Berlin architects Gustav Düsing and Max Hacke have been awarded this year's Mies van der Rohe Award for Study Pavilion, a steel-framed university building in Germany. Düsing and Hacke, who founded their eponymous studios in 2015 and 2016 respectively, are the youngest people to have ever received the biennial accolade, also known as the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture or EUmies Award. Study Pavilion has won this year's Mies van der Rohe Award The gridded Study Pavilion was created for the Technical University of Braunschweig as a campus building containing flexible sp ..read more

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features this year's Don't Move, Improve! awards shortlist. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Annual awards programme Don't Move, Improve! has revealed its shortlist for this year's competition, hosted by New London Architecture (NLA). A colourful home by Charles Holland Architects and a residence by Mike Tuck Studio are among the 16 London homes vying for the fourteenth edition of the prize. Foster + Partners designs tiered supertall Park Avenue skyscraper This week's newsletter also featured Foster + Partners' design for a superta ..read more

The windmill sails of the Moulin Rouge, an iconic 135-year-old cabaret venue in Paris, collapsed to the ground in the early hours. Just before 2am this morning, the four blades attached to a red-painted windmill on top of the Moulin Rouge venue fell off and landed bent in front of the building, according to newspaper The Guardian. Blades atop Paris landmark Moulin Rouge windmill collapse overnight https://t.co/8o98mZ6FRh pic.twitter.com/cTJa8BjM4h — FRANCE 24 (@FRANCE24) April 25, 2024 The windmill sails of the Moulin Rouge have fallen off The letters M, O and U from the front sign also app ..read more

Dezeen Showroom: Italian stone brand Antolini has updated its Cristallo Vitrum tableware collection, adding a material combination that evokes the look of glacial ice. Titled Cristallo Vitrum "Wow", the new variation features translucent natural quartz stone paired with satin gold-finished steel. The collection aims to mimic the appearance of ice The play of cloudy and transparent sections and delicate amber veining gives the stone a mesmerising appearance, similar to large ice sheets, while the metal components create contrast. The Cristallo Vitrum tableware collection includes a lamp ..read more

US studio Rafael Viñoly Architects has designed four skyscrapers and a series of public spaces in Toronto, which will be the studio's first built project in Canada. Developed by Madison Group and totalling two million square feet (185,806 square metres) the project will consist of two individual properties holding two skyscrapers each, which will host a mix of residential, retail, and office spaces. Studio founder Rafael Viñoly died last year, and the studio said he played a role in the design before his passing. Rafael Viñoly Architects has designed a four skyscrapers in Toronto "This will b ..read more

Promotion: Design Hotels has launched its study Neuroaesthetics – Design for the Mind, which looks at how technological and cultural aesthetics impact human behaviour, with a talk at Milan design week. The Design Hotels talk featured Robyn Landau, co-founder of Kinda Studios, alongside neuroaesthetics architect and designer Suchi Reddy, founder of Reddymade. They were joined by Sigurd Larsen, a Berlin-based Danish architect and designer. The discussion was hosted by Dezeen's editorial director, Max Fraser. The panel session took place to launch the report Neuroaesthetics – Design for the Mind ..read more

Dezeen Showroom: Spanish designer Pablo Regaño has created a chair for Polish furniture company Artu designed to resemble a wicker basket. The Cesto chair has a simple form made up of metal tubes and slats, and is intended for outdoor use thanks to the material's durability. The Cesto chair resembles a basket The name of the chair comes from a Spanish word referring to a large wicker basket, used for gathering and storing different items. Regaño was inspired by the object's characteristic shape and wanted to celebrate its cultural significance, which is shared by many societies across the glo ..read more

Dezeen Showroom: Italian brand Casalgrande Padana looked to the central Alps for inspiration for its Stonetech collection of porcelain tiles. Casalgrande Padana considers the Stonetech collection an embodiment of its latest research and innovation, with a full-body structure that means the inner layers or the tile are identical to the top surface, so the appearance of the tile is not altered by wear and scratches over time. The tiles have a full-body design The slab tile is speckled with fragments that emulate the main rocks of the central Alps – marble, quartz and feldspar – in varying ..read more

British studio Mole Architects has created Alde Valley Barn, a brick-clad holiday home on a farmyard in Suffolk that dates back to the 17th century. The four-bedroom house replaces a steel-framed barn, which was added to the farm in the English town of Aldeburgh in the 20th century. Mole Architects has created Alde Valley Barn on a 17-century farmyard Mole Architects' design is deliberately simple, referencing the architecture of the barn it replaced while respecting the main 17th-century farmhouse beside it. "The new building is designed as one of the barn structures that are subservien ..read more

Ahead of this summer's Olympic Games in Paris, design offices Concepto and Studio 5.5 have installed 350 street lights made from salvaged scaffolding poles and lampposts in the athletes' village. The lighting project is part of a scheme overseen by the Olympic Games delivery authority Solideo with the aim to reduce carbon emissions by 47 per cent compared to a conventional project. Concepto and Studio 5.5 have designed street lights for the Olympic Village in Paris Landscape architecture firm Agence TER, which was responsible for master planning the public areas, collaborated with Studio 5.5 ..read more