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Architects MVRDV have unveiled proposals for a giant greenhouse on the outskirts of Amsterdam with a flower-covered hotel inside. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese architects Shinichi Ogawa & Associates have completed this house in Hiroshima, Japan, with one wall glazed in sliding panels that open onto a grassy courtyard. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This house in Hiroshima city by Japanese firm Suppose Design Office has a central staircase branching into wooden volumes that create a series of rooms and platforms. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

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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

These stools by Swedish designers Glimpt are made in Vietnam from rolls of seagrass, bound with the thread that’s normally used to make hammocks. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Italian architect Fabio Fantolino has created his own apartment inside a palatial 19th-century building in Turin, using pops of green and petrol-blue throughout its interior. Read 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

Industrial designer Konstantin Grcic’s installed seats made of netting suspended from a metal structure at Design Miami/ last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London firm Brisac Gonzalez in collaboration with Oslo studio Space Group, have won joint first place in a competition to design an opera and cultural centre in Kristiansund, Norway. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Brooklyn artist Mark Reigelman has installed a wooden hut in an unusual city location – suspended on the side of a San Francisco hotel like a bird box. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: German designer Stefan Diez presents this new upholstered version of his Houdini chair plus new pieces in the range for German brand e15 in Milan this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designers Gijs Van Vaerenbergh have suspended a network of chains to create an upside-down dome inside this church in Leuven, Belgium. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> 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

This architects’ desk designed by Note Design Studio of Stockholm has been covered inside and out with pine veneer in a herringbone pattern, then charred black on the outside. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designer Thomas Heatherwick has embedded curved threads of ash into dark walnut pews for an abbey in England’s South Downs. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

VDF products fair: Italian designer Giovanni Barbieri has launched Fine Lines, a collection of custom-made terrazzo tiles. Read more View the full article

Bags of rice and bottled condiments are displayed on simple plywood units inside this former Tokyo greengrocers that has been converted into a tiny rice shop, cafe and a home for the proprietor (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen and publishers FIELL have teamed up to give away five copies Richard Rogers + Architects: From the House to the City, an overview of the architect’s work from the beginning of his career to the present day. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with British designer Michael Young to give away five signed copies of his new book that chronicles his time working in China. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Comments update: Kanye West's Yeezy collection for Adidas – described by the rapper himself as the world's "first solutions-based" clothing line – was the most commented story this week. (more…) View the full article

A series of circular apertures puncture the rectangular concrete buttresses of a nursery in Valencia by Spanish architects Rstudio. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Justin McGuirk on London’s new Barclays Cycle Superhighways - Guardian</img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This little house in Tokyo by Japanese architect Kozo Yamamoto has a triangular courtyard and an L-shaped roof terrace tucked behind its walls (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Show RCA 2011: this modular shelving unit by Royal College of Art graduate Max Frommeld is held together with clips more commonly found on garden hoses. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article