A timber home wedged into a London street and a Japanese coastal retreat held up by a single concrete column feature among May’s top five houses of the month. The latest monthly roundup of the five most popular residences featured on Dezeen also includes a sanctuary in the Californian mountains, an unusually organised Catalan villa
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The UK chapter of Architects Declare has responded to a recent opinion piece published on Dezeen that argued the climate network has been a “failure”. In a statement provided to Dezeen, which is published below in full, the steering group for UK Architects Declare stated that the opinion piece contained “numerous flaws”. Written by Chris Hocknell, director of
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To mark International Museum Day, we’ve selected 10 museums from the Dezeen archive that were designed by famous architects or are otherwise architecturally significant. Ten museums from across the globe, including a zigzagging museum in Berlin and a tree-canopy-like museum in Budapest, are among the buildings in this roundup to mark International Museum Day on
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Hampshire-based Pad Studio recently completed a post-occupancy study on an eco-house it completed 13 years ago. In this interview, director Wendy Perring discusses the findings. Architecture practice Pad Studio completed New Forest House in 2010. Over the past year, it has been actively measuring the home’s energy usage. The studio funded the study itself as
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Modernist City of London landmarks have been given a traditionalist makeover in honour of King Charles III ahead of his coronation this weekend. Run by an anonymous British architect, Featherbottom & Partners (FAP) is a satirical project that reimagines well-known modernist buildings in a style more in line with the King’s tastes. Charles has a
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Ahead of King Charles III’s coronation this weekend, Dezeen has put together a roundup of bold modern extensions bolted onto the side of historic British houses. Modern extensions on traditional buildings can often divide opinion, even when architects try to be sensitive to the original structure. King Charles III once famously described a proposed high-tech extension
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Living on the Edge is a book that celebrates clifftop houses. Here, author Agata Toromanoff selects 10 of her favourites, from a cabin in the Italian Alps to a villa on the Mexican Pacific coast. Hard to access, prone to extreme weather and environmentally delicate, cliff edges are among the most difficult sites to develop.
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Following the death of Rafael Viñoly, Dezeen examines how different studios founded by famous figureheads are approaching the issue of succession. Many of the world’s eminent architecture and design businesses are fronted by individuals with superstar status, but the recent death of Uruguayan architect Viñoly was a sombre reminder that these famous founders will not
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Zaha Hadid Architects is using AI text-to-image generators like DALL-E 2 and Midjourney to come up with design ideas for projects, studio principal Patrik Schumacher has revealed. At a recent roundtable discussion on how artificial intelligence (AI) could change design, Schumacher delivered a presentation about Zaha Hadid Architects’ (ZHA) use of image-generating technology. “Not every
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To mark this year’s Earth Day, Dezeen has selected 12 recent interviews that will make you more informed about the major environmental issues facing the planet. Dezeen interviews numerous prominent figures from the world of design and architecture – often focusing on reducing emissions, cutting waste, protecting biodiversity or other topics linked to sustainability. The interviews below
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