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The upper storey of this forest house near Ottawa projects out from the landscape, creating a cantilevered living room offering views through the trees towards a nearby lake (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

IKEA has unveiled a collection of customisable 3D-printed accessories created to help people play video games at home in greater comfort and style. Read more

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Slideshow: New York architect Steven Holl has concealed a underground gallery beneath a pool of water in Seoul, the city in South Korea that we’ve been focusing on following a string of proposals for skyscrapers. (more…) View the full article

To make this Shanghai restaurant feel like a retro American diner, Chinese studio Neri&Hu added bold tiles and an angular roof that overhangs a foldable glazed facade (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A Back to the Future-style hoverboard (pictured), Kengo Kuma's first public commission in America and 11 lost icons of Postmodern architecture feature in Dezeen Mail issue 265. There's also the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 265 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

In the light of the murder of George Floyd, architects must accept they have not done enough to tackle racial inequality, write Karen Lu and Mary-Margaret Zindren of the Minnesota chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: The Layout sofa, created by Numen/For Use for the Croatian furniture brand Prostoria, creates a soft landscape of interconnected islands. Read more View the full article

Designers Anna Rosinke and Maciej Chmara of Kollectiv Stadtpark have been touring Austria, making friends with locals in the street at their mobile kitchen table. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Check out the latest issue of Dezeen Mail for all the best stories and comments from Dezeen, including a plan to cover Milan in polychrome bird-poo, a Starbucks coffee shop inside a former bank vault in Amsterdam and the launch of our Designed in Hackney initiative. There’s also an update from Dezeen Wire, the latest movies on Dezeen Screen, plus all our new competitions and jobs. Take a look at it here. Dezeen Mail is sent out every couple of weeks and you can subscribe here. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Doors in this Portuguese house by Jorge Mealha Arquitecto are rendered in the same material as the walls to give the impression of closed blocks around a terrace. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Seattle firm Olson Kundig Architects used dynamite, chippers and saws to bore through the huge boulders of a rocky outcrop on a North American island to make room for this raw concrete house (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Vicostone has launched a collection of ultra-thin quartz surfaces that are available in several colours to suit a variety of purposes in interior design. Read more View the full article

A ridged cloak of glazing will surround the extension to an art centre in Utah proposed by Californian architects Brooks + Scarpa. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A chair made from repurposed climbing rope and a SAD lamp that doubles up as a plant pot are featured in this VDF school show of work by York St John University students. Read more View the full article

The inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire has been paused because attendees would be at "unacceptable risk" from coronavirus. Read more View the full article

Two high-profile project cancellations made the headlines this week as Thomas Heatherwick's New York Philharmonic concert hall overhaul and Atelier van Lieshout's controversial sculpture at Musée du Louvre were both dropped. Read more View the full article

World Heritage Corb: a 1930s apartment building in Paris designed by French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier, intended to afford residents a contemporary lifestyle, is among his projects recently added to UNESCO's World Heritage List (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Chicago architect Stanley Tigerman, a founding member of the rebellious postmodern architecture group Chicago Seven, has passed away aged 88. Read more

Movie: in our second video interview with Hella Jongerius, the Dutch designer discusses her work with airline KLM and explains how, despite being unfamiliar with the aviation industry, she has been able to build a successful relationship with the company. (more...) View the full article

In this week's comments update, some readers are upset to learn that discarded cow intestines are being used by designer Kathrine Barbro Bendixen for her lighting installations. Read more

Acclaimed architect Neave Brown, a "pioneer of quality public housing", has died following a battle with cancer. Read more View the full article

Comedy skyscraper stories dominated August, when a Spanish residential tower was reportedly built without a working elevator and a Chinese businessman made himself a home resembling a fake mountain on top of a Beijing housing block (pictured). (more...) View the full article

This New York loft conversion by local architect Ali Tayar is divided using bespoke prefabricated panels based on a Swiss modular housing system from the 1960s (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Following a recent spell of weather-related projects, we’ve compiled a new Pinterest board featuring all the sun, rain, snow and fog from the pages of Dezeen. Over 21,000 people now follow us on Pinterest – join them here. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest » See more stories featuring weather on Dezeen » View the full article