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You can now order Dezeen Book of Ideas at the reduced price of only £10 instead of £12. This special offer will run for a limited time so get yours quickly! Read on for more details or buy your copy online here. (more...) View the full article

Dezeenwire: German architect Günter Behnisch, founder of Behnisch Architekten, and has died aged 88. Via sueddeutsche.de </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Bayalpata Hospital is a medical complex in Achham, Nepal, built from rammed earth by American architecture office Sharon Davis Design. Read more View the full article

Hospitals and universities are "dinosaurs" that need to be redesigned in the wake of coronavirus, according to architect Carlo Ratti. Read more View the full article

Portuguese artist Didier Faustino has created a mask that clamps over the faces of a kissing couple. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: sports architecture firm Populous claims that original plans to air condition a stadium they are designing for the 2022 Football World Cup are too expensive and “notoriously unsustainable” when used in desert environments – The Independent Populous director John Barrow says they are now considering other options for creating a comfortable climate inside the Sports City stadium and is encouraging the Qatari government to alter its building schedule to give new technologies time to develop. You can see our previous story on the 2012 London Olympic stadium, also by Populous, and all our stadium stories here. </img> </img> </img> </…

This motorway service station along Route 230 in northern Japan, by architects Code, has a black, rectangular form that snakes up from the ground towards a nearby mountain. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2013: Japanese design studio Nendo has unveiled a collection of glass vases inspired by patchwork quilts at the Dilmos Gallery in Milan this week. (more...) View the full article

Crazy 3D printing, a new London tower by UNStudio and an apartment with a four-storey slide all feature in this week's issue of Dezeen Mail, along with the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 143 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Ceramicist Madeline Hall's graduation project from Central Saint Martins was this collection of brightly coloured, gravity-defying sculptures based on religious scenes. Read more View the full article

This tricycle designed for children by Vietnamese firm a21studio has been crafted from bamboo and finished with ropes. (more...) View the full article

Dutch Design Week 2011: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Akko Goldenbeld has made a model of the city that plays the piano. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Miami design brand Field Tiles is using the VDF x Sight Unseen collaboration as a platform to unveil renderings of its debut tile collection in fantastically vibrant settings. Read more View the full article

A renovated home in San Francisco features a pared-down colour scheme with places to eat, mingle and relax, designed by Los Angeles studio JDP Interiors. Read more View the full article

This project by Brazilian photographer Leonardo Finotti examines the architecture and social impact of stadiums that will host matches during the FIFA 2014 World Cup in Brazil, which kicks off this evening in São Paulo (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Fast-food giant McDonalds have commissioned designer Patrick Norguet to redesign their restaurant interiors across France. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Finnish chef Sami Tallberg will take Virtual Design Festival viewers on a live foraging tour of the forest surrounding his home as part of our collaboration with Stockholm Design Week. Watch the broadcast from 3:30pm UK time. Read more View the full article

Pictures have been revealed of the ring made by Apple's departing design chief Jony Ive and his frequent collaborator, renowned designer Marc Newson, from a single enormous diamond. Read more

Dezeen Awards winners and judges including Studio Drift, Arthur Mamou-Mani, Adam Nathaniel Furman and Sevil Peach will take part in a live drop-in conversation from 1:00pm UK time as part of today's VDF x Dezeen Awards collaboration. Read more View the full article

A curving chasm slices off the corner of this showroom building in western Tokyo to create a passageway to its entrance. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Rama Estudio has fronted this apartment block in Ambato, Ecuador with wooden louvres to encourage interactions between residents and passersby. Read more

Following the popularity of his series of video blogs for VDF, Tokyo architect Martin van der Linden has created a special movie about the post-coronavirus office, in which he wonders whether physical workspaces will become entirely digital. Read more View the full article

Entries for Dezeen Awards 2020 close in 10 days, start your entry today so you don't miss the deadline! Read more View the full article

Dezeen Wire: an exhibition of design for sports is on show at the Design Museum in London to coincide with the London 2012 Olympics. (more…) View the full article

Today's collaboration between Virtual Design Festival and filmmakers Laura Mark and Jim Stephenson sees the launch of their film Zaha Hadid: Words by Eva Jiřičná. Read more View the full article