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Behind a glass facade, a basket weave of timber encases the living and dining areas of this house in Nara, Japan by Japanese studio Tadashi Yoshimura Architects. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Senegalese-American singer Akon says he has signed an agreement with the government of Senegal to build a city with a cryptocurrency-based economy named Akon City. Read more View the full article

London architects Studio Octopi have transformed this London terraced house into a combined gallery and living space by exposing the building’s structure and introducing display cabinets. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Serpentine Gallery in London has unveiled designs for this year’s Serpentine Gallery Pavilion: a walled garden by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Visitors enter a museum of energy near a nuclear power plant in Spain through a curved wall of light. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designers Scott, Rich and Victoria of London and Auckland have created this collection of oak and metal furniture. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Brussels designer Alain Gilles has designed this modular storage system for Italian brand Casamania. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This galvanised metal office block by Japanese studio Ninkipen! is slotted into a narrow gap between two Tokyo buildings, and has an interior with an intentionally unfinished appearance (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: sales of air-conditioned clothing have increased tenfold in Japan this summer as the disasters that hit the country in March continue to cause power shortages - ABC News Designed by Hiroshi Ichigaya, the Kuchofuku jackets feature a battery-operated fan in each side to draw air inside, over the skin and out through the cuffs and neck. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designer Samuel Wilkinson created these mouth-blown glass lamps specifically to house the Plumen 001 low-energy light bulbs released by Hulger last month (see our earlier story). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Cologne 2012: Japanese designer Yota Kakuda has created this collection of small wooden storage and display units for French brand Ligne Roset. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Aaron Betsky has resigned as president of Frank Lloyd Wright's School of Architecture at Taliesin and will become the director of Virginia Tech's School of Architecture + Design. Read more View the full article

Architect Foster + Partners has completed its first residential skyscraper in London, which contains 299 luxury apartments. Read more View the full article

VDF studio profiles: Buckley Gray Yeoman is an employee-owned London architecture studio known for its imaginative conversion and restoration projects. Read more View the full article

The newly opened ME Dubai hotel at the Opus by Zaha Hadid Architects features furniture by Zaha Hadid Design and curving sculptural balconies. Read more View the full article

Milan designer Paolo Dell'Elce has based the shapes of these mirror-polished spun brass vases for Swedish metalware company Skultuna on vessels in paintings by a 20th century Italian artist. (more...) View the full article

A survey of UK university applicants in 2017 has revealed that 14,000 fewer students are opting to enrol onto art and design courses than last year. Read more View the full article

Our updated Pinterest board showcases inventive shed design, including a converted 1930s outhouse and a shed-cum-painting studio in the Netherlands. Read more View the full article

This triangular house poking out of the ground in Gifu, Japan, is by Japanese studio Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Marianne Goebl (below) has been appointed director of design collectors’ fair Design Miami/. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

VDF products fair: Aeternum's range of Mourning jewellery is designed to offer people who are grieving a death "something to hold in times of sorrow". Read more View the full article

Architecture firms Snøhetta, Studio Gang and Henning Larsen have been shortlisted to design a presidential library for Theodore Roosevelt in Medora, North Dakota. Read more View the full article

This exclusive photography by Monica Nouwens captures the razing of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, as part of controversial plans to redevelop the site with a Peter Zumthor-designed building. Read more View the full article

Visitors to this cafe in Barcelona by architect Barbara Appolloni are led up this concrete staircase to the upper storey and a terrace beyond. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: British architect Lord Norman Foster has surrendered his seat in the House of Lords in order to retain his “non-domiciled” tax status and avoid paying full British taxes. Foster will be able to retain his title despite his resignation – The Press Association. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article