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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

The future is fleshy, according to Lucy McRae. As a new exhibition of her work opens at NGV in Melbourne, the designer explains why she believes the human body holds the key to the development of technology. Read more

Woods Bagot has created four proposals for workplace design following coronavirus that merge working from home and office life to "strengthen culture and performance". Read more View the full article

The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter includes Michelle Ogundehin's predictions on how the coronavirus pandemic will influence homes. Read more 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

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

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

Dezeen Screen: Swiss architect Peter Zumthor talks about his design for this year’s Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in this movie filmed by Dezeen at the preview yesterday in London. Watch the movie » Above portrait is by Arup/Emilie Sandy Photography. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Peña Ganchegui y Asociados have completed this house overlooking the sea in Getaria, northern Spain. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This skyscraper with a zig-zag channel cut into the facade is the winning design by Italian architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas in a competition to design a new office building for Shenzhen. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Opinion: Diller, Scofidio + Renfro's The Broad museum in Los Angeles is an elegant exercise in mundanity, says Mimi Zeiger. (more…) View the full article

Portuguese photographer Fernando Guerra has sent us his photographs of this museum for modern art in South Korea by architects Álvaro Siza, Carlos Castanheira and Jun Sung Kim. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Clerkenwell Design Week 2012: Vienna designers Mischer’Traxler present a basket-making machine that stops working when nobody’s looking at Clerkenwell Design Week in London this week. (more…) View the full article

Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat has completed an underground museum extension with a park on top in Assen, the Netherlands. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These ceramic bowls by Belgian designer Ilona Van den Bergh are slip-cast in perfect half-spheres and reshaped while still pliable to create one-off pieces (+ slideshow). (more…)

This Virtual Design Festival school show features work by nine design students from the Cranbrook Academy of Art, including an AR headset that gamifies everyday life and an aluminium light that embodies fairytale narratives. Read more View the full article

Architecture studio CAN has added a blue and white striped extension to a Victorian terrace in London, which features a statement pink curtain. Read more 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

Dezeen Wire: the winners of the D&AD awards were announced at a ceremony in London last night. Winners include the iPad and Plumen 001 light bulb in the consumer product design category, Thomas Heatherwick’s Seed Cathedral at Shanghai Expo 2010 and Studio East by Carmody Groarke in the spatial design section, and Puma’s Clever Little Bag in the packaging category. See all the winning projects on the D&AD website. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Opinion: fiction is essential reading for architects because it explores ideas about homes and buildings that are "normally repressed," argues Sam Jacob in this latest column. (more...) View the full article

Architect and designer Oscar Tusquets Blanca was a close friend of Salvador Dalí and collaborated with the artist on a number of furniture pieces. He spoke exclusively to Dezeen about his career, parties with Dalí and his latest furniture based on the Surrealist's paintings (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The Temporium: this tea service by Tina Tsang of London design brand Undergrowth Design is the latest addition to the designer gifts on sale at our pop-up store The Temporium in London next month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve teamed up with publishers Fiell to offer our readers the chance to win one of five copies of Cult-ure by graphic designer Rian Hughes. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: design brand Luminaire present a lecture and reception with furniture designer Patricia Urquiola at their Coral Gables showroom in Miami on 3 February. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Indigenous trees and wooden workbenches line the inside of Apple Iconsiam in Bangkok, the first Apple Store to open in Thailand, designed by Foster + Partners. Read more