Foster + Partners completes New York supertall skyscraper for JPMorganChase
Architecture studio Foster + Partners has completed the 270 Park Avenue supertall skyscraper in Manhattan for American financial company JPMorganChase. Read more
Community space for young people among projects from West Dean KLC School of Design
Dezeen School Shows: a community space designed for 18 to 25-year-olds leaving the UK care system is among the projects from West Dean KLC School of Design. Read more
Miro side table by Candour Antwerp
Dezeen Showroom: design brand Candour Antwerp has released an object comprising three stainless steel components that can be used separately as a mirror and vase, or together as a side table. Read more
Jean Nouvel arranges Fondation Cartier around five giant moving floors
French architect Jean Nouvel has overhauled a 19th-century department store alongside the Louvre in central Paris to create a new home for the Fondation Cartier, featuring moveable gallery spaces. Read more
Aldi unveils jacket potato jacket complete with silver foil poncho
Supermarket chain Aldi has teamed up with London fashion brand Agro Studio to create a puffer coat that resembles a giant baked potato. Read more
De Wachtkamer hacks refugee beds to provide more privacy and dignity
Visitors to Dutch Design Week are invited to consider how the country houses its asylum seekers in a pavilion by De Wachtkamer, a local organisation aiming to improve their living conditions through design. Read more
Apple reveals Designers of Tomorrow at Design Miami.Paris
Technology brand Apple has featured London-based designer Marco Campardo, Paris duo Marie & Alexandre, Shanghai-based Duyi Han and Vietnamese-American ceramicist Jolie Ngo in its inaugural Designers of Tomorrow exhibition. Read more
Landmark report finds « blatant and uncompromising sexism » in UK architecture
Women working in architecture are more than twice as likely to feel that having children has harmed their career than women in the UK in general, a major RIBA-commissioned report has said. Read more
Daniel Libeskind designs geometric Prague housing as « personal tribute to magical city »
Architect Daniel Libeskind has revealed designs for the Sekyra Flowers residential complex in Prague, which comprises four angular buildings surrounding a public square. Read more
Renzo Piano Building Workshop designs pearlescent opera house on Hanoi lake
Architecture studios Renzo Piano Building Workshop and PTW Architects have broken ground on the Isola Della Musica opera house in Hanoi, which was designed to have a pearl-like appearance. Read more

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