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Photographer Roland Halbe has sent us his photographs of a chemical laboratory at the Universidad de Alcalá by Madrid architect Héctor Fernández-Elorza. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

US firm Chen + Suchart Studio has renovated and expanded a 1930s dwelling in Phoenix, Arizona, adding a metal-clad volume with a window wall and a pointy roof (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Chinese studios HAD Architects and EPOS paired wood panelling with perforated metal inside this tiny Chengdu coffee shop, which also features a combined bookshelf and staircase. Read more View the full article

Zaha Hadid Architects have unveiled their design for the largest cultural building in China, to be located in Chengdu in the Sichuan Province. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Italian architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas have won a competition to build a cultural complex in Chengdu, China, with designs for spiralling buildings inspired by the city's ancient emblem. (more...) View the full article

Chinese designer Chengxu Tian's Layering Movement collection of footwear features textured, stripy patterns created by injection moulding (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Stockholm studio Andreas Martin-Löf Arkitekter has completed a cluster of affordable apartment blocks in the Swedish capital, featuring facades with alternating opaque and transparent sections. Read more View the full article

Twelve volumes built with rammed earth form this residence in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, designed by Cherem Arquitectos. Read more View the full article

American studio Pugh + Scarpa have completed a mixed-use building in Los Angeles clad in perforated metal panels, which open to reveal balconies and glimpses of the brightly-coloured building. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

British designer Tom Price has made an enchanted grove of cherry trees out of plastic tubes and cable ties. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2012: wonky curtains, a disco ball and framed X-ray photographs can be found at the temporary apartment in Milan where design brand Maison Martin Margiela are presenting new furniture this week. (more…) View the full article

A grand top-lit atrium forms an entrance to concerts, recitals and classrooms at this music school in Manchester by local architects Stephenson: ISA Studio (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Central Saint Martins graduate Chiara Tommencioni Pisapia has proposed a method for improving the textile recycling process by using moths to break down the natural fibres in discarded clothing. Read more View the full article

Motion graphics designer Al Boardman celebrates five Chicago skyscrapers in this short animation. (more...) View the full article

Chicago City Council members have voted in favour of MAD Architects' controversial design for the George Lucas Museum of Narrative Art on the shore of Lake Michigan. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: press and industry professionals can register to attend the preview days of this year's Chicago Architecture Biennial on 14 and 15 September, for a first look at the exhibitions. Read more View the full article

The Chicago Architecture Center will take over a space inside a riverfront building by modernist architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, which will be designed by US firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill and is set to open summer 2018. Read more View the full article

The third Chicago Architecture Biennial will forego a single theme in order push the architecture profession to "think more meaningfully" about a host of contemporary issues, according to artistic director Yesomi Umolu. Read more

A black box with pegboards for walls forms the centrepiece of this Chicago office renovated by Australian studio Those Architects, which also includes a batting cage for baseball breaks. Read more View the full article

Floor-to-ceiling glazing permits views across rooms and into the garage of this renovated Chicago office, where the owner's limited-edition Porsche is parked (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Kiosks with stainless steel canopies and a towering glass and chrome sculpture are among the recent enhancements made to Chicago's Navy Pier, one of the largest public piers in the world (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

In a newly released video, American architect Jeanne Gang explains how natural crystal formations inspired the shape of Vista Residences, a new skyscraper proposed for Chicago that will be the world's tallest building designed by a woman (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Traditional Japanese toys inspired this modular furniture by architects Kengo Kuma and Associates for the East Japan Project. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

"Stereotypically male design accents" have been reinterpreted inside this homey, private club for women in senior positions, which has opened in New York City's TriBeCa neighbourhood. Read more

South Korean designer Chiho Cheon was inspired by Seoul's homeless population to create this collection of furniture made from lacquered cardboard and cement. Read more View the full article