Traditional and contemporary South Korean crafts are experiencing growth, according to a panel of experts at a filmed talk hosted by Dezeen and Bentley in Seoul. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/20/south-korean-craft-bentley-lighthouse-talk-seoul/

Eindhoven studio Dutch Invertuals challenged 14 designers to rework one of its chairs for its Specimen exhibition, with the results including tree branches, copper fossils and LCD-style graphics. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/20/dutch-invertuals-chair-specimen/

Arizona architecture studio I/Thee has created a public installation in an Iowa park composed of furniture affixed into two rammed earth walls that were made to look eroded by applying water pressure. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/19/i-thee-dining-room-iowa-pavilion/

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the Dubai Walk master plan. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/19/dubai-walk-masterplan-pedestrian-agenda/

Australian architecture studio Bates Smart has referenced Australia's architectural culture and the "monolithic forms" of its landscape for the design of an embassy in Washington DC, cladding it with glass and copper. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/19/bates-smart-washington-dc-australian-embassy-glass-copper/

Skyscrapers such as Porsche Design Tower, Faena Hotel and Trump Tower III are among 35 buildings in the barrier islands of Miami that have sunk as much as eight centimetres since 2016. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/19/sinking-skyscrapers-miami/

Dezeen School Shows: as 2024 comes to a close, we've selected 12 of the most intriguing design and architecture projects that have been published on Dezeen School Shows this year. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/19/architecture-design-student-projects-2024-dezeen-schoolshows/

Promotion: brands and studios must be willing to embrace difference and tension while creating space for dialogues, said panelists at a talk about collaboration hosted by Dezeen in New York. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/19/friction-is-at-the-heart-of-creativity-says-panel-at-the-new-standard-talk/

Custom stone furnituremaker Form(LA) has opened the doors of its first flagship store in Los Angeles – specifically a pivoting marble door punctuated by nine porthole windows. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/19/formla-flagship-store-los-angeles-marble-pivot-door/

Boston architecture studio Studio 3.0 has added a wedge-shaped extension and a screened-in porch to an octagon-shaped house in Cape Cod originally built in the 1970s, keeping the addition distinct from the original core. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/18/studio-3-0-wedge-extension-1970s-octagon-house-in-cape-cod/

Portland-based studio Hacker Architects has replaced an outdated lodge with a blackened wood-and-glass structure featuring elements informed by the volcanic landscape of Sisters, Oregon. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/18/hacker-architects-black-butte-ranch-oregon/

Dezeen Showroom: French furniture brand Tiptoe has added to its SSD seating collection with the launch of the solid wood SSD stool, available in a palette of contemporary colours. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/18/ssd-stool-tiptoe-dezeen-showroom/

Polycycle Illumination has been named Dezeen Awards China 2024 design project of the year at a ceremony in Shanghai where all four design category winners were announced. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/18/dezeen-awards-china-2024-design-project-jellyfish-shaped-lamps/

A Bamboo Sanctuary has been named Dezeen Awards China 2024 interiors project of the year following the announcement of all seven interior winners at this evening's ceremony in Shanghai. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/18/dezeen-awards-china-2024-best-interior/

An observation cabin in Tibet has been named Dezeen Awards China 2024 architecture project of the year at a ceremony in Shanghai where all eight architecture winners were named. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/18/best-building-dezeen-awards-china-2024/

Chinese studio People's Architecture Office has converted an old porcelain factory in Jingdezhen into workshops and a gallery using colourful steel and glass extensions. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/18/peoples-architecture-office-porcelain-factory-conversion/

From an art gallery in a converted grain silo to a brick workshop in Vietnam, Dezeen's editorial team have each picked their favourite building of 2024, out of more than 1,000 we have published throughout the year. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/18/best-buildings-2024/

Tech mogul Elon Musk has claimed that The Boring Company could create a transatlantic tunnel between New York and London for 1,000 times less money than previously estimated. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/18/transatlantic-tunnel-elon-musk-boring-company/

Dezeen has partnered with  Kia Design Team to launch a video series highlighting contemporary South Korean architecture, beginning with the Sayuwon arboretum and architecture park. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/18/sayuwon-park-video-alvaro-siza-kia/

An oversized, bamboo-clad roof connects the spaces at the Bamboo Gate community centre in the Mabi Reconstruction Disaster Prevention Park, Japan, designed by architecture studio Kengo Kuma and Associates. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/18/bamboo-gate-kengo-kuma-community-facility-japan/