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Work has commenced on the development set to include San Francisco's second-tallest building, designed by UK firm Foster + Partners. Read more View the full article

Construction has started on a new sports centre by architect Steven Holl for Columbia University in New York. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> 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

News: London architecture firm Grimshaw has unveiled a masterplan for the home of the annual Wimbledon Championships tennis tournament. (more...) View the full article

Milan 2013: we'll be rounding up our highlights from each major design district in Milan as the week unfolds, starting with Dezeen editor Rose Etherington's choice of new furniture and lighting at the Salone. (more...) View the full article

Original brickwork, mahogany panelling and a new guest casita are featured in this 1950s Texas dwelling that has been meticulously renovated by local studio Clayton & Little. Read more

KOY is introducing The Sculptural Forms Of Terracotta, a collection of biomorphic furniture, at VDF x Ventura Projects. Read more View the full article

A recessed balcony carves a rectangular hole in the facade of a writer’s house in north Hollywood. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: international design festival DMY Berlin will return to the German city's Tempelhof airport from 28 May to 1 June to showcase projects by over 500 designers. (more...) View the full article

British designer John Pawson has applied his signature minimalist aesthetic to a Barbican flat, which is simply arranged around a timber volume. Read more

News: the world's first building to be powered entirely by algae is being piloted in Hamburg, Germany, by engineering firm Arup. (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

Spanish studio Langarita-Navarro Arquitectos have completed a road-side restaurant and event space on a motorway junction near Zaragoza, Spain. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: Ora is the fourth watch by Italian designer Denis Guidone to be available from Dezeen Watch Store. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Sharks suspended in formaldehyde, graphics of oversized pills and flooring patterned with butterflies await high-rolling guests staying in this hotel suite, which British artist Damien Hirst has designed for the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. Read more

Architects and designers working across the Americas are now invited to submit their entries to the 2020 edition of the AHEAD Awards. Read more View the full article

Sports brand Nike have opened an east London store where shoppers can see themselves reflected on motion-sensitive LED walls. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The first products from new Danish design brand Herman Cph include a series of side tables with oak tops and slender steel legs (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Madrid firm OOIIO has designed a lopsided photo frame-shaped hotel that appears to have crashed into a cliff face near Lima in Peru. (more...) View the full article

Swedish office Uglycute have completed a restaurant in Stockholm that features a bar made of hardboard panels edged in brass. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Online marketplace 1st Dibs has opened its first brick-and-mortar store in a former warehouse in New York City, where customers can peruse new works by Fernando Mastrangelo Studio and Ladies & Gentlemen Studio, as well as antiques. Read more

Swedish designers Humans since 1982 have created a hair clip with eyes on to make the wearer look like they’re standing the other way round and wearing a niqāb headdress. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed its proposal for four interconnected towers in Shenzhen, China, which will contain the open-plan headquarters for OPPO. Read more View the full article

London Design Festival 2010: designer Jaime Hayón launches a collection of furniture including this tubular club chair (above) for London design brand Sé as part of the London Design Festival this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2012: Austrian designer Robert Stadler will present a bookshelf that separates the books you’ve finished from those you haven’t read yet at Galleria Nilufar in Milan next week. (more…) View the full article