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Austrian design studio LAAC Architekten and Stiefel Kramer Architecture have completed this public plaza in Innsbruck, Austria, with an undulating concrete surface. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> 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

Slim batons of timber clad the facade of this medical clinic by Alt Arkkitehdit, which is set on the edge of a Finnish forest. (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

Zaha Hadid 1950-2016: Patrik Schumacher has paid tribute to the "empowering" and "unprecedented" architectural moves developed by his former partner Zaha Hadid, who died unexpectedly in March following a heart attack. (more…) View the full article

This time last year Foster + Partners completed a solar-powered urban development in Abu Dhabi and unveiled plans for a museum in the same city with wing-shaped towers designed to act as thermal chimneys. Dezeen compiled an extensive report for kitchen appliances brand Scholtès that explored the relationship between food and design, Yves Béhar of Fuseproject sent us early sketches of his Jambox speaker and we rounded up all of our stories on education buildings. Zaha Hadid Architects’ proposal for a theatre in Morocco was described by one reader as looking like “a giant mobile phone or maybe a vacuum cleaner,” and architect Álvaro Leite Siza designed a home for himsel…

Montreal firm Natalie Dionne Architecture added a new brick facade to an apartment building in the city to transform it into a light-filled and contemporary home. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: SuperTube is a space-saving drainage system designed by Swiss brand Geberit to maximise floor area and ceiling heights in high-rise buildings. Read more View the full article

Photo essay: these images by Spanish photographer Victor Enrich show Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum transported to a Colombian city neighbourhood suffering from an identity crisis (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Monolithic concrete colonnades wrap around a pool in this studio and gallery that Mexican architect Arcadio Marín has designed for his sculptor brother Javier. Read more View the full article

BIG has completed a circular enclosure at a zoo in Denmark to house two giant pandas that have been relocated from Chengdu, China. Read more View the full article

Kingston University graduate Aaron Dunkerton has designed an enclosed cavity brick fitting that allows endangered birds to nest in new buildings and garden walls. (more...) View the full article

London design studio Yang:Ripol have remixed humble stationery items to create a pen that doubles as a pencil case and an eraser-capped pencil with its own brush. (more…) View the full article

Movie: in this second movie from our series in anticipation of an exclusive event we’re hosting at the Nike+ House of Innovation on Thursday, Nike‘s global creative director for the Olympics Martin Lotti explains how they created the Nike Flyknit Racer running shoe with an upper that’s knitted like a sock. (more…) View the full article

As London's Geffrye Museum sets to reopen as the Museum of the Home for summer 2020, director Sonia Solicari explains why she thinks the history of interiors is "absolutely relevant" in contemporary society. Read more View the full article

New York firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro has completed a new medical centre for Columbia University that features a vivid orange "study cascade" occupying the whole south facade (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The Temporium: readers in London can download this flyer to get 10% off Dezeen Watch Store purchases at our Christmas shop The Temporium plus the chance to win a goodie bag worth over £100! (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Small square openings are scattered across the facade of this after-school clubhouse in Cannes, France, offering glimpses of the activities taking place within its courtyard playground (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with British designer Tom Dixon to give away five copies of his new book, entitled Extremism, to coincide with Multiplex at the Dock as part of the London Design Festival. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Stanley Saitowitz's firm Natoma Architects has created a Hillel House for Philadelphia's Drexel University, with a red brick facade designed to reference the branched lampstands used in Jewish homes and temples, as well as the striated garments worn during prayer. Read more View the full article

Prada's "radical" Spring Summer 2014 collection referencing themes of femininity and power has scooped the top prize in the fashion category at Designs of the Year 2014. (more...) View the full article

Today, Virtual Design Festival has teamed up with CAMP, Prague's centre for architecture and urban planning, to present a day of talks, starting with a live lecture by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma from 10:00am UK time. Read more View the full article

The Venice Architecture Biennale has announced that this year's event will be postponed until 2021 due to coronavirus, with the scheduled Art Biennale being pushed back to 2022. Read more View the full article

Summer is a quiet season for architecture and design events, but there are still some important ones taking place. Highlights listed in our definitive guide include London Festival of Architecture, São Paulo Design Weekend and NeoCon, the commercial furniture fair in Chicago. 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

Cemetery Castel San Gimignano has been renovated by Italian architecture studio Microscape using local limestone stacked in metal baskets. Read more View the full article