Architecture studio Foster + Partners has revealed a masterplan for an urban centre near Hangzhou in China, which will be based around a skyscraper-flanked spine. Based in Yuhang, one of 10 urban districts in Hangzhou,… Read More »Foster + Partners unveils design for Hangzhou centre around “leafy spine”
Embassies designed for the United States by Walter Gropius and Eero Saarinen feature in this roundup based on David B Peterson’s book US Embassies of the Cold War: The Architecture of Democracy, Diplomacy and Defense. “These mid-century… Read More »Ten Cold War US embassies that embody America’s 20th-century “victorious exuberance”
Dezeen Showroom: Australian brand Woven Image has added five colourways to its collection of EchoPanel acoustic wall treatments. The new colours in the EchoPanel collection are powder pink Dusk, cool green Mint, warm yellow Butter,… Read More »EchoPanel acoustic panels by Woven Image
The world urgently needs architects and designers to start prioritising humanitarian projects, writes Cameron Sinclair as part of our Designing for Disaster series. What is humanity? From the Latin word “humanitas” we find the definition… Read More »“How we respond to disasters tells us a lot about our future”
At Dutch Design Week, London-based food designer Leyu Li showcased three conceptual products that combine lab-grown meat with vegetables, called Broccopork, Mushchicken and Peaf. The speculative project suggests how lab-grown meat might be cultivated on… Read More »Leyu Li proposes hybrid meaty vegetables made by merging lab-grown meat with plants
British industrial designer Michael Young has joined Dezeen Awards China 2023 as a judge. Here, he selects five projects that best reflect his work. Young, who is based in Hong Kong and has worked with… Read More »Five key projects by industrial designer and Dezeen Awards China judge Michael Young