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This cedar-clad dwelling in Portland, Oregon, by local studio Beebe Skidmore Architects serves as a modern interpretation of the historic Craftsman-style bungalows found throughout the city (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

German designer Pia Maria Raeder has combined thousands of beech rods to create spiny furniture that resembles sea anemones. Read more View the full article

The ornate wall panels of a previously hidden 19th-century atrium informed the interiors of this steak restaurant, which has been overhauled by design duo Humbert & Poyet. Read more

Architecture studio SO-IL has designed a major installation for Lisbon's Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology that creates a new public route through the middle of the Amanda Levete-designed building via a secret rear entrance. Read more View the full article

Beeline has designed a stripped back navigation device for motorcyclists, which replaces visually complicated maps with a single arrow to direct bikers. Read more View the full article

A new invention by Danish studio Norm Architects for Menu is designed to try and make your favourite beer taste even better (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

If you like beer and cycling, this is the tool for you: a spanner with a bottle opener at the other end. (more…) View the full article

Tel-Aviv firms Bar Orian Architects and Rokach Ashkenazi Engineers have built a bridge in the Israeli city of Beersheba, featuring arches that create the shape of two eyes (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Writer Geoff Manaugh and designer John Becker have imagined a scenario in which genetically modified bees could be trained to print detailed concrete structures rather than produce honey (+ interview). (more...) View the full article

Translucent polycarbonate panels encase the concrete and timber laboratory at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, by Behnisch Architekten. Read more View the full article

A sequence of arches creates topsy-turvy openings and curvy doorways through the spaces of this art gallery in Beijing by design collective Penda (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This museum of vintage BMWs by architecture practice Crossboundaries is draped in layers of red fabric that reference traditional Chinese archways (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: the third edition of Beijing Design Week will take place from 26 September to 3 October in the Chinese capital. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Beijing Design Week is returning to the Chinese capital this month to present design, art and creativity from across the country. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Beijing Design Week is returning to the Chinese capital this month to present design, art and creativity from across the country (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: this year's Beijing Design Week features installations, design exhibitions and pop-ups focused on the redevelopment of China's urban environment. (more…) View the full article

A+Awards: Architizer A+Award-winning studio Crossboundaries has created a canyon through the middle of this production facility for a Chinese lingerie brand, which employees can enjoy on their breaks. Read more View the full article

This updated version of the traditional keffiyeh scarf by Beirut-based architect Salim al-Kadi has been designed "for our contemporary landscape" (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Swiss architects Herzog and de Meuron have designed this apartment tower with overhanging floor plates and terraces for Beirut, Lebanon. Created as part of a wider masterplan to regenerate this area of the city that includes a marina, the building will comprise five different modular floor slabs used in varying combinations to create a mixture of [...]</img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architects and designers can take an activist approach to instigate social change, according to participants in this year's Beirut Design Week. Read more View the full article

Architectural filmmakers Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine have released footage from a film, showing the impact of flooding in Venice. Read more View the full article

A zigzagging concrete screen separates this refurbished toll house in the Dutch city of Zaltbommel with a living room extension designed by architecture studio Bekkering Adams (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Zaha Hadid Architects has designed a swirling complex of apartments, offices and leisure facilities on the abandoned site of an old textile factory in Belgrade, Serbia (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Peeling plaster and exposed brickwork reveal the interventions made by BEL Architecten to convert this former Antwerp warehouse into a cultural centre (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Artist Katrien Vanderlinden has painted colourful shapes inspired by toy bricks onto a basketball court in the Belgian city of Aalst. Read more View the full article