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The rapid growth of the vegan food movement is starting to drive demand for vegan furniture, fashion and homeware. Designers working to make cruelty-free products mainstream say an industry-wide shift won't be as easy, but is being led by consumers. Read more

UK minister for housing Kit Malthouse has defended the Building Better Building Beautiful Commission, calling on architects to work with him to resist bland, developer-led housing. Read more

What would you say if you won a Dezeen award? In this movie published to mark the launch of Dezeen Awards 2019, last year's winners sum up their work in a single word. Read more

Swedish architecture practice Claesson Koivisto Rune used midnight-blue surfaces and "dreamlike" wall illustrations to create a timeless aesthetic inside this Stockholm bar. Read more

Berlin-based artist Claudia Wieser has transformed the ground floor of Bloomberg's European headquarters in London into a Roman Empire-inspired installation that references the site's heritage. Read more

Dezeen promotion: architects are being invited to design a new waterfront memorial building commemorating the founding of independent Singapore. Read more

Luotuowan Pergola's undulating geodesic canopy has been made by LUO Studio from wooden beams salvaged during the renovation of Luotuowan village in China. Read more

A house-shaped reading nook and colourful paintwork are among the playful features in this school for the children of refugees living in Tel Aviv, which has been overhauled by a team of local architects and designers. Read more

Architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has revealed plans to transform a former industrial site in Chicago into a "new urban destination". Read more

Mars One, the Dutch company that held an open call for volunteer astronauts to settle on Mars, has gone into liquidation. Read more

Inflatable architecture is back in fashion says Sharon Francis, author of new book Bubbletecture. She picks out five key examples for Dezeen, including an office with an inflatable facade and a pavilion made out of bubbles. Read more

Architecture firm Studio 512 has designed a concrete chapel in Texas that rises up on one side to form a pointy volume evoking a steeple. Read more

Visuals have been released of Burj Jumeira, a 550-metre-tall split-volume skyscraper in Dubai that will rise from a lake shaped like the fingerprint of the emirate's ruler. Read more

German design studio BNAG encourages us to celebrate our flaws with a collection of lumpy nose vases and pink nipple clocks, exhibited as part of this year's Nomad collectible design fair. Read more

London's brutalist-era Welbeck Street car park is to be torn down and replaced by a luxury hotel, despite campaigns to save its unique facade. Read more

Belgian design studio Alliages Design's Toupie storage units are made up of a stack of open metal cubes attached to a vertical floor-to-ceiling pole. Read more

Sliding partitions and bright white surfaces helped Spanish studio Lucas y Hernández Gil open up this Madrid apartment, which previously contained a rabbit warren of rooms. Read more

Here are five of the best architecture and design opportunities listed on Dezeen Jobs, including vacancies at global studio Aedas and architecture firm IDOM. Read more

French designer Olivier Vadrot has created an open-air playground made of geometric structures that encourage children to socialise, in the northeastern suburbs of Paris. Read more

The cylindrical St Andrews Beach House in Victoria, Australia, designed by Austin Maynard Architects does away with unnecessary circulation space to create a laid-back communal atmosphere. Read more

Architecture studio Naturehumaine has designed a minimal plywood stair with a children's play nook for this house in Montreal, as part of its renovation and extension. Read more

Frida Escobedo, Michel Rojkind and Tatiana Bilbao are among the Mexico City-based architects who have opened their studios to photographer Marc Goodwin for his latest set of images. Read more

Concrete, clay and dark blue wallpaper line the walls and ceilings of this darkly atmospheric apartment in Taipei, Taiwan, designed by locally based studio Wei Yi International Design Associates. Read more

A set of bar stools is the latest addition to Dutch designer Maarten Baas' "family" of upholstered chairs with irregular back shapes for furniture brand Lensvelt. Read more

Our new Pinterest board showcases highlights from Stockholm Design Week 2019, including Malmö Upcycling Service's seating made from repurposed waste materials and a rooftop covered in artificial snow dunes by Note Design Studio. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›