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Japanese architects Akinari Tanaka, POI, Nawakenjimu and Lapin have completed this diamond-shaped house in Kokura, Japan, with a ledge in one corner for climbing up to the roof terrace. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A Jewish purification ritual takes place in the pools of this Mexico City bathhouse. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here are some photographs of Dezeen’s new offices at The Surgery in north London, designed by London studio Post-Office. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: Dezeen will be at Ventura Lambrate in Milan all next week, where we’re collaborating with Yves Behar and Jawbone on the JamScape installation and showcasing our Dezeen Watch Store collection as well as making video documentaries about events and exhibitions in the district for our forthcoming movie website www.dezeenscreen.com. If you’re exhibition there and want us to feature you and your work read on… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French designer Elise Gabriel’s series of furniture made by wrapping cellulose fibres round the joints is on show at Galerie Gosserez in Paris. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

American architect Eric J Smith has used stone, oak and glass in this poet's writing studio, to "reinforce its sense of belonging" in the Connecticut woods. Read more View the full article

The site of BIG's proposed new national theatre in Tirana has become the focus of anti-government protests as demolition of the original theatre begins. Read more View the full article

Tactile sisal surfaces helped Master Studio foster an inviting atmosphere inside this pared-back coffee bar in Cape Town, South Africa. Read more

A prototype of the London 2012 Olympic Torch by designers BarberOsgerby was unveiled in London this morning. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

American architect Richard Meier has designed a limited edition Hanukkah menorah (candle holder) for the Jewish Museum in New York, to commemorate 4,000 years of Jewish history. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This Barcelona school by architects Arqtel Barcelona has an exposed concrete structure with painted vertical bands of citrus colours. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

As part of Virtual Design Festival's collaboration with Stockholm Design Week, the founder of the Material Library in Stockholm reveals what Scandinavian designers look for when they visit, and discusses environmentally friendly materials. Read more View the full article

Ceramic tiles arranged in a grid pattern line the interior of this children's shoe store in Barcelona by local studio Nábito (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this movie we filmed at Dezeen Space, designer Jan Rose talks about his furniture that’s knitted from steel wire and boiled leather. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: the first edition of the International Design Furniture Fair will take place in Hong Kong from 21 to 23 August (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Designer Bénédicte de Lescure has created this concertina trestle table for French brand La Corbeille. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake has created a range of LED lamps for Italian lighting company Artemide that unfold from flat 2D shapes into 3D shades. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: almost a quarter of architects remain underemployed according to the the latest Future Trends Survey released by the Royal Institute of British Architects in London. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Moss is expected to grow on the perforated aluminium skin of this museum extension in San Sebastián by Spanish studio Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Indonesian architects Atelier Riri have designed this house in the dense residential area of Bintaro in Jakarta, Indonesia. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Interest in conservation and small scale development is growing in China, according to Shanghai architects Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu, whose conversion of a former colonial police station opened in the city this month (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Designers have spoken out against racism in America with Bec Brittain posting a black square on her Instagram account and David Adjaye sharing an image of a burning building in Minneapolis. Read more View the full article

In an interview published here as part of VDF x Alcova, German siblings Merle and Till Richter of Sammlung Walter spoke about how they see their fashion and furniture pieces less like products and more like experiments in the "art of fabrication". Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Isabel Helf has created a collection of bags named Portable Compulsion that reference illnesses associated with compulsive orderliness. Read more View the full article

In this second movie filmed by Dezeen at the Blickfang designworkshop in Vienna last month, young designers Yi-Cong Lu (above), Hanna Emelie Ernsting and Only ET Will Judge Me talk about what they have learned. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article