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The auditorium of this Madrid cultural centre by Spanish studio Fündc is contained in a bulky concrete cantilever. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Movie: architect Piers Gough of CZWG and structural engineer Hanif Kara explain their design for Canada Water Library, a bronzed, hexagonal building on a constrained site in south London, in this movie by filmmakers Living Projects. (more…) View the full article

Plex'eat is a protective plexiglass face shields designed by Christophe Gernigon that would dangle over diners in restaurants so they share a table after the peak of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more View the full article

Architecture studio RicharDavidArchitekti has built a greenhouse on top of a single-storey family home within an orchard in the town of Chlum, Czech Republic. Read more View the full article

Swiss-French photographer Hélène Binet has shot the recently completed port authority building in Antwerp by Zaha Hadid Architects, which features a huge glazed volume mounted on its roof. (more…) View the full article

Giant geometric display stands intersect with imposing steel archways in this newly-opened book shop in Hangzhou, China designed by Alberto Caiola. Read more View the full article

Today VDF teams up with Schloss Hollenegg for a live tour of the historic castle in Austria with curator Alice Stori Liechtenstein at 6:00pm UK time. Read more View the full article

The Consumer Electronics Show has returned the Innovations award it rescinded from female-led sex toy company Lora DiCarlo earlier this year, following accusations of gender bias in the tech industry. Read more

Japanese firm ONdesign have completed a wooden house in Fujisawa where two sliced halves are connected by a shared living area. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

VDF products fair: the Outline Daybed by Anderssen & Voll for Muuto features "understated yet characterful proportions," according to the designers. Read more View the full article

Board-marked concrete, cement plaster and glass form the facades of two student dormitories that Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has created for an expansive housing development at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Read more

Following its proposal for flying warehouses, online retailer Amazon has filed a patent that would see its depots submerged underwater, with items summoned to the surface by acoustic vibrations. Read more View the full article

A colonial house in Mérida, Mexico has been revitalised into a cultural hub for the city's annual festival of lights by local studio Workshop Architects. Read more View the full article

Japanese designer Rie Sakamoto replaced yarn with rubber bands for her knitted fashion collection, which aims to showcase this stationary item's overlooked qualities. Read more View the full article

Today Virtual Design Festival teams up with Lisbon's MAAT museum to present its collaboration with architect SO-IL. First, Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu of SO-IL explain their Beeline installation in this exclusive video. Read more View the full article

As Milan design week draws to a close, take a look back through Dezeen's extensive coverage of the world's biggest design fair via our new Pinterest board. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›

Japanese architects Eureka and Atelier Chocolate have completed a vet’s surgery and apartment behind a metal mesh cage in Kanagawa. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week we've chosen the top architecture and design positions available on Dezeen Jobs, including vacancies at architecture firms OMA and MAD. Read more

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

Dezeen Screen: in this second of four interviews with some of the designers that Dezeen Watch Store are taking to Interiors UK in Birmingham from 22 January, David Ericsson of Hong Kong watch brand VOID talks about his collection. Watch the movie » Dezeen Watch Store and friends will be at stand G31 in the Design Village at Interiors UK, which takes place at the NEC Centre in Birmingham from 22-25 January featuring furniture, lighting, flooring, soft furnishings and accessories from over 600 exhibitors. Register to attend here. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch design studio Raw Color has suggested using odd socks to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. Read more View the full article

The Temporium: there are just two more days to visit our Christmas shop The Temporium, where you can snap up gifts by over 20 designers and brands including this toy cable car from Theo. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Brooklyn studio SO-IL has stretched a thin layer of white film over the facade of the Storefront gallery in New York, giving the building a vacuum-packed appearance (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Those of you who’ve been asking us for larger images on Dezeen will be pleased to see we’re now adding a slideshow of big pictures to the top of selected stories. Click here to see what we mean. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

US start-up Naked Labs has launched a smart mirror and connected scale that can build a 3D scan and full health profile of your body. Read more View the full article