Interlinked geometric shapes form Tadao Ando&designed National Museum of Uzbekistan
Construction has begun on the Tadao Ando-designed National Museum of Uzbekistan in Tashkent, which will be comprised of interconnected concrete squares, circles and triangles....
51&1 Arquitectos creates pink concrete convent in Peru
Local studio 51-1 Arquitectos has stacked a vertical convent made of pink-coloured concrete and grey brick screens onto an urban site in Lima,...
Zaha Hadid Architects brings Richmind's vision to life for sculptural Oystra development
Promotion: developer Richmind and executive architects Dewan Architects + Engineers have commissioned Zaha Hadid Architects to design the Oystra development in the UAE,...
Jobe Burns uses traditional methods and materials to revive historic West Country farmhouse
Artist Jobe Burns has completed the renovation of a 300-year-old farmhouse in southwest England, transforming it into a home designed to celebrate its...
Peter Besley shelters Brisbane home with walls of perforated brickwork
Perforated screens of reclaimed terracotta brick and metal mesh for climbing plants wrap the volumes of this home in Australia, designed by local...
Four of the best dumbphones for a digital detox
The most desirable phones are no longer only the ones with the most advanced features. Here, contributing editor Rima Sabina Aouf reviews four...
Can we quit our air&con addiction?
As the world gets hotter demand for cooling systems is increasing, but energy-hungry air conditioning risks making the situation worse. Starr Charles explores...
Snøhetta designs waterfront district to echo mountain landscape in Borneo
Architecture studio Snøhetta has unveiled designs for a mixed-use coastal development “reminiscent of a mountain range” in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. Set to encompass...
Smooth sofa by Krystian Kowalski for Tylko
Dezeen Showroom: Polish furniture brand Tylko has branched out from modular storage to produce its first seating design: a highly customisable sofa by industrial...
Ten dining rooms where cantilever chairs sit pretty around the table
The cantilever chair is an icon of 20th-century modernist design. This lookbook compiles ten elegant dining spaces with different versions of the classic...