Dezeen School Shows: a park in downtown LA built beside a railway station is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the University of Southern California. Also included is a scheme that aims to implement landscape architecture methods that stop diseases from spreading, as well as a project examining the impact of wildfires. University of Southern California Institution: University of Southern California School: School of Architecture Course: Master of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism Tutors: Alexander Robinson, Jessica Henson, Aroussiak Gabrielian, Jennifer Toy, David Maest ..read more

Bamboo and an overhanging roof characterise Godai Pavilion, a pool house that Spanish studio Baldó Arquitectura has created for a home in rural Cantabria. Located in northern Spain, the outbuilding is designed in line with the local climate and aims to showcase natural materials and Japanese design details. Baldó Arquitectura referenced Japanese design for this Spanish pool house Baldó Arquitectura positioned the pool house to the south of the site, creating an enclosed courtyard garden with the existing buildings on the plot. "The pavilion [creates] a dialogue between different architectures ..read more

From skyscrapers by SHoP Architects and BIG to the world's largest spherical structure in Las Vegas, we select 10 of this year's most talked-about architecture projects in the United States as part of our 2023 review. This year's roundup of the biggest and best from the United States also includes some residential projects from New England to California, including a sculptural home in the Hamptons and a black-brick home in Washington. Read on for Dezeen's top 10 US architecture projects of 2023. Photo by Max Touhey The Brooklyn Tower, New York City, by SHoP Architects This 1,066-foot-tall (32 ..read more

Celebrating the 15 years that Dezeen Jobs has been connecting employers and candidates, Dezeen has spoken to professionals about their evolving recruitment practices. Our Dezeen Jobs: How We Recruit series delves into the processes that creative companies and studios have put into place in the last few years, alongside the top pieces of advice they would like applicants to take on board when applying for roles. Read on to see a distilled roundup of five more of these conversations, including interviews with the chair of BDP's North Region, Sue Emms; senior designer at David Collins Studio, Ka ..read more

This week on Dezeen, a polycarbonate London home modelled on a riad was named the Royal Institute of British Architects' House of the Year for 2023. The House of the Year prize – which is awarded annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) to the best one-off, architect-designed house in the UK – went to Green House in Tottenham, London. The home was designed by architecture studio Hayhurst & Co, which slotted it into a tight site in an alleyway. The "green oasis" features plenty of greenery and has a facade with sliding polycarbonate screens. "Compassionate and ..read more

Belgian architect Vincent Van Duysen has unveiled a series of furniture pieces and showcased them in a multi-sensory installation with Mexican stone company Arca during Miami art week. The Gravitas collection consists of seating, shelving and tables made with stone from Arca, sourced from quarries in Spain, Mexico and Italy. Gravitas includes 18 pieces made from Porfido, lava stone, Carrara marble and Cafesino. The forms range from small stools to monumental shelving and tables. Vincent Van Duysen worked with Arca to create a series of furniture designs in stone Each piece has rough surfaces ..read more

Dezeen School Shows: we've rounded up six student projects featured in Dezeen School Shows that experiment with modular design. These design students have proposed furniture, interior and architecture projects that utilise various module combinations to create customisable and personalised structures that address sustainability issues, overcrowding, food crises and social factors. This roundup of projects includes houses that can expand and contract to resolve urban overpopulation and a building constructed using artificial intelligence. The selection of projects comes from interior design, a ..read more

Luxury goods company LVMH, which owns brands including Louis Vuitton, Dior and Fendi, has signed an agreement with Miami Design District to improve the environmental performance of its stores in the district. Unveiled this week during Miami art week, the agreement will see the stores from the company's 15 brands in the district powered by solar from 2025. It also includes commitments on water and power use as well as material choices. The agreement will allow the stores to be powered by renewable sources, even though LVMH does not own the properties. Read: Stella McCartney presents Sust ..read more

Texas studio Michael Hsu Office of Architecture has designed the common areas for a 50-storey residential high-rise building in Austin, as shown in this exclusive video captured by Dezeen. Called 44 East, the building is located east of downtown Austin in the Rainey Street Historic district. The firm designed the interiors of the building's common areas, which take cues from its natural surroundings, particularly the neighbouring Colorado River.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Dezeen (@dezeen) Michael Hsu Office of Architecture has designed the interiors of 44 E ..read more

Promotion: the Aeron chair and Chadwick Modular Seating are among the furniture created by US designer Don Chadwick for workplace brand Herman Miller. Since the 1970s Chadwick has collaborated with Herman Miller and his designs aim to "improve the way people live and work". Don Chadwick and Bill Stumpf collaborated on the Aeron chair that was launched in 1994 In 1994 Chadwick launched the Aeron chair, which he codesigned with US designer Bill Stumpf. Chadwick and Stumpf's chair was one of the first furniture pieces to incorporate ergonomic design principles and support users' postures, accord ..read more