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A glazed corridor connects the two wooden halves of this seaside house on the east coast of Ireland by Dublin studio A2 Architects. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Space: designer Jan Rose exhibits furniture and lighting made of knitted steel and leather at Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space today. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This walnut jewellery case by Munich accessory designer Saskia Diez for German brand e15 separates jewels within carved concentric circles. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This time last year London company Hulger launched the Plumen 001 designer lightbulb, which went on to win this year’s Brit Insurance Design of the Year Award. A culture and leisure centre by Philippe Starck opened inside a former wine cellar in Bilbao as Hungarian architects Plant completed a winery at the foot of a volcanic hill in Hungary. London Fieldworks installed bird and bug boxes around trees across London in clusters inspired by neighbouring housing, Nendo unveiled their acclaimed Thin Black Lines series of furniture and The Waterhouse at South Bund by NHDRO hotel opened in Shanghai. See all our stories from September 2010 » See our review of la…

Architects should stop designing jails and prisons, which are representations of systemic racism in the US, if they want to really impact the fight for racial equality, says Michael Ford. Read more View the full article

The latest issue of our weekly Dezeen Mail newsletter leads with dreamy hotel cabins overlooking a Mexican valley (above). There’re also new jobs, competitions, interviews and music plus details of our new pop-up shop Dezeen Super Store. Read Dezeen Mail issue 108 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

The Temporium: London designer Lee Broom will be selling his lights made from lead crystal decanters at our new retail venture The Temporium in London, 9-19 December. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Vienna Design Week 2010: Dutch designers Studio Makkink & Bey present an installation combining sugar and silver at the Liechtenstein museum in Vienna. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

VDF products fair: German building-technology supplier Jung has developed the versatile G + I socket that is compatible with plug types from various geographies. Read more View the full article

Family and PlayLab have designed a floating swimming pool for New York that would filter river water through its walls. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

At Dutch Design Week designer Pepe Heykoop presents a collection of leather lampshades made by underprivileged women in Mumbai. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designer Ini Archibong has launched a fundraiser to build a pavilion for the African diaspora to represent people who "don't have a flag to represent us". Read more View the full article

German graduate designer Christoph Thetard has created a set of pedal-powered kitchen gadgets. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Curving metal forms frame the glass facade of this market hall in Barcelona by Spanish firm MiAS Architects. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This four-storey school in Tianjin, China, by Vector Architects has a series of irregularly shaped classrooms protruding from the facade on the first floor. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Buildings adapted to marine environments and paper structures designed for funeral ceremonies are among the sustainability-focused architecture proposals in this VDF school show by Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). Read more View the full article

Comments update: readers have been discussing Bjarke Ingels' impact on architecture this week, after Time magazine named him as one of this year's most influential people. (more…) View the full article

News: a Russian YouTube video claims to show an iPhone 6 created by appropriating different parts from a factory production line. (more...) View the full article

This faceted red volume in a Shanghai office, designed by 3Gatti Architecture Studio of Rome and Shanghai, houses two meeting rooms and a cafe. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Porthole windows with brightly coloured frames, a soaring spiral staircase and waterfall gutters are among the playful touches MUMA Architects has included in this community centre in Cambridge, England. Read more View the full article

In this series of drawings French designer and photographer Clo’e Floirat documents her thoughts on design in Berlin, where she’s lived for three years. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Opinion: from Chicago's rat problem to transport startups like Bridj and Uber, data is being used to predict behaviour and manage our cities. But the idea of the "Predictive City" should be treated with a healthy dose of scepticism, argues Dan Hill. (more...) View the full article

Spanish studios Xpiral and MTM Arquitectos have completed a public square sheltered by steel trees that hold nets of boulders. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In this first movie in our series of Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs talks to Italian designer Harry Thaler, one of two joint winners of the [D3] Contest young designers competition at imm cologne earlier this year. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article