The government of Canada has launched Build Canada Homes, a federal agency that will leverage public-private partnership “to build affordable housing at scale and at speed” in order to address the country’s housing. Announcing the… Read More »Canada launches nation-wide home building agency focused on mass timber
Designer Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian is taking over London‘s Institute of Contemporary Arts to host a pop-up design fair that doesn’t charge for participation, in a bid to “redistribute access and opportunities” within the industry. Taking place… Read More »“Squat at the ICA” invites designers to show work for free during London Design Festival
Artist Roo Dhissou and UK studio Intervention Architecture have designed Heal, Home, Hmm, a modular pavilion made using Punjabi mud building techniques, which is on display at the V&A as part of the London Design… Read More »Roo Dhissou builds cob house inside V&A using mud from HS2 excavation sites
Architecture studio All(zone) has curated the Shanghai Picnic installation for the RAM Assembles architecture biennial, which features a series of pavilions made from colourful fabrics. RAM Assembles, the Rockbund Art Museum Shanghai’s biennial festival of… Read More »All(zone) creates fabric pavilions in Shanghai to turn the city into “a shared canvas”
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features an interview with Hyundai Design Centre head Simon Loasby, following the release of its compact EV concept. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. In an interview with Dezeen,… Read More »Readers say “a big yes to more fun and small cars” in this week’s Dezeen Debate
Architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron and landscape designer Piet Oudolf have completed the Calder Gardens art institution, composed of underground galleries and a large reflective wall that slices through its site in Philadelphia. Located… Read More »Herzog & de Meuron embraces “no-design architecture” for Calder Gardens