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VDF products fair: The Herman Miller Lino office chair is designed by Sam Hecht and Kim Colin to offer optimum comfort and a "wide range of aesthetic options" in the workplace. Read 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

The French Senate has passed a bill saying Notre-Dame Cathedral must be rebuilt as it was before the fire, which destroyed its roof and spire last month. Read more

This villa by Athens firm Deca Architecture is one of a collection of 24 to be introduced to the Greek island of Antiparos by Athens developers Oliaros. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: designer Thomas Heatherwick is to be awarded the London Design Medal 2010 at a ceremony in London tonight. See press release below. See all our stories about Heatherwick » See all our stories about London Design Festival 2010 » (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Ten conceptual showrooms for the home of the future are presented in this exhibition at temporary arts venue Depot Basel in Switzerland. (more…) View the full article

Toys are displayed between steel fins at this second-hand shop in Andorra by Miquel Merce Architect and MSB Workshop. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Comments update: trend forecaster Li Edelkoort's declaration of the death of fashion led the debate this week. (more…) View the full article

London brand (and near-neighbours of Dezeen) House of Hackney have created a range of floral wallpapers and fabrics that turn black at the edges. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: UK design magazine Design Week is to close this week, Dezeen understands. It is thought that the title will continue as a web-only publication at www.designweek.co.uk. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architecture studio NADAAA has renovated a Neo-Gothic brick building and added a sculptural addition with a jagged roof to house the design school at the University of Toronto. Read more

The National Organization of Minority Architects has called on the architecture profession to "condemn racism and take an active role in eliminating racial biases" following the death of George Floyd in police custody. Read more View the full article

Coronavirus lockdowns have caused a lack of public toilet facilities for people who are social distancing outside, but designers of outdoor urinals have the answer – and France is leading the way. Read more View the full article

The Shingle House by NORD Architecture is the second completed holiday home in Alain de Botton’s Living Architecture project. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Design duo Kiki & Joost has created a collection of solar panels for MyEnergySkin, a Dutch company that wants to make products attractive enough to cover building facades. Read more View the full article

In this week's comments update, readers are disgusted by a marketing campaign for a gold flip phone launched by Pablo Escobar's brother. Read more View the full article

One of Anthony Gormley‘s sculptures appears to guard the entrance to the British artist’s new galvanised steel workshop, designed by London architects Carmody Groarke. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A multi-sensory exhibition at the V&A's Norfolk House Music Room, created as part of this month's London Design Festival, aims to bring the work Estonian composer Arvo Pärt to life through his own words. Read more View the full article

Architecture firm ODA has designed a residential building in downtown Seattle that splits in half to create an elevated private park. Read more View the full article

Japanese architects StudioGreenBlue have inserted concrete bars behind the glazed wall in this family home in Fukaya, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Cologne 2012: German brand e15 presented these side tables that combine marble tops with coloured steel bases at trade fair imm cologne last week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Celebrities including Stephen Fry, David Baddiel and Elizabeth Hurley have modelled face masks designed by Ron Arad that will be sold to raise money for the UK's National Health Service. Read more View the full article

Brooklyn studio Interboro Partners have won this year’s MoMA/P.S.1 Young Architects Program competition to design a temporary installation in the courtyard of the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Centre in New York. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A conceptual New York skyscraper, imagined as "the longest building in the world", had some readers exercising their imagination in this week's comments update. Read more View the full article

London Design Festival 2010: designer Paul Cocksedge has installed a large buckled disc outside the Southbank Centre in London. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article