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A+Awards: the next project in our collaboration with Architizer is a tinted concrete and steel crematorium in Holsbeek, Belgium, which was named as one of the winners in the religious buildings and memorials category at the 2016 A+Awards (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Bureau Rhizome's interior for this contemporary Russian restaurant is influenced by a neighbouring Danish design school. Read more View the full article

Curved glass doors puncture the residential extension of a brick house in Montreal, designed by local studio TBA. Read more View the full article

Designer Marjan van Aubel will speak to Dezeen in a Screentime conversation sponsored by Philips TV & Sound as part of Virtual Design Festival. Watch it here live from 2:00pm UK time. Read more View the full article

San Francisco designer Yves Behar has designed the inaugural product from new Danish mobile phone brand Æsir. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A colourful cashmere sofa, bronze chandeliers and stained-glass sculptures are among the mix of plush and sculptural objects American designer Misha Kahn is displaying at New York gallery Friedman Benda. Read more View the full article

US firm Aamodt Plumb Architects has created a spacious, oceanfront home in the Hamptons with a sturdy exterior shell that protects the dwelling from coastal storms. Read more View the full article

Wooden horses wearing ties, hats, scarves and shoes from the new Hermès collection are included in a set of interiors by Spanish designers CuldeSac. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

World Heritage Corb: long before he built the famed Cité Radieuse in Marseille, French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier explored similar housing principles for the 1932 Immeuble Clarté in Geneva – one of 17 of his buildings added to UNESCO's World Heritage list (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

After more than a year of prototyping, Savannah studio Don't Take This The Wrong Way has unveiled its design for a chair that consists of a single cardboard box. Read more View the full article

Measuring people's happiness with architecture is a step towards trying to control them, says Reinier de Graaf. Read more

Dezeenwire: the Mayor of London has published a guide containing 90 standards for new housing in London - London Evening Standard The new London Housing Design Guide can be downloaded here. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Spanish studio Raúl Sánchez Architects has transformed two derelict apartments in downtown Barcelona into a spacious two-storey home, centred around a pair of double-height gold cubes. Read more View the full article

Dutch designers Studio Makkink & Bey present furniture and household appliances combined with packing crates at Spring Projects in London. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A winding road of white concrete becomes an integral part of House on the Road by Robert Konieczny's studio KWK Promes, for a riverside plot in Poland. Read more

London Design Festival 2011: Czech designer Maxim Velčovský presents a series of containers made from semi-finished iron piping at Mint in London. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We've been reporting on the Stockholm Furniture Fair this week, where we spotted spherical glass lamps that appear to be steamed up, furniture made from sewn plywood and a collection of pentagonal wooden furniture. Read on for more architecture and design stories from the past seven days, plus our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. (more...) View the full article

Bjarke Ingels Group have won a competition to convert a Basel warehouse with their design for an extension that will zigzag across the roof like a bolt of lightening. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> 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

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

This house on the outskirts of Isa, Japan is by architects EASTERN design office and has been raised on a concrete block to afford views of the sea. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen is proud to be online media partner for Ventura Lambrate design district in Milan next month and we’ve teamed up with initiators Organisation in Design to provide this downloadable map and guide to the area. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A bicycle that can be pedalled with hands and feet at the same time has been developed by Dutch studio TSG Essempio. (more...) View the full article

Swings serve as shelves in this Tokyo shop by Japanese designer Hiroaki Matsuyama of Minorpoet. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The top stories on Dezeen this week are all about slides, skyscrapers and animal products. (more…) View the full article