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Paris architects Béal & Blanckaert have completed a Corten-clad library in the grounds of a monastery in northern France (photography by Julien Lanoo). (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: German architect Selcuk Ünyilmaz has prepared designs for a £2.2 million mosque near Hamburg with wind turbines in its minarets – Guardian </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This small wooden pavilion was modelled on the design of a rural shed and added to an old museum in Germany by architects Von M (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Spanish architect Andrés Jaque has completed this house on a sloping site in Ibiza with a jumble of cascading terraces supported on stilts. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These spinning ‘light paintings’ made with sparkling crystal beads by designer Philippe Malouin are currently on show in the Digital Crystal exhibition at London’s Design Museum (+ movie + slideshow). (more…) View the full article

With the deadline for Dezeen Awards 2020 fast approaching, we spoke to last year's victors to find out how winning has helped them win business, get international press coverage and feel like they're standing "on top of the world for a moment". Read more View the full article

Dezeenwire: the Kingkey Finance Tower by architects Farrells, the tallest tower in Shenzhen, China, topped out today. More details below. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Visitors enter this nursery in northeast France through a curving concrete orifice. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Indian architect Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi reflects on 70 years of pioneering architectural projects in the Royal Academy of Arts' annual architecture lecture, which we streamed live via our Facebook page. Read more View the full article

Porsche has unveiled its first all-electric sports car at the Frankfurt Motor Show, becoming the latest brand to incorporate rechargeable battery technology into its vehicles (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The Architectural Design Institute of South China University of Technology has completed a youth development facility, by renovating a former primary school and adding a series of covered bamboo campsite spaces. Read more

Competition: we're giving readers the chance to win one of five copies of a new book of projects by Ma Yansong, director at Beijing architecture studio MAD, including the recently completed China Wood Sculpture Museum in Harbin. (more...) View the full article

Projects by HOK, Arquitectonica and Morphosis have been singled out for criticism in Trump's draft executive order for federal buildings, which would outlaw brutalist and deconstructivist styles if it becomes law. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: textile brand Camira has unveiled a report of key colours, fabrics and moods expected to influence commercial interiors for the next two years. Read more View the full article

This small bookshop in Bratislava, Slovakia, has a climbing wooden floor that allows it to double-up as an informal auditorium. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese architects Maker have completed a Hiroshima restaurant where timber slats on the ceiling descend around the dining tables. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This multi-storey car park in Soissons, France, by Paris firm Jacques Ferrier Architectures has an undulating facade of vertical timbers. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Vienna Design Week 2011: Vienna Design Week opens tomorrow and local designer Thomas Feichtner will present his chair with a seat suspended at the centre of a cubic oak frame. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: a team of engineers based in California have created a material made from a lattice of hollow metallic tubes that they claim is the lightest in the world – BBC The substance is 100 times lighter than Styrofoam and consists of 99.99% air. Tubes with a wall thickness 1,000 times thinner than a human hair are used to create the lattice structure that gives the material it’s strength. Potential applications include shock and sound absorption and thermal insulation. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

SANAA has built a small passenger terminal shaped like a cloud for a port on the Japanese island of Naoshima, which is famed for its contemporary art scene. Read more View the full article

In the first of three posts about the Digital Crystal exhibition at London’s Design Museum, we look at a mechanical projector built by London design studio Troika which uses Swarovski crystal lenses and LEDs to create portraits on the gallery wall (+ slideshow). (more…) 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

Chinese product designer Sheng Yin collaborated with artist Kai Yi to create this entirely black series of wood and leather furniture. Read more View the full article

We’ve used this track by The Dead Sun on today’s TV round-up of MOST, which you can watch here if you haven’t seen it already. We were only able to use a short looping section in the movie, but the full version is well worth checking out. About Dezeen Music Project | More tracks | Submit your track View the full article

London Design Festival 2011: here are some photos of an installation by Japanese designers Nendo at the headquarters of design brand Established & Sons during the London Design Festival this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article