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Towering ceilings and shadowy dining areas within this restaurant in Shenzhen are meant to emulate the experience of traversing a mountain valley. Read more View the full article

The 365 wooden sledges used to construct this Christmas tree in Budapest by Hungarian designers Hello Wood will be given to a local children's charity following the festive period (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Aamodt Plumb Architects divided this prefabricated house in Texas into two wings to avoid felling a group of trees, covering one half in black-charred timber and the other in bright white stucco. (more…) View the full article

Wisconsin company Three Square Market is offering microchip implants to all of its workers, enabling them to make purchases and log into computers with the wave of a hand. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion:a newly published report on the cross-laminated timber supply chain demonstrates the material's sustainable credentials as it becomes more mainstream in the US. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: GO is the latest watch by Japanese industrial designer Naoto Fukasawa for fashion brand Issey Miyake and it’s now available at Dezeen Watch Store. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The founders of Belgium's Studio Plastique explain how their research-based projects and material investigations aim to position design as "a tool for a world that is in transition" in this interview as part of our VDF x Alcova collaboration. Read more View the full article

Less is a Bore by Dezeen columnist Owen Hopkins reveals the diversity of postmodern architecture from around the world. Here, he spotlights 10 significant structures from the book that come in all shapes, sizes and colours. Read more View the full article

Triangular windows pierce the faceted walls that fold around a cafe in Hangzhou, China. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Partial deconstruction of the Glasgow School of Art is set to begin "as soon as possible", following a fire that largely destroyed the building earlier this month. Read more View the full article

Pritzker Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando has released visuals of the He Art Museum in Shunde, China, which opens later this year. Read more View the full article

Small attic spaces are tucked between the ribs of a triangular roof at this house extension in Japan by mA-style Architects (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Audi has revealed its AI:Trail concept car – an all-wheel drive with drones for headlights and other features to enhance the passengers' enjoyment of the outdoors. Read more

Russian studio Modern House Architecture & Design has taken inspiration from Tesla's Cybertruck to create the Cyberhouse for a group of apocalypse survivors. Read more View the full article

London studio SmithMattias has created a wooden bar stool for British design brand Deadgood featuring a simple structure held together by a visible lap joint that gives the product its name. Read more View the full article

Glass screens fold across the front of this house in Yamanashi, Japan, to transform a covered garden into an indoor dining room. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Architects Climate Action Network's Save Safe Structural Timber campaign urges the UK government not to ban the use of cross-laminated timber and glulam as it could have a serious environmental impacts. Read more View the full article

Slideshow: Australian practice March Studio conceived this Melbourne bakery as an oversized breadbasket. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

VDF teams up with reSITE today, with the Prague conference sharing five lectures from its 2019 conference starting with Design Indaba founder Ravi Naidoo's talk about the South African design platform he founded in 1995. Read more View the full article

Ecuadorian architect Felipe Escudero has designed a house for himself in Quito that includes a black kitchen and a space to make rap music. Read more View the full article

A major plan to reduce air pollution in Madrid may be repealed, because incoming politicians want to bring back traffic back into the city. Read more

Dezeen Wire: art and design critics have questioned whether the posters unveiled on Friday to celebrate next year’s London Olympics truly represent the best of British creativity. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This series of images by architectural rendering studio Hayes Davidson envisages how London's skyline might look in 20 years time. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: KOVA has launched a line of compact appliances including wall ovens, electric cookers and refrigerators. Read more View the full article

The walls of this house in Australia by architects McBride Charles Ryan have origami-like facets and folds. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article