected to become the tallest building in Israel. Read more

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Form Us With Love designs interactive exhibitions for IKEA Museum in Sweden

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Form Us With Love has designed the exhibitions for the new IKEA museum in Älmhult, including a giant marble run and a rainbow-hued retrospective of the company’s most famous products. Read more

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Dramatic folded canopy shelters riverside terrace of MX_SI Architects’ auditorium in Spain

Lucena auditorium by MX_SI

A huge canopy extends from one side of this auditorium in the Spanish province of Córdoba and folds over a riverside terrace, encouraging visitors to loiter around before and after performances. Read more

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