Colour specialist Pantone has announced Cloud Dancer as its 2026 colour of the year – an understated, greyish white hue chosen to signify a yearning for “a future free from toxicity and excess”. Pantone 11-4201… Read More »“Lofty white” Cloud Dancer named as Pantone Colour of the Year 2026
A zigzagging facade of sit-in bay windows defines Harmonikahusene, a pair of curved housing blocks for students and young professionals in Frederiksberg, Denmark, by architecture studio EFFEKT. Named Harmonikahusene, or The Accordion Houses, after their… Read More »EFFEKT wraps student housing in Denmark with red accordion-like facade
Continuing our Review of 2025, Dezeen’s editorial team have each picked their favourite buildings of the year, including new cultural institutions, homes, hotels, skyscrapers and even an architecture school. Photo by Lizzie Crook The Grand… Read More »The best architecture of 2025
Architect Ichio Matsuzawa has designed the pop-up AWT Bar for the annual Art Week Tokyo, using transparent acrylic sheets that were heated and turned into three-dimensional walls. The bar, located in Tokyo’s central Aoyama area,… Read More »Ichio Matsuzawa creates “one-of-a-kind” Tokyo bar out of undulating acrylic glass
Jaguar Land Rover chief creative officer Gerry McGovern has reportedly departed the company a year after the unveiling of the radical Type 00 concept car that captured global attention. British automotive designer McGovern was reportedly… Read More »Design chief Gerry McGovern departs Jaguar
Chinese architecture studio SoBA Architects has completed a cafe and florist shop in Kunshan, China, within a foldable box. Named The Bloom Box, the 40-square-metre building sits on a lakeside platform, previously used as a… Read More »SoBA designs cafe in China as “a living container” with dynamic facades