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This beachside house on Japan's Ikema Island is perched on a concrete base to ensure the living spaces inside enjoy an optimal view of the East China Sea. Read more View the full article

US President Donald Trump's first budget plan includes a sizeable downpayment on his promised wall along the country's southern border with Mexico. Read more View the full article

October's Biennale Interieur furniture fair in Belgium has been postponed to 2021 while next year's Tallinn Architecture Biennale in Estonia has been pushed back to 2022. Read more View the full article

Coming to London for our Dezeen Day conference and the Dezeen Awards party on 30 October? To help you make the most of your trip, here's a guide to the best shows in town. Read more View the full article

Climbers in the Alps can now spend their nights sleeping in a tube that cantilevers over the edge of a mountain. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Madrid studios Mi5 Arquitectos and PKMN Architectures have built a half-submerged culture and leisure centre in the middle of a public square in Teruel, Spain (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

To coincide with Design Week Mexico, we've created a new Pinterest board that showcases the best architecture in Mexico City, including David Chipperfield's Nuevo Polanco and a concrete culinary school with board-marked walls. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › View the full article

Chinese studio Interval Architects have completed a pavilion that snakes around a school square in Beijing like the tracks of a roller coaster. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Haworth white papers: higher education institutes around the world are undergoing radical change as they swap old-fashioned lecture rooms for flexible learning spaces, according to an expert in educational environments. Read more View the full article

Royal College of Art graduate Ben Faga is encouraging bees in London to swarm and set up new hives. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2010: the Design Products department at the Royal College of Art in London have launched a collection of pieces for sale, designed by the course’s graduates. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> 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

Design Week Mexico 2016: empty cuboids representing both museum vitrines and coffins are stacked to create this installation outside Mexico City's Museo Tamayo (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Get 40% off this watch by Japanese architects SANAA to look like a cat curled around the wrist in the Dezeen Watch Store summer sale. Available in green, yellow or pink, the Neko watch is now only £45 (UK and EU) or £37.50 (rest of the world). Get yours here » Don’t forget you can get 10% off any product at Dezeen Super Store at 38 Monmouth Street, London WC2 with this flyer. View the full article

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Fornasetti founder Piero Fornasetti (above). With a new wallpaper collection for Cole & Son coming out this month, we met up with Piero's son, Barnaba Fornasetti (below), who told us the story behind the eccentric Italian design house that he now heads (+ interview + slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Design graduates from Boston's Northeastern University present thesis projects including visualisations of traditional Indian dance moves and augmented-reality representations of taste in this Virtual Design Festival school show. Read more View the full article

Architects Sílvia Rocio, Mariana Póvoa and Esse Studio have used curtains, patterned tiles and pendant lighting to create this homely office for a mobile dating app in Lisbon, Portugal. Read more View the full article

If you’ve always wanted to be photographed wearing a chocolate moustache, come along to the party Dezeen is co-hosting with Red, the association of Spanish design companies, in Berlin on Friday. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A hill-like green roof with a skylight helps to blend this public library by Toronto architecture firm RDHA into its grassy surrounds. Read more View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeenjobs, including positions at Herzog & de Meuron in Basel and OMA in Rotterdam, plus the last chance to apply for roles at Dezeen, Buro Ole Scheeren, Matteo Thun & Partners and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In our second exclusive video interview with Christo, the artist looks back at some of his most ambitious projects and claims that all critical responses to them are valid. Read more View the full article

This timber-clad house extension in Norway by Oslo studio Rever & Drage features curvy towers that point outwards like periscopes (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Opinion: Apple's latest launches show it has become reactive rather than innovative, but after leading the market for 30 years it could still have an important role to play, says Karim Rashid. (more...) View the full article

Sony's latest research suggests that the homes of the future will feature sensors that can turn any object into a light switch or a music system, and lighting and shadows that follow you around. Read more View the full article

A meeting table with swinging chairs (above) leads the latest issue of Dezeen Mail, which includes the best stories and comments from readers plus new jobs, competitions, movies and more. Read Dezeen Mail issue 118 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article