Comments update: the UK’s housing crisis became the hot topic this week, as readers reacted to Phineas Harper’s first Opinion column for Dezeen. (more…)
“Architects still don’t understand how people live”
interior-design
London’s Natural History Museum set for major extension by Niall McLaughlin Architects
The Natural History Museum in London has won planning permission for a major upgrade of its entrance areas, designed by Niall McLaughlin Architects and landscape firm Kim Wilkie (+ slideshow). (more…)
A+I uses “yin-yang” palette for Squarespace headquarters in New York
City work visas could help UK design firms recruit “brightest and best from around the world”
Brexit: London and other UK cities need to take “radical action” and introduce their own work permits so design firms can thrive after Brexit, according to former government policy adviser Rohan Silva. (more…)
Blee Halligan Architects updates north London house with lantern-like extension
Blee Halligan Architects has renovated and extended a house on Highgate Hill in north London, using black gridded glazing and pale brickwork to frame views into the back garden (+ slideshow). (more…)
The Lily light “paved the way for things to come in 3D printing” says Janne Kyttanen
Most Loved: in our next exclusive movie, Janne Kyttanen explains how the the delicate flower-shaped lamp he designed in 2002 demonstrated how 3D printing could be used to create desirable objects for the home. (more…)
Christian Halleröd designs minimal interior for Axel Arigato London flagship store
Züst Gübeli Gambetti adds staircase-shaped building to ETH Zurich university campus
Swiss studio Züst Gübeli Gambetti has completed a long, narrow building that steps up a grassy hillside, to provide extra teaching space at an ETH Zurich university campus (+ slideshow). (more…)
Increase Decrease backpack is based on China’s overstuffed cargo bikes
Beijing Design Week 2016: Dutch designer Casper Notenboom has created a collection of bags that references the way that people in China transport large stacks of goods on their bikes (+ slideshow) (more…)
Peter Zellner to launch Free School of Architecture in California
US architect Peter Zellner has announced plans to open a post-graduate architecture school in Los Angeles that won’t charge tuition fees. (more…)
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