“The same architecture that once embodied social mobility now helps to prevent it”
LinkedIn blocks BIG and Heatherwick’s proposed Google HQ
Dezeen Mail #252
Splayed concrete walls give Valerio Olgiati’s Villa Além the appearance of an open box
Paris’ tallest housing block in over 40 years is clad with gold and silver metal
Venetian fog influences Marco Zito’s Caiigo lamp for Foscarini
Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt names Graves and Burks among 2015 award winners
Weiwei Wang’s portable kit provides utensils for making fresh tofu
Antonino Cardillo combines scent and texture for Illuminum Fragrance shop interior
Log-clad museum by Bornstein Lyckefors honours the legacy of Finnish slash-and-burn farmers
Schmidt Hammer Lassen’s Malmö Live is a cultural complex designed as “a small city”
Maarten Baas and Bertjan Pot team up for funfair-influenced lighting collection
Dezeen wins Commercial Campaign of the Year at the British Media Awards 2015
Studio GAON completes a concrete cafe beside a dual carriageway in South Korea
Sancal’s 2015 collection includes furniture that pieces together like a puzzle
Italy’s Museo della Merda is full of shit
France’s Expo pavilion is a wooden lattice with plants and food slotted into its crevices
Luca Cipelletti plasters Milan gallery with manure for Shit Show
Gottlieb Paludan Architects fuels Copenhagen’s ambition to become carbon-neutral by 2025
Foster + Partners to build hipster village in Dubai
Norm Architects puts a Danish spin on an Italian restaurant interior
May Design Series 2015 to feature exhibitions of emerging talent
Mecanoo’s first US project incorporates historic facades into Boston civic building
