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Polly is a brightly-coloured pavilion designed by Charles Holland Architects, which has taken up residence in the grounds of Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal in North Yorkshire. Read more View the full article

White balloons spill out the windows and doors of a house, invade a golf course and overflow from a burnt-out car in a series of installations by French artist Charles Pétillon (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: furniture designer Charles Pollock has died in a house fire in New York, aged 83. (more...) View the full article

Two aeronautical engineers have designed this series of luggage featuring rigid Canadian wood and leather shells. Read more

A wooden ladder leads up to a set of white cabinets filled with animal bones, plants and a preserved tarantula in this science laboratory designed by Charles Tashima Architecture for a London primary school. Read more View the full article

Charlie Luxton Design decided to "refurbish not demolish" a neglected, brick bungalow on the edge of a village in the Cotswolds to create a family home. Read more View the full article

Industrial designer Charlotte Kingsnorth has created a set of furniture with distinctly patterned surfaces, produced by applying chemicals and pigments to heated bronze. Read more

New York designer Charlotte McCurdy has fashioned a water-resistant jacket from a plastic made of algae, which captures existing CO2 from the atmosphere. Read more View the full article

Graduate shows 2016: Central Saint Martins student Charlotte Nordmoen has designed a robotic potter that anticipates a time when human labour is no longer needed. (more…) View the full article

An extensive exhibition of Charlotte Perriand's work at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris reveals the art-filled interiors and architectural scale of the French designer's expansive life and career. Read more

An exhibition of furniture, photography and artworks by the late Modernist designer Charlotte Perriand is on show at the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich in Switzerland. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Les Arcs, a 1960s ski resort in France designed by a collective of architects led by Charlotte Perriand, is celebrating its half centenary. Here are the architecture highlights of the modernist resort. Read more

Geneva studio Clavienrossier created this home in the Swiss Alps by adding two tinted concrete volumes atop the remains of a stone house and adjacent barn. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This charred timber cabin by Chilean studio DRAA is raised over a hillside on stilts to afford better views of the nearby mountains (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Toronto studio Atelier Kastelic Buffey has designed this blackened wood holiday home and boathouse alongside a large deck for diving into Ontario lake. Read more

Charred cedar clads the walls of this house in Aichi, Japan, by architecture studio MDS, while exposed wooden beams create a rack-like effect on the underside of the diagonally slanted roof. (more...) View the full article

Miami's Magaldi Studio used charred wood and dark stone to blend this boxy house "as a shadow in the green surroundings" of Valle de Bravo, Mexico. Read more View the full article

A freestanding concrete staircase spirals between the floors of this timber-frame and stone building remodelled by the founders of A1 Architects to form their own home and studio in Prague (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Milan 2011: German designer Stefan Diez will present this chair made using vehicle manufacturing technology for design brand Wilkhahn in Milan next week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Paris architects Nadau Lavergne have completed a rusted steel winery on a World Heritage Site in the south of France. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

News: the rise of affordable 3D printers is sparking a boom in demand for personalised sex toys that can be ordered online or printed at home. (more...) View the full article

These Stockholm offices for fashion brand Cheap Monday by Swedish designers Uglycute feature a conference room inside a pyramid. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: new plans by Dixon Jones, Squire & Partners and Kim Wilkie to redevelop the controversial Chelsea Barracks site in central London have been approved by Westminster Council - BBC Developer Qatari Diar withdrew its earlier plan by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners in 2009, following criticism of the design from Prince Charles. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Herzog & de Meuron's plans to update Chelsea FC's Stamford Bridge stadium have been put on hold indefinitely due to an "unfavourable investment climate". Read more View the full article

Concrete bricks create geometric patterns on the facade of this house in Québec by architects Kariouk Associates (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article