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Parametricism has been billed by its originator as the defining architecture style of the 21st century. To kick off a new Dezeen series on the controversial and famously complex theory, Owen Hopkins provides an overview. Read more

Our parametricism series launches with a look at the Heydar Aliyev Centre in Baku, Azerbaijan. Designed by Zaha Hadid, the project was described by the architect as the « closest thing » to translating her theoretical visions into a built reality. Read more

Fashion designer Iris van Herpen has created a metamorphic dress covered in thousands of iridescent glass spheres that appear to gradually disintegrate for Olympian Eileen Gu, who debuted the garment at last night’s Met Gala in New York City. Read more

Architecture studios KPF and Saraiva+Associados have completed the Oriente Green Campus in Portugal, transforming the structure of an abandoned shopping mall into a block of workspaces punctuated by green terraces and courtyards. Read more

Italian museum Triennale Milano has unveiled the Continuous Present exhibition in Milan, which showcases works by architect Andrea Branzi. Here, curator Toyo Ito chooses his favourite projects on show. Read more

Interior designer Wendy Saunders,  designer Gustaf Westman, design director Zhou Tan and sustainable entrepreneur Ramnath Sri Ram have joined the judging panel for Dezeen Awards 2026. Read more

The unique « rhythm and progression » of Japanese machiya townhouses helped Brewin Design Office devise the interiors of this hotel in Kyoto designed by Kengo Kuma. Read more

Responsive web design has evolved far beyond Ethan Marcotte’s 2010 three pillars of fluid grids, flexible images, and media queries. In 2026, the toolkit has expanded significantly, adding container queries, fluid typography with clamp(), and CSS Grid with intrinsic sizing. The baseline expectation is simple: a website must work on everything from a 4-inch phone to …

Light is the most powerful tool in a designer’s kit, and the most overlooked. Paint colors can be repainted. Furniture can be rearranged. But lighting determines how every other element is perceived. A beautiful room in bad light looks flat. A simple room in great light looks intentional. Here’s how to use lighting fixtures to …

Local studio LGA Architectural Partners has clad a bell-shaped pavilion in aluminium and included skylights that bring light into the centre of the structure, set in a public park in a dense residential area of Toronto, Ontario. Read more