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News: spectacle-wearing tech fans will soon be able to use Google Glass for the first time after the tech giant today unveiled four designs for frames to hold prescription lenses (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

These necklaces by Canadian studio Ahora Silhouettes display the molecular structures of drugs, allowing the wearer to accessorise with the illicit substance of their choice (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

VDF products fair: Californian manufacturer Meteor Lighting's Lance series features cylindrical, outdoor wall lights, designed to accentuate the architectural elements of a building. Read more View the full article

Following our special feature exploring unusually slimline homes, we've created a Pinterest board filled with the skinniest houses from the pages of Dezeen. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more skinny houses View the full article

Dezeen Wire: designer and co-founder of British brand Established & Sons Sebastian Wrong has launched The Wrong Shop, his own retail venture focusing on limited edition products by leading designers. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The 1970s are back, according to an interior-design report by online furniture platform Clippings. Read more View the full article

Margaux de Penfentenyo is launching Landscape Lamp, a sculptural lighting collection, during the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration. Read more View the full article

Studio Tada is presenting a haptic fingernail during the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration that allows users to experience touch virtually. Read more View the full article

This week on Dezeen: Renzo Piano Building Workshop released new images of its 30-storey Soho Tower in New York this week, while the firm revealed a scaled-down version of its skyscraper proposed for London. (more…) View the full article

At a time when everything in the UK looks bleak, an environmentally conscious social housing scheme winning the Stirling Prize is a rare moment of hope, writes Piers Taylor. Read more

Berlin designer Jannis Hülsen upholstered this stool by using bacteria to grow a cellulose skin over its surface. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Petal-like cladding wraps around this 80,000-seat stadium, which forms the centrepiece of NBBJ's riverside Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center in China. Read more View the full article

In this movie filmed by Dezeen, Hackney entrepreneur Jane Ní Dhulchaointigh talks about inventing her fix-anything, air-curing rubber called Sugru and some of the imaginative ways people have put it to use. (more…) View the full article

The triangular roof above the cafe-bar at Warwick University’s renovated student union features a tessellated underside of polished copper. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: architecture critic Hugh Pearman has expressed admiration for the mature and understated nature of Dutch practice OMA‘s design for a new headquarters for merchant bank Rothschild on a sensitive site near the Bank of England – Hugh Pearman Pearman suggests that it is “a miracle that a ‘foreign’ firm of architects with a reputation for the outrageous won the 2005 competition to redevelop the site,” but describes their approach to this project as “well-mannered, corporate, svelte, positively self-effacing.” The area’s history demanded a low-key approach and Pearman adds that, although he wishes the building “wasn’t on quite such good behaviour,” its response…

Dezeen in Isreal: these high-heeled shoes disguised as birds are by designer Kobi Levi, whose footwear resembling inflatable sex dolls caused a stir with our readers back in November. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen have got together with Swedish architects Tham & Videgård Arkitekter to give away five copies of their monograph to our readers. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designers Gabriella Gustafson & Mattias Ståhlbom of TAF have created a collection of storage cabinets and tables for new brand Pieces with large interchangeable feet made from wood, marble or porcelain. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Heatherwick Studio has released photos of EDEN, a 20-storey concrete tower that is nearing completion in the Orchard Road neighbourhood of Singapore. Read more

Leftover coffee grounds fuel this small holiday cabin created by American food chain Dunkin' Donuts, which features interiors styled by actress Olivia Wilde and was listed on Airbnb for $13 per night. Read more View the full article

The visitor centre for ancient archeological site Stonehenge opened to the public this week. Our roundup of architecture and design news follows, along with the Dezeen Music Project featured track. (more...) View the full article

Potted plants, bespoke light fixtures and Persian rugs are among the details in guest rooms at a residential hotel in the heart of Philadelphia, which was designed by Morris Adjmi Architects. Read more

Brazil's Museu Nacional is exhibiting its efforts to recreate ancient artefacts as part of VDF's collaboration with Ventura Projects. Read more View the full article

Scottish architect Gareth Hoskins, who was responsible for the redesign of Edinburgh's National Museum Scotland, has died following a short illness. (more…) View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with us at Dezeen, Hopkins Architects and Sugru, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with David Chipperfield Architects, Marcel Wanders and more… (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article