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Paris 2012: Brussels designer Alain Berteau presents a series of oak products including this simple iPad dock at Maison & Objet in Paris this week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Any cat owner knows their pet is the true ruler of the household. That's particularly so in these six homes with feline-friendly features – including elevated walkways, stepping-stone shelving and discrete doorways. Read more View the full article

An austere concrete pavilion in Lisbon with a staggered corridor and a hidden courtyard will host events and exhibitions during the Lisbon Architecture Triennale, which kicks off next month (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Major high-rise developments are razing the architectural past of Los Angeles at a rapid rate, says the production designer behind the 1960s sets of Quentin Tarantino's movie, Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood. Read more

French architect India Mahdavi has used bubblegum-pink and mustard-yellow velvet panels for the interior of this London fashion boutique for RED Valentino. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: psychology is on an equal footing with technological advances when designing sportswear to improve an athlete’s performance, Nike‘s creative director for the Olympics Martin Lotti told the audience at a talk hosted by Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs at the Nike+ House of Innovation at Selfridges last night. “It’s not just about lightweight,” he said. “It’s about looking good as well as the psychological element. We see performance on all levels: environmental performance, psychological performance, physical performance.” (more…) View the full article

VDF products fair: Australian bathroom accessories brand Phoenix has released its Axia collection of taps, which feature a minimalist design and thin cantilevered spouts. Read more View the full article

Three thin layers of wood have been overlaid to create this boxy bookcase by Dutch designer Gerard de Hoop. (more…) View the full article

BIG has unveiled an expansive cable-car system with two transit hubs to be built in Oakland, as part of the architecture studio's plans for a new baseball stadium in the California city. Read more

The World Trade Center Transportation Hub, designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, is scheduled to partially open next week in Lower Manhattan, more than a decade after work began. (more…) View the full article

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

Safety deposit boxes function as display cabinets in this Bangkok shop for Spanish footwear brand 24 Kilates. (more…) View the full article

Bartlett architecture graduate Nick Elias has reimagined the post-war town of 1920s Slough, England, as the happiest place on earth by overlaying its industrial landscape with scenes from Winnie-the-Pooh (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

We've reached the final week of the year and and to get into the holiday spirit we've been publishing festive projects that include computer equipment and games consoles that sing Christmas carols and a series of geometric street lights in Berlin (pictured). (more...) View the full article

Architecture firm Bryanoji Design Studio has wrapped aluminium shingles around this angular house in a Massachusetts woodland. Read more View the full article

As people around the world face the realities of self isolation, architect Sergey Makhno predicts how our homes will change once the coronavirus pandemic is over. Read more View the full article

This week on Dezeen the focus has been back on 3D printing, with a prototype of the world's first printed room (pictured), laser-sintered accessories to fit any body shape and a custom cast for fractured bones. Read on for a roundup of the week in architecture and design plus Dezeen Music Project track of the week. (more...) View the full article

Dutch designer Richard Hutten shaped this circular seat to mimic the way architects denote chairs on floor plans (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Inclusive design is the focus of Hello Humanity: Dutch Design for a Holistic World, a virtual exhibition forming part of the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration. Read more View the full article

In keeping with the growing trend for skinny houses, Japanese studio Be-Fun Design has completed a terrace of four narrow residences on a plot of just 60 square metres. (more...) View the full article

In the third movie we filmed at Clerkenwell Design Week pop-up shops, Etsy UK marketing manager Georgina Blain explains how their global online marketplace is helping designers such as Sandra Dieckmann (work pictured) to expand from a local customer base to promote and sell their work internationally. (more…) View the full article

Next up in our review of 2019, Daria Casalini picks out the year's 10 most impressive pavilions, including a floating circular staircase and a fibre-composite structure built by two robots. Stone 27, USA, by Benjamin Langholz Benjamin Langholz arranged huge stones in an ascending circle for a pavilion at this year's Burning Man in Black Rock City, Nevada. A central pillar and three pairs of steel columns support the basalt stones, forming a "floating walk" designed to make visitors' experience "a moment of complete presence". Find out more about Stone 27 › Serpentine Pavilion, UK, by Junya Ishigami For this year's Serpentine Pavilion in London, Japanese architec…

Dabs of plaster pattern the raw concrete surfaces in this Tokyo bedsit partially renovated by local architects Yuichi Yoshida & Associates as a short-term living space (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Rotated wings connected by a central volume make up this hilltop mansion by Los Angeles studio Walker Workshop, which features a cinema, an infinity pool and a spacious "party deck". Read more

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