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British architect Norman Foster has revealed that if he could visit any building from history, it would be Crystal Palace, which he cites as a major influence on high-tech architecture. Read more View the full article

Dutch Design Week 2013: designer Daan Roosegaarde has unveiled a "Lego from Mars" installation consisting of hundreds of wireless LED crystals that light up when placed on the floor (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Traditional elements like a bell tower are reinterpreted as pointed protrusions in this sculptural church in Monterrey, designed by architecture studio Moneo Brock. Read more View the full article

This football stadium in Montreal has a giant faceted roof structure, which folds over an indoor playing field before morphing into spectator seating surrounding a second open-air pitch (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen will create a dress modelled on splashing water during a live week-long broadcast for fashion film website SHOWstudio next month (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Fashion designer Iris van Herpen collaborated with New York company .MGX by Materialise and artist Daniel Wright to create this 3D printed breastplate. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Central Saint Martins fashion student Fredrik Tjærandsen has presented giant balloons that deflate to form dresses on the catwalk. Read more

London Design Festival: industrial designer Jake Dyson presented an LED task light with a heat-pipe cooling system at designjunction last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Cologne 2012: German brand e15 presented these side tables that combine marble tops with coloured steel bases at trade fair imm cologne last week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A trio of buildings with wood and stone-clad walls form this dwelling in Montana by the architecture studio CTA, which was designed to embrace its setting in a verdant valley ringed by trees and mountains. Read more

Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects' Salesforce Tower has won the top prize at the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat's annual awards for high-rise structures, beating competition from BIG and David Chipperfield. Read more

Mexican studio Agent has designed a concept for a transparent football that changes colour when it passes over the goal line. (more...) View the full article

Family members can see into all rooms across the central courtyard of this Japanese house by Sapporo studio Archi LAB. t+m. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

German designer Matthias Zschaler has made a concept watch that takes its geometry from an isometric drawing of a cube. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The protruding entrance lobby of this Tokyo house has a seamless frosted facade that glows with diffused light. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Since publishing a residential extension in Italy by architects Plasma Studio earlier this month, we've picked another faceted house from the studio's archives located in the same South Tyrollean village. (more...) View the full article

Japanese architects Shinichi Ogawa & Associates have completed this house in Kanagawa, Japan, which features a double-height central living area connecting all the rooms. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

US firm Salmela Architect has completed its second commission for a family in Duluth, Minnesota: a single-storey residence overlooking Lake Superior that is dotted with geometric skylights. Read more View the full article

London company Primo Toys has designed a "hands on" wooden play set that aims to teach three-year-old children the principles of coding without the use of screens (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: designer Janne Kyttanen has created a range of 3D-printed shoes for women that can be made at home overnight to be worn the next day. (more...) View the full article

Designers Boym Partners created these vases by joining crystal planes in homage to the Cubist paintings of Picasso and Braque. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Corn husks, wool and yoghurt pots are some of the materials used in a series of experimental spectacles by British eyewear brand Cubitts. Read more

Los Angeles-based Cuff Studio is presenting a collection of furniture and lighting as part of the VDF x Sight Unseen collaboration, which balances angular, architectural shapes with playful, feminine touches. Read more View the full article

Creative consultancy Culdesac has designed a store for supermarket chain Consum in Benicàssim, Spain, with simple, stripped-back interiors to make the shop's arrangement understandable. Read more View the full article

London architecture studio Cullinan Studio has built a house in Amersham, England, that is split it into sections to allow light to flood its interiors through the glazed gaps. Read more