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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

Dezeen Wire: safety concerns have led local officials in Shanghai to propose the introduction of a regulation banning the use of glass curtain walls on new schools, hospitals and residential buildings - China Daily A number of recent incidents involving falling glass in the city, which has the highest number of glass-clad buildings in China, have led to concerns that poor installation and maintenance are increasing the chances of injury to the public. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The overhaul of a 1970s Los Angeles house originally designed by Frank Gehry and an interview with BIG founder Bjarke Ingels feature in the latest edition of Dezeen Mail, our weekly newsletter. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail › View the full article

In the most exotic VDF video message we received, interior designer Natalie Papageorgiadis explains how she found herself stranded in the Maldives as the world went into lockdown due to coronavirus. Read more View the full article

Milan 2011: Dezeen, Jawbone and industrial designer Yves Behar have teamed up to invite readers to create tracks for an audio installation at Ventura Lambrate in Milan next month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Tune in here for the live stream from Ikea's annual Democratic Design Day event in Älmhult, Sweden, for the latest news from the furniture giant. (more…) View the full article

KINO Architects of Japan have completed this four-storey timber and concrete house in Tokyo with balconies on each level. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: Swiss brand Punkt. presented this alarm clock by British designer Jasper Morrison at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: British furniture designer Robin Day has died aged 95 – Guardian </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

VDF products fair: Zanotta has released an updated model of the skeletal Reale table by Italian architect, designer and photographer Carlo Mollino. Read more View the full article

In this week's comments update, readers are debating the French Senate's ruling that dictates Notre-Dame Cathedral must be built in the same style as it was before the fire. Read more

British architects NEX have designed this cubed timber pavilion for the Chelsea Flower Show in London with the same structural form as a leaf. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Groninger Museum in the Netherlands has re-opened following a renovation including areas designed by Studio Job, Maarten Baas and Jaime Hayón. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese studio h220430 have designed this stool made of recycled rubber. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: Sebastian Wrong, design director for British brand Established & Sons, gives a tour of their exhibition inside the former fire station at Berlin Tempelhof airport in this movie Dezeen filmed at new Berlin design fair Qubique 2011 last month. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French designer Inga Sempé will present this ash chair and table for Swedish brand Gärsnäs at the Stockholm Furniture Fair in Sweden next week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here are the first official photos of the 10th Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in Kensington Gardens, London, designed by French architect Jean Nouvel. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s one of three stadiums designed by German studio GMP Architekten for the 2010 FIFA World Cup that begins in South Africa next week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Slideshow: architect Frank Gehry has inserted a theatre into the base of tower in New York City. (more…) View the full article

This long narrow house in Okinawa, Japan, by Japanese studio Shinichi Ogawa & Associates is divided lengthways into a courtyard and living space. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This Central Institute of Technology (CIT) building in Perth, Western Australia by Lyons and local practice T&Z has a copper, silver and coloured metal panel facade. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Production designer Mark Digby explains why he selected an inconspicuous 1960s university library as the location for sci-fi series Devs, which was created by Ex Machina and 28 Days Later writer Alex Garland, instead of ultra-futuristic buildings in Silicon Valley like the Apple Park. Read more View the full article

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

UK architects 6A have completed the expansion of the South London Gallery, renovating a derelict house and exposing original structural features. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Justin McGuirk attacks “success culture” and applauds grassroots design in his review of the London Design Festival - Guardian </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article