Dutch studio OMA has completed The Jay, a concrete-clad residential tower on the site of the former Bijlmerbajes prison in Amsterdam. Rising 17-storeys, the The Jay was designed by OMA to reference an unbuilt tower… Read More »OMA residential block “pays homage” to unbuilt prison tower
Iranian-French architect India Mahdavi has created an armchair clad with not one but 10 yellow plug sockets by designer Omer Arbel, unveiled today at Paris’s Matter and Shape design fair. The sugary pink Smiley chair… Read More »India Mahdavi’s Smiley armchair turns plug sockets into decoration
New York architect Ricardo Scofidio, who designed the city’s High Line and The Shed cultural centre, has passed away. Scofidio, who led New York studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro along with his partner Elizabeth Diller… Read More »Diller Scofidio + Renfro founder Ricardo Scofidio dies aged 89
Charismatic objects that squeak, rumble and clang were produced by industrial design students at Ohio State University who took a weeklong dive into the cinematic art of Foley. A hand-cranked cylinder that rattles like a… Read More »Ohio design students bring beauty to sound effects with Foley instruments
Dutch architecture studio Kaan Architecten has placed a cantilevered roof on the Eco-Museum in Brazil as part of a larger project to restore a local lagoon. The Eco-Museum is located on the edge of Piratininga… Read More »Kaan Architecten completes museum as part of lagoon remediation in Brazil
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features plans for a geometric building with angular fan-like facades by Studio Libeskind. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Called Fan d’Issy, the building will have expansive… Read More »Dezeen Agenda features Studio Libeskind’s angular plant-covered building in Paris