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Dezeen promotion: metal chain-link manufacturer Kriskadecor aims to help shared places like offices and hotels adjust to the "new normal" after coronavirus with space dividers made from aluminium links. Read more View the full article

Tokyo studio Nendo have collaborated with a traditional Japanese potter to create a flat, square loudspeaker made of 1mm thick ceramic decorated with intricate patterns. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This Tokyo house by Japanese architects Key Operation has been designed around the movements of the client’s pet cat, writes Yuki Sumner. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

German design collective ART+COM have installed over a thousand rising and falling metal raindrops in Singapore’s Changi Airport (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

London firm Zaha Hadid Architects has completed a 330,000-square-metre retail, office and entertainment complex in Beijing (+ 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]

Rotterdam-based design studio Atelier Van Lieshout will present new sculptures in bronze at Carpenters Workshop Gallery in London this autumn. (more…) View the full article

This week Zaha Hadid completed a concrete building for the American University of Beirut. Read on for more architecture and design highlights from the past seven days plus our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. (more...) View the full article

Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto has created a series of site specific installations in and around the Hayward Gallery in London, including this domed nylon structure. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architecture office Spaceworkers has designed the concrete Centro de Interpretação do Românico museum in Portuguese village Lousada to explain the history of Romanesque architecture in the north of the country. Read more View the full article

Faceted wooden panels divide the interior of this house in Kyoto, Japan, by architects ALPHAville. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Plastics will be replaced within ten years by biofabricated materials that eliminate waste and pollution, according to Parley for the Oceans founder Cyrill Gutsch. Read more View the full article

Architecture office AP Valletta has restored an old coach house in the town of Balzan, Malta, adding a contemporary extension featuring a weave-patterned stone facade. Read more

Brooklyn creative agency An Aesthetic Pursuit has designed a bold rental house in Maine with furniture and products that guests can purchase. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: the Toba eco-stove by Italian brand MCZ has been awarded an IF Product Design Award. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Grohe's Patrick Speck discusses the potential of touchless bathroom and kitchen products in light of the coronavirus pandemic in this video produced by Dezeen as part of our VDF x Grohe collaboration. Read more View the full article

Competition: we've teamed up with publishing and events company Media 10 to give Dezeen readers the chance to win one of 25 pairs tickets to the 100% Design exhibition, taking place during next week's London Design Festival. (more...) View the full article

Design students Wing Yi Hui and Lap Ming Wong of the Oslo School of Architecture and Design have completed a domed latticed pavilion as part of a performance-oriented design project. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: designer Paul Priestman is one of the judges of the Inside awards. In this movie he talks about designing aircraft interiors. 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

Here’s another stadium designed by German studio GMP Architekten (see our earlier stories here and here) for the 2010 FIFA World Cup starting this week in South Africa. (more…) </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

Skidmore Owings & Merrill designed this latticed pavilion in lieu of a Christmas tree for the courtyard of a building designed by the late Jørn Utzon in Aalborg, Denmark. Read more View the full article

Architecture and design studio Snøhetta has developed a new graphic identity for Norway's 44 national parks, featuring a logo designed to look like a doorway on a hillside (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This coin-operated wedding machine by British designers Concept Shed dispenses a pair of plastic wedding rings and a personalised receipt to newlyweds. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: six pared-back watches from new Australian watch brand Stock are now available to pre-order at Dezeen Watch Store. (more...) View the full article