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Slideshow: London studio Peter Barber Architects has completed a centre for drug and alcohol rehabilitation in Ilford, northeast London. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designed in Hackney: we’re kicking off our new Designed in Hackney initiative today, showcasing world-class architecture and design created in the borough that’s home to Dezeen’s offices and one of the five host boroughs for the London 2012 Olympic Games. First up is the London 2012 Olympic Torch by BarberOsgerby. (more…) </img> </img> </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

Comments update: a fairytale-inspired Essex house by architecture studio FAT and artist Grayson Perry was the most discussed project this week. Read on for more on this and the other most commented stories on Dezeen. (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

Dezeen Watch Store: the second design by new Hong Kong watch brand Ziiiro, called Mercury, is now available at Dezeen Watch Store. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’ve got together with design brand Republic of Fritz Hansen to give readers the chance to win a Kaiser Idell Luxus lamp worth £600. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Work by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami is to be shown at the Château de Versailles in France. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Germany, one of six countries bidding to host the United Nations’ Green Climate Fund, have selected Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA) to design a sustainable HQ in Bonn if their bid is successful. (more…) 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

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

Brothers Tom and Will Butterfield designed a chair-a-day for 19 days during the Covid-19 lockdown, which they plan to pass on to established creatives for them to put their own spin on. Read more View the full article

A Corten steel roof folds over the upper storey and terrace of this house on the Chilean Island of Chiloé by dRN Architects. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: London interior designer Ilse Crawford is one of the judges of the Inside awards. In this movie filmed by Dezeen she talks about designing the Food Bar at the Grand Hotel in Stockholm for chef Mathias Dahlgren. Watch the movie » Dezeen readers can save 25% on the price of entering the Inside awards and attending the festival in Barcelona from 2-4 November – simply quote VIP code DEZEEN when entering online at www.insidefestival.com. Entries close on 30 June. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Venice Architecture Biennale 2010: the Russian pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale presents possibilities for the re-use of vacant factories in former industrial towns across Russia. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2011: divisive designs from the 1970s and 1980s are brought together in a retrospective exhibition entitled Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990, which opened at the Victoria & Albert museum at the weekend. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Tokyo 2010: here’s another chair by Japanese design studio Daisuke Motogi Architecture (see our earlier story), this time made from a thin mattress folded into a concertina. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Thai designer Decha Archjananun has made a series of vases with concrete bases to hold water and wire frames to support flower stems. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

NL Architects have designed a conceptual bridge for the Hong Kong border, featuring roads that would loop over each other to allow for the fact that traffic must drive on the left in Hong Kong but on the right in China. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This seat by Nicholas Le Moigne of Switzerland is made entirely of scrap fibre cement. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London interior designer Linda Morey Smith is one of the judges of the Inside awards. In this movie filmed by Dezeen she talks about designing offices for brands including Sony Music, Red Bull and Nokia. Watch the movie » Dezeen readers can save 25% on the price of entering the Inside awards and attending the festival in Barcelona from 2-4 November – simply quote VIP code DEZEEN when entering online at www.insidefestival.com. Entries close on 30 June. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Plectere features an oversized knitted structure made from thick strips of woollen felt that double as a divider and acoustic panelling in offices. Read more

We’ve just sent out Dezeenmail issue #52 - have a look at it here. Dezeenmail is sent out roughly every two weeks and contains a selection of Dezeen’s best stories and comments, along with all our latest competitions and jobs. You can subscribe here. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Space: Mat Barnes and Eddie Blake of C.A.N take to Dezeen Platform for the second day of Dezeen Space with their 1:87 scale-model island. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: this music video by London designers Airside for new Flashman track To The Victor – The Spoils! tells the story of an epic voyage through a series of vignettes that come to life one by one. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> 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