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UK studio a:b:i:r Architects have redesigned the traditional English beach hut to be accessible for wheelchair users. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This wooden children’s drawing case by Japanese designer Kana Nakanishi of Oiseau folds out to form a stool. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The roof of this extended house in Melbourne sweeps outwards to create an exterior canopy and curves steeply upwards over a double-height dining room. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Industrial design students Emma Nilsson, Johanna Westin and Lisa Frode of Lund University, Sweden, have created a wooden bench with storage units as part of their Masters project. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

More from French designer Mathieu Lehanneur: this time a series of rugs depicting squashed vital organs. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Lyon designers USIN-e have designed a series of furniture made of wooden batons joined by folded metal parts. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Brazilian architects Studio mk27 have completed a house in Salvador, Brazil, where the exterior walls consist of sliding latticed wooden panels. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

British artist Mark Merer has completed this pointy studio for himself and his wife in Somerset, UK. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: this animation by Los Angeles digital designers Squared Design Lab shows their conceptual project where an unfinished building would be covered in modular pods growing algae for biofuel. Robotic arms would constantly rearrange the pods to maintain optimum growing conditions. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This mobile phone concept by London designer Patrick Hyland can be charged by the heat in your pocket. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Interview: the UK is a difficult place to "do architecture" thanks to the dominance of the commercial sector and a lack of government investment says British architect David Chipperfield, whose firm is refurbishing Mies van der Rohe's Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin. (more...) View the full article

Architectural photographer Gerard van Beek has sent us some images of a college in Bolsward, Netherlands, designed by dutch studio Wind Architecten Adviseurs. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Photographer Nelson Garrido has sent us his photographs of an airport tower in Alguaire, Spain, designed by b720 Arquitectos. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: we’ve just added the latest design in Michael Young’s range of watches to our online watch store at www.dezeenwatchstore.com. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Shanghai Expo 2010: photographer Montse Zamorano has sent us some photographs of the completed French Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo 2010, designed by Jacques Ferrier Architectures. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Australian studio b.e. Architecture have completed a house in Melbourne clad in basalt slabs of varying size and thickness. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Artists Studio Job will present a new collection of furniture decorated with marquetry at the Carpenters Workshop Gallery in London later this week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat has unveiled his design for a corporate university campus to the west of Moscow for Sberbank Russia. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Another bonkers machine! This one is a virtual potters wheel by Belgian designers Unfold and Tim Knapen. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Ron Arad‘s cylindrical cinema screen made of 5600 silicon rods opens at the Roundhouse in London today. Watch a time-lapse movie of the installation’s construction on Dezeen Screen. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Barcelona company Dream and Fly have sent us the latest renders of their miniature hotel rooms proposed for airports and train stations. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’re off to Milan tomorrow and here’s our pre-Milan issue of Dezeenmail – have a look at it here. Dezeenmail is sent out roughly every two weeks and contains a selection of Dezeen’s best stories and comments, along with all our latest competitions and jobs. You can subscribe here. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A ring of mesh thorns crowns the roof of this convention centre in Zlín, Czech Republic, by London studio Eva Jiricna Architects. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Rotating walls with acid green edges slot together like jigsaw pieces between a London lighting showroom and its window display. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This cave inside a glass box is a pavilion in Tilburg, Netherlands, by Melbourne designer Callum Morton. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article