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Japanese studio Epitaph have remodelled the interior of this bungalow in Iwate, Japan, by removing internal walls and exposing the roof truss structure. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Concertinaed paper-like ribbons swoop through an exhibition about performance art and movement designed by London firm Amanda Levete Architects at the Hayward Gallery in London. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Italian design brand Skitsch have sacked their CEO Renato Preti. See press release below. More about Skitsch on Dezeen » (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: AMO, the research studio of architects OMA, launch a report today outlining how the world’s energy needs could be met without using fossil fuels. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Graphic designer Max Erdenberger of Wieden + Kennedy has designed this screen-printed poster to raise money for disaster relief following the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan at the end of last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: architecture critic Jonathan Glancey writes about his visit to Masdar, the zero-carbon city by Foster + Partners under construction in Abu Dhabi. The Guardian See our story on the first completed building in Masdar » See our story on Foster + Partners masterplan for Masdar » See all our stories about Foster + Partners » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A louvred timber canopy fans up from the centre of this restaurant near Sydney by Australian architects Koichi Takada. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: The New York Times is set to name its art critic and columnist Michael Kimmelman as its new architecture critic, following the departure last month of Nicolai Ouroussoff – Chicago Tribune. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In the first of two movies filmed by Dezeen at the Blickfang designworkshop in Vienna last month, curators Stefan Diez, Saskia Diez and Stephen Burks explain the workshop’s remit to develop designers’ business and branding skills. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Stairs lead past lumpy cork-covered walls to a rooftop swimming pool at a house in the south of France by architect Raphaëlle Segond. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Fast-food giant McDonalds have commissioned designer Patrick Norguet to redesign their restaurant interiors across France. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Spanish studio Virai Arquitectos have completed a sandstone winery that is partially submerged in the ground. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: Canadian designer Eric Cheung of studio AT.AW. presents his range of Orphans Plush toys in this movie we filmed at our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A electronically controlled stone wall slides across the facade of this house in Warwickshire, England, to conceal a large window. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Tapered tree-like columns support a triangulated wooden canopy at this summer pavilion in Helsinki designed by Aalto University student Pyry-Pekka Kantonen (photos by Tiia Ettala). (more…) View the full article

French designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance based this bookcase for design brand Meta on the spiralling shape of an ammonite fossil. (more…) View the full article

Street artist Banksy has created two new works to mark the London 2012 Olympics. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: the Japanese Pavilion curated by Toyo Ito (pictured above) has been awarded best pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. (more…) View the full article

This art museum by architect Renzo Piano straddles a canal in Oslo’s harbour (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: Italian architect and designer Gae Aulenti, best known for the interior design of Paris art gallery the Musée d’Orsay, has died at the age of 84. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: the latest version of the VOID V03 watch by David Ericsson features an alarm and date function and comes with a leather strap. The watch is available in two colours: white (above) and black. Get yours online for £220 with free shipping worldwide. (more…) View the full article

The Barcelona Pavilion filled with junk from its basement (above), a vibrating fork and an A-Z of architects all feature in this week's Dezeen Mail, which also includes the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 134 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

An exhibition of projects nominated for Designs of the Year including Zaha Hadid's table inspired by a glacier and a stool made on a fishing trawler (above) opens tomorrow at London's Design Museum. (more...) View the full article

News: planning permission has been granted for Daniel Libeskind's proposed peace centre on the site of the notorious former Maze prison in Belfast. (more...) View the full article