Kengo Kuma tops sunken museum with garden in Taiwan

A twisting wood-framed roof doubles as a garden at CMP Inspiration, a museum in Taichung, Taiwan, completed by architecture studio Kengo Kuma and Associates.

Nestled below at the foot of a high-rise building, CMP Inspiration comprises two floors of exhibition space split across a ground and subterranean level.

It is topped by a green roof that swoops down to ground level at the building's front, designed by Kengo Kuma and Associates as a nod to Calligraphy Greenway – the nearby public park.

"Most of the museum was buried underground to keep the eaves low and...

Philippe Starck reveals surrealist hotel topped with 19th-century mansion

Designer Philippe Starck has unveiled the surreal nine-storey Maison Heler hotel in Metz, France, which is topped with what appears to be a 19th-century mansion.

Fully conceived by Starck, the hotel aims to tell the surreal story of Manfred Heler, an imaginary man whose mansion was thrust nine storeys into the air.

"Manfred Heler has inherited his parents' beautiful house," explained Stark. "As an orphan, he finds himself all alone, in this mansion surrounded by a large park. Everything's going well for him, until he starts to get bored."

"To cope with this boredom,...

Ten art deco structures that encapsulate the 1925 Paris Exposition

Our Art Deco Centenary series rounds off where it began, with the 1925 exposition in Paris. We take a look at 10 stand-out structures built for the landmark event, which catapulted art deco onto the world stage.

A total of 15,000 exhibitors from 20 countries made up the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, which took place in central Paris between April and October 1925.

It was held to assert French know-how in the decorative arts – an emerging modern style known today as art deco – through the lens of architecture and exhibits of luxury goods.

Today, the fair is...

Heritage sites among landmarks damaged in Myanmar earthquake

Mandalay Palace and several Buddhist temples are among the thousands of buildings to have been damaged in Myanmar following the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck the north of the country on Friday.

The death toll for the earthquake, which occurred close to Mandalay, Myanmar's second-biggest city, has surpassed 1,700, and it is believed to have damaged at least 3,000 buildings in the country.

It also rattled neighbouring Thailand, where a high-rise office building under construction in Bangkok experienced total collapse and at least 18 people were killed.

Bangkok also rattled by quake

Entire neighbourhoods, hospitals, bridges and railways have been left in ruins in...

Twenty must-see installations and exhibitions at Milan design week 2025

The Dezeen team has compiled key highlights from the overwhelming amount of things on show at Milan design week 2025, including a play about modernism, Muji's "manifesto house" and urns designed by Daniel Libeskind and David Chipperfield.

Milan design week is centred around Salone del Mobile, the world's most significant furniture fair, where highlights this year include an installation by filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino and the return of bi-annual lighting fair Euroluce.

Alongside the fair, the city will host what feels like an unprecedented number of events, from monumental installations by BIG and Es Devlin to group exhibitions by emerging designers – including...

Campers and Dens system by Orangebox and Steelcase

Dezeen Showroom: this furnishing system by Steelcase brand Orangebox zones workplaces using components that are shaped like campervans, cabins and awnings.

Created by Orangebox design manager Mark Partridge, the Campers and Dens system allows for the creation of private and semi-private spaces within open-plan offices, bringing a sense of fun by loosely referencing outdoor holiday accommodation.

The system features pods, booths, partitions and sheltering "awnings" that can be used to create areas for solo work or small meetings, as well as guide circulation through spaces in a relaxed manner.

"Campers and...

OMA designs neon facade as "interface between the exhibition and the city" for Crafted World

Dutch studio OMA has covered a building in Tokyo's Harajuku district with colourful neon illustrations for the latest edition of fashion brand Loewe's Crafted World exhibition.

Following its debut in Shanghai, OMA redesigned the travelling Crafted World exhibition for the Tokyo location, drawing on its recognisable neon cityscape.

"The facade in Shanghai was more to signal an entrance; here we had a free-standing building, so we had to consider the whole building," OMA architect Giulio Margheri told Dezeen at the exhibition opening.

"So the facade becomes an occasion to think about how it can...

Re-Chinese Monsters

Программа ждёт пользователя без крутилки

В студенческих работах изредка встречается такой дизайн, когда программа ожидает действия пользователя и показывает при этом крутилку:

Так не должно быть: крутилка означает, что пользователь ждёт программу, а не программа пользователя. Здесь возникает двусмысленность: с одной стороны, написано «наведите», а с другой — снизу крутится крутилка, как будто программа ещё не готова, и пока рано наводить. И кому верить — непонятно.

Clip-on SunBooster uses near-infrared LEDs to bring benefits of sunlight indoors

Dutch tech start-up SunLED Life Science has developed a gadget that mimics sunlight and attaches to computer monitors and laptops to deliver near-infrared light to users while they work.

The SunBooster device, unveiled at the MWC Barcelona tech fair, promises to boost users' mental and physical health by providing the essential part of sunlight absent in indoor environments.

Near-infrared light (NIR) is an invisible part of the solar spectrum that makes up 50 per cent of sunlight and plays a vital role in helping humans feel happier, healthier and more energised.

"Today's modern lifestyle lacks exposure to...