UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled plans for Symphony Tower, a residential skyscraper in Dubai that will be enclosed by an illuminated lattice structure. Set to rise 160 metres along the Dubai Creek, the… Read More »Zaha Hadid Architects draws on Emirati embroidery for Dubai skyscraper
Architects must get over their aversion to the business side of practice, writes Gareth Stapleton as part of our Performance Review series. Architects are trained to solve spatial problems. Buildings, not businesses. The myth runs… Read More »“Too many architects wear their ignorance of finance as if it were a mark of purity”
Design agency Morrama has partnered with 3D-manufacturing studio Batch.Works to create headphones for kids that were designed to be assembled and repaired by the children themselves. The colourful headphones, named Kibu, are aimed at 5… Read More »Kibu children’s headphones are crafted from agricultural packaging waste
Architecture studio Standard Practice has created a gallery-informed interior for the Copenhagen Eye Institute, with details including a circular sculpture plinth and a steel-tiled reception desk. The Copenhagen-based studio, led by British architects Henry Gibbon… Read More »Standard Practice designs Copenhagen eye clinic to double as a gallery
Car brand Kia has presented its EV5 model at an educational complex in Gyeonggi province in the latest instalment of our video series pairing its electric vehicles with contemporary South Korean architecture. The EV5 model… Read More »Kia unveils new EV5 at educational academy surrounded by courtyards and water gardens
Graphic designer Rikako Nagashima has created a series of rolled calendars for Danish textile brand Kvadrat that have been shortlisted in the graphic design project category of Dezeen Awards 2025. Titled Irreversible Scale, the project… Read More »Rikako Nagashima creates wool calendars to illustrate the urgency of the climate crisis