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Lattices of dark blockwork wrap around a verdant courtyard and narrow swimming pool at this hotel in Mexico City, overhauled by local firm JSa. Read more View the full article

Danish architects ADEPT and Luplau & Poulsen have won a competition to design harbour-side housing blocks in their hometown of Aarhus. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan design platform Alcova is taking over VDF today to present a programme of interviews with eight international studios whose work could guide us into a better post-pandemic future. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Christina Seewald has designed a collection of cotton garments named Shewee that feature and reference the female urination devices. Read more View the full article

Dezeen has selected 30 designers to showcase their talents at Dezeen Space, Dezeen’s month-long residency in Shoreditch during London Design Festival, London Fashion Week and Frieze Art Fair. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In this short interview we conducted as part of our Food and Design report for luxury kitchen appliances brand Scholtès, Design Academy Eindhoven chairwoman Anne Mieke Eggenkamp presents graduate projects involving food, including this system that uses sand to keep vegetables fresh (above). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Temporium: we have ten Jambox portable wireless speakers in limited-edition packaging designed by Yves Behar of Fuseproject on sale at The Temporium, our pop-up design store in London. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: building-centric activities will take place throughout October in New York City, as part of a celebration organised by the Center for Architecture. Read more View the full article

Movie: designer Arik Levy explains why he wanted to design a range of bent-wood chairs in this movie produced by Dezeen for Czech furniture brand TON. (more…)

Bartlett School of Architecture graduate Richard Hardy has shared with us his short film imagining an autonomous, artificially intelligent, sustainable city (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

American firm Choi + Shine Architects designed these conceptual electricity pylons shaped like human figures to march across the Icelandic landscape. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we have teamed up with Rafael Viñoly Architects to give away five copies of their new monograph, written by Rafael Viñoly and critic Philip Jodidio. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

For our review of 2019, Sebastian Jordahn selects the best videos produced by Dezeen Studio, including an interview with Norman Foster about high-tech architecture, our Glastonbury Festival design highlights and a profile of Frida Escobedo. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this movie filmed at the MuseumsQuartier in Vienna, German projection artists Urbanscreen transform the surface of the Leopold Museum into a three-dimensional film canvas. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Iconic landmarks were transformed into stages for September's fashion shows. We've picked out 15 architecturally influenced set designs during New York, London, Milan and Paris Fashion Week this year. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Wire: thirty UK branches of furniture chain Habitat are to go into administration as part of a deal involving the sale of the brand and the three London stores, the BBC reports. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Innovationen Tower, a 125-metre high tower formed of stacked precast concrete modules, has completed as part of an OMA-designed housing development in Stockholm. Read more View the full article

The top two floors of this office for Nestlé Waters in Beirut projects out by 15 metres to create a clear route below for trucks to access the warehouse next door (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Plaster walls, terracotta tiles and powder-blue details feature 28 Posti, a restaurant in Milan that has been revamped by architect and designer Cristina Celestino. Read more View the full article

Spanish architecture practice Studio Wet has built a linear house behind a ceramic brick facade and under a single mono-pitched roof in the village of Alosno. Read more View the full article

A multifunctional stool and bentwood chair are two of Frattinifrilli's latest products, launching as part of VDF's collaboration with Ventura Projects. Read more View the full article

Dezeenwire: the Plastiki boat made entirely from plastic bottles (see our earlier story) has arrived in Sydney after a 130-day voyage across the Pacific from San Francisco. More information on the Plastiki blog.See also: our story about the boat’s design.</img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A section of tarmac appears to have been peeled back from the surface of a car park at London's Southbank Centre, suspending a car upside down in artist Alex Chinneck's latest illusionary installation (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Architecture studio BVH used materials such as charred wood and weathering steel to help a visitor centre in a wilderness preserve hold up against harsh weather conditions. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Julia Körner marries fashion with 3D printing in the design of the Setae Jacket, which takes its cues from butterfly wings. Read more View the full article