Nat Barker
Dezeen's top five houses of November 2023
From a sprawling concrete villa in California with interiors by designer Kelly Wearstler to a timber-framed cottage within a Scottish ruin, here are Dezeen's top five houses of November 2023. More
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The race to create the ultimate running super shoe
For years, sportswear brands Adidas and Nike have been competing to design record-beating running trainers. As Nike officially launches the Alphafly 3, Dezeen plots a brief timeline of the so-called battle of the super shoes. More
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Wastecare is a face serum made from Aizome's industrial wastewater
German branding and advertising agency Serviceplan has developed a skincare product made from textile-industry wastewater to promote Japanese startup Aizome's chemical-free dyeing process. More
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Eight imaginative home interiors created on a budget
In this lookbook, we collect eight residential interiors that were put together with limited funds but still have a certain richness. More
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Tredje Natur proposes floating car parks to prevent urban flooding
Next in our Designing for Disaster series, we spotlight Pop Up, Danish studio Tredje Natur's bold proposal for cities to build floating car parks on top of flood-preventing reservoirs. More
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Landscape architects "could be very important" to Africa's Great Green Wall says Elvis Paul Tangem
The coordinator of the mammoth Great Green Wall project to heal land in Africa's Sahel region, Elvis Paul Tangem, calls for help from landscape architects in this interview conducted as part of Dezeen's Designing for Disaster series. More
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Disasters "very rarely not a design failure" says expert Lucy Easthope
Emergency planner Lucy Easthope explains why she gets "chills at the back of the neck" when hearing that architects are working pro bono on disaster recovery in this interview conducted as part of Dezeen's Designing for Disaster series. More
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Disaster is well and truly upon us
Our latest series looks at how designers and architects can help manage natural hazards. Dezeen features editor Nat Barker explains why it's time to start Designing for Disaster. More
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Dezeen's top five houses of October 2023
Four out of five of October's houses of the month are renovations or extensions, from a Hamptons home styled on a Bond villain's lair to a Victorian terrace in Melbourne interspersed with mini gardens. More
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Ten rustic Italian interiors that evoke the history of the Mediterranean
This lookbook collects 10 interiors in Italy with a distinctly rustic feel, including homes and hotels replete with wooden beams, cool stone and other rich textures. More
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Nine Black designers who left their mark on the past 100 years
Charlene Prempeh's Now You See Me book celebrates the work of Black designers during the past century – from the lauded to the chronically overlooked. Here, she selects nine that have had a particularly significant impact. More
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"I don't want to make crazy buildings" says Junya Ishigami
Known for a string of boundary-pushing projects, Japanese architect Junya Ishigami discusses his unusual approach to designing buildings in this exclusive interview. More
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Giant novelty structures at Disney hotel captured in Arnau Rovira Vidal photos
Disney's weird and nostalgic Pop Century Resort hotel in Florida has been captured by Arnau Rovira Vidal in this photography series. More
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We Design Beirut postponed due to Israel-Gaza conflict
Lebanon's first design week for five years, We Design Beirut, will be postponed until March as a result of fresh violence in the region. More
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Le Corbusier responsible for architecture's "global blandemic" says Thomas Heatherwick
British designer Thomas Heatherwick has taken aim at the "cult of modernist architecture" in a new BBC radio series. More
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RIBA Royal Gold Medal award was "brave move" says Yasmeen Lari
Pakistani architect Yasmeen Lari has said the RIBA was "brave" to award her the Royal Gold Medal earlier this year. More
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Ten buried buildings that hide their forms below ground
Subterranean museums, houses sunk beneath the earth and a wine cellar dug into a Texas hillside all feature in this roundup of buildings buried underground. More
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Global South delegates blocked from attending UIA World Congress of Architects
Delegates from the Global South were denied visas to attend Copenhagen's UIA World Congress of Architects this summer by the Danish government, despite the event's stated goal being "leave no one behind". More
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Pritzker "has given me courage" says Diébédo Francis Kéré
Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner Diébédo Francis Kéré may be known for his resource-light community buildings but would be open to designing a skyscraper when the time is right, he tells Dezeen in this interview. More
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Eight basement apartments that are subterranean sanctuaries
In this lookbook, we select eight apartments that prove basements are the new penthouses, from an art deco flat in Paris to a sci-fi-style hideaway in Madrid. More
