Architecture studio Foster + Partners has revealed 50 Electric Boulevard, an 18,580-square-metre workplace within London’s Battersea Power Station development. Located along Battersea Power Station’s pedestrianised high street, Foster + Partners designed the building and its… Read More »Foster + Partners unveils curving office building at Battersea Power Station
A disaster-proof chandelier from Lebanon and a towering sand dune-style stone installation feature in Arab Design Now, the main exhibition at the inaugural Design Doha biennial. Arab Design Now was curated by Rana Beiruti to… Read More »Ten highlights from Design Doha exhibition Arab Design Now
At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, electronics brand Lenovo has unveiled a laptop concept with a transparent screen that allows users to see through the device. Lenovo describes the ThinkBook Transparent Display Laptop Concept… Read More »Lenovo reveals “industry’s first” laptop with transparent display
In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a trio of incomplete skyscrapers in downtown Los Angeles that have been covered in graffiti. Graffiti artists began covering the Oceanwide Plaza development with tags in January,… Read More »“The graffiti rather improves the aesthetics” says commenter
Dezeen Showroom: UK-based brand Karndean Designflooring has expanded its range of Van Gogh flooring to include six new herringbone-style, oak-effect surfaces. Karndean Designflooring aimed to create a versatile vinyl iteration of classic herringbone patterned floors,… Read More »Van Gogh herringbone flooring by Karndean Designflooring
First-time data on Australia‘s gender pay gaps has revealed the country’s 22 biggest architecture firms pay men between five and 27 per cent more than women, failing to meet the government’s target pay gap range.… Read More »Australia’s largest architecture firms fail to meet gender pay gap