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Construction has begun on the One Vanderbilt tower in Midtown Manhattan, which will overtake 432 Park Avenue as the second-tallest structure in New York City. Read more View the full article

Benjamin Hubert has created an injection-moulded Apple Watch strap, which negates the need for buckles with its self-gripping fastening. Read more View the full article

US firm Aamodt Plumb Architects has created a spacious, oceanfront home in the Hamptons with a sturdy exterior shell that protects the dwelling from coastal storms. Read more View the full article

We've rounded up the most eye-catching homeware from Dezeen's archives for our new Pinterest board – featuring Scholten & Baijings' coloured glassware for Hay and Piet Hein Eek's vibrant oxidised copper wallpaper. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › View the full article

The mountains of Scotland's Cairngorms National Park offer a dramatic backdrop for this modernist-inspired hut by firm Moxon Architects. Read more View the full article

Designers should rethink the high-tech look of gadgets according to Nendo founder Oki Sato, who has also called most of today's smart devices "useless". Read more View the full article

White concrete towers are reflected in a series of pools in Steven Holl's competition winning design for the Le Musée des Collectionneurs in Angers, France. Read more View the full article

These new images by Dutch photographer Iwan Baan show the almost-complete National Museum of Qatar, designed by architect Jean Nouvel. Read more View the full article

The virtual world is indistinguishable from reality in the devices of Finnish company Varjo, which has demonstrated a mixed-reality headset with human-eye resolution. Read more View the full article

Blocks of resin with colourful marble-like patterns surrounds chunks of wood to form these miniature storage boxes by Royal College of Art graduate Jie Wu. Read more View the full article

Architect Eduard Eremchuk looked to visuals from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey when designing the Guapa Flower Shop in a historic building in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Read more

Azusa Murakami and Alexander Groves of Studio Swine discuss their Wave Particle Duplex installation at Brooklyn creative space A/D/O, in this movie produced by Dezeen for MINI. Read more

Aaron Taylor Harvey studied cinema but his love of architecture led him into a job designing offices for Airbnb in San Francisco. In this interview for the Dezeen Jobs careers guide, he explains how he got there. Read more

Quito's Rama Estudio has used thick rammed-earth walls and large windows to prop up the slanted roof that covers this residence, built among a eucalyptus plantation in Ecuador. Read more

German architecture studio J Mayer H has built a house on a cliff next door to the glass-domed Presidential Palace in Tbilsi. Read more

American firms Wade Design Architects and Geremia Design took cues from "modern farmhouse architecture" to create a wood-clad home in northern California's wine country for a retiring couple. Read more

Ethical creative agency Nice and Serious has developed an online platform that directs Londoners to their closest zero-waste shops and offers tips on how to reduce your reliance on plastics. Read more

An art gallery built into a sand dune, a house on the Great Wall of China and Europe's first underwater restaurant are among 267 architecture projects that made the 2019 longlist for Dezeen Awards. Read more

Brooklyn architecture studio PRO has overhauled a townhouse in Williamsburg, adding a slanted glass volume on its top-level to double the home's living space. Read more

Gucci has featured models in straitjacket-like clothing on moving walkways in its latest show in Milan, with one model protesting the "insensitive" decision by the fashion house. Read more

Arches spring up across the ceiling of this apartment in Taiwan, which Very Studio has overhauled to appear more bright and spacious. Read more

Thinking about making your next career move? Dezeen Recruit has a number of opportunities available across the UK, including junior and senior roles in architecture, interiors and design. Read more View the full article

Polish designer Kamila Rudnicka has created an artificial insemination tool that doubles up as a sex toy, in the hopes of restoring pleasure to an often clinical process. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Jobs has a number of promising architecture and design opportunities right now, including positions at Zaha Hadid Architects and Heatherwick Studio. Read more View the full article

Agricultural barns were an inspiration for this holiday home in Pullenvale, Australia, designed by Paul Uhlmann Architects and featuring glazed gable-ends. Read more View the full article