The UK government has announced the shortlist for the Queen Elizabeth II Memorial, with studios Foster + Partners, Heatherwick Studio, WilkinsonEyre and Jamie Fobert Architects in the running. Five teams have been shortlisted to design… Read More »Foster and Heatherwick shortlisted to design Queen Elizabeth II Memorial
Spanish designer Jorge Penadés has unveiled a Madrid Design Festival exhibition showing how the discarded roots of olive trees could be turned into design objects. The industrialisation of olive oil production in Andalucía has led to… Read More »Jorge Penadés shows new uses for olive tree roots in Uprooted exhibition
Designers Samuel Ross and Henry Holland have joined the judging panel for Dezeen Awards 2025, alongside architect Carol Ross Barney and interior designer Tatjana von Stein. Dezeen Awards in partnership with Bentley champions the best architects… Read More »Samuel Ross, Tatjana von Stein and Henry Holland named Dezeen Awards 2025 judges
Designer Rio Kobayashi used salvaged wood to craft furniture and sculptures that are on display alongside works by American painter Fritz Rauh as part of an exhibition at California gallery Blunk Space. The exhibition, titled… Read More »Rio Kobayashi creates furniture from redwood offcuts for Blunk Space exhibition
Promotion: architecture competition organiser Buildner has opened its competition for designers to create a futuristic home suitable for the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The House of the Future competition seeks innovative proposals for a home… Read More »Entries open for Buildner’s House of the Future competition
A 1970s office complex in Hampshire by engineering firm Arup, which is celebrated for its cascading green terraces, has been reborn as Plant following a renovation by a troop of British architecture studios and landscapers.… Read More »British studios regenerate landmark “Hanging Gardens of Basingstoke” office