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Zaha Hadid has completed a Hong Kong boutique for Stuart Weitzman - her latest sinuous store interior for the American footwear designer. (more...) View the full article

Japanese firm Horibe Associates has completed this combined home and dog-grooming salon in Japan's Ōita prefecture (+ slideshow). (more...) 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

Architect David Chipperfield has released images of the completed seafront Turner Contemporary gallery in Margate composed of six identical volumes with an acid-etched glass skin. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Beijing Design Week 2011:a tricycle modified by Canadian artist Nicholas Hanna mimics the Chinese custom of writing temporary messages on the road with water. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

New York designer Dror Benshetrit has created this armchair for Walt Disney Signature and Italian design brand Cappellini, inspired by the forthcoming movie Tron: Legacy. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> 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

The Temporium: our Dezeen Watch Store pop-up at The Temporium, a temporary department store opening in London on Thursday, will feature an exclusive UK preview of Analarm, the new Industrial Facility watch with a vibrating alarm. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: Italian architect Renzo Piano says his London skyscraper, The Shard, will be loved by the public, because “it will be accessible, because it is transparent, understandable and not mysterious” – The Telegraph The public will be able to access restaurants and a viewing gallery at the top of Europe’s tallest building, which fellow architect and friend of Piano, Richard Rogers suggests “will be one of Renzo’s major works [and] one of his major successes.” Piano believes that skyscrapers such as The Shard represent the most responsible approach to tackling the issue of urban sprawl, stating: “It is more socially correct to intensify the city and free up space …

Week eight of Virtual Design Festival featured a programme curated by Milan design platform Alcova and interviews with Ilse Crawford and Farshid Moussavi, plus a full-day takeover by Stockholm's ArkDes museum. Read more View the full article

The Philadelphia Inquirer has apologised for a headline equating the loss of black lives with damage to buildings during protests over the killing of George Floyd in police custody. 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

Concave terracotta tiles form a scallop pattern across the walls of this Barcelona shop, which Kengo Kuma has designed for footwear brand Camper. Read more

Dezeen promotion: in this short film released by Danish tap manufacturer Vola, architecture practice McLaren Excell explains the importance of paying tribute to a building's past during its restoration process. Read more 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

Cologne 2011: Hanna Emelie Ernsting‘s Moody Couch was awarded second prize in the [D3] Contest for young designers at imm cologne this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: the City of Helsinki has commissioned the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation to conduct a study exploring the possibility of creating a new Guggenheim Museum in Finland, to be completed by the end of this year. See press release below. See also: Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo to lead World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 committee (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We've selected five of the top architecture and design roles on Dezeen Jobs this week including positions at designer Yinka Ilori's studio and skincare brand Aesop. Read more View the full article

Here’s a proposal by Asymptote Architecture for a port terminal in the city of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A scooping concrete roof cantilevers over the rear entrance to a house by the Ganges River in northern India. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve teamed up with publishers Frame to offer readers the chance to win one of five copies of Grand Stand 3 – Design for Trade Fair Stands. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week we've selected five of the best interior architect roles available on Dezeen Jobs, including vacancies at Italian studio Vincenzo de Cotiis Architects and German practice HENN. Read more

These new images by architecture photographer Edmon Leong show the undulating contours and glittering surfaces of Zaha Hadid's Dongdaemun Design Plaza complex in Seoul, South Korea (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Industrial designer Yves Béhar of Fuseproject has sent sketches, computer renderings and photos explaining the design and manufacture of Jambox, a portable wireless speaker for Jawbone. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A couple of large-scale projects reached completion in China this week, including OMA's Shenzhen Stock Exchange and MAD's horseshoe-shaped hotel in Huzhou (pictured). Scroll on for more architecture and design news, as well as our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. (more...) View the full article