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Architect Peter Cook explains Archigram's concept for a temporary city that can be set up overnight in the third instalment of our exclusive video series with the radical architecture group for VDF. Read more View the full article

Annabelle Selldorf will speak to Dezeen in a live Screentime conversation sponsored by Enscape as part of Virtual Design Festival. Watch it here live from 2:30pm UK time. Read more View the full article

French architects Dumazer & Lafallisse have converted a former gallery in Paris into an optician’s. (more…) View the full article

Italian architect Stefano Boeri has unveiled plans to create a forested smart city in Cancun, Mexico, that is designed to be a "pioneer" of more eco-efficient developments. Read more View the full article

Aoa Architects has clad the stepped gables of a playful apartment block in South Korea with glossy red and white tiles in a reference to the video game Minecraft. Read more View the full article

Daily coronavirus briefing: today's architecture and design coronavirus briefing includes socially distanced cycle lanes, portable sanitation kits and warnings from Italy. Read more View the full article

This week Dezeen has been all about skyscrapers, with towers by 15 of the world’s most famous architects for a new business district in Seoul plus a timelapse movie and interview with architect Renzo Piano as his 300 metre-high tower The Shard nears completion in London. (more…) View the full article

Chainmail curtains contrast with butterscotch-coloured walls in a hotel created by architecture studio Grzywinski+Pons in the shell of a 1970s office block in London. Read more View the full article

Artist and designer Nathalie Du Pasquier has translated her fascination with bricks into a site-specific exhibition comprising seven totem-like sculptures made from stacked bricks glazed in bright colours. Read more View the full article

The bucolic terrain of Canada's Fogo Island and China's landscaped gardens provided the cues for the textural flourishes that Toronto studio Hi Thanks Bye has included in this simple steel furniture collection. Read more View the full article

Furniture made of recycled plastic and fabrics made from plastic bags are among winners of the Ro Plastic Prize competition. Read more

That was week three of VDF! Highlights include a video message from UNStudio's Ben van Berkel and an exclusive free screening of Gary Hustwit's documentary about Dieter Rams plus a live interview with the director. We also teamed up with Friz Hansen to celebrate the centenary of Vico Magistretti's birth. Read more View the full article

Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Not-Another-Bill to give away four three-month subscriptions to its design gift service (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Cologne 2012: Chilean studio Great Things to People (gt2P) present this lamp covered in alpaca hair as part of [D3] Talents at imm cologne this week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Motorola's future phones could be equipped with a self-repair function, which would enable users to fix their damaged screens. Read more View the full article

Following Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec's recent London Design Medal triumph, we've created a Pinterest board filled with the French design duo's work. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more projects by the Bouroullec Brothers View the full article

Movie: Oki Sato of Nendo explains the concept behind the SU stool, which is based on American furniture company Emeco's iconic Navy Chair and which which features interchangeable seats made from recycled and reclaimed materials. (more...) View the full article

Pharrell Williams has launched his third collection with G-Star RAW, which includes denim garments made using recycled plastic removed from the oceans. (more…) View the full article

Swedish studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has unveiled a boutique hotel in Tokyo, featuring 24 new design products. Read more View the full article

Our new Pinterest board features an extensive selection of Australian houses, including the timber-framed beach house, periscope-shaped extension and sand dune-shaped residence all published on Dezeen this week. See our new Australian houses board » Follow Dezeen on Pinterest » See all our stories featuring Australian houses » View the full article

Movie: London designer Ross Lovegrove explains how Moroso helped boost his career in the second of our exclusive video interviews filmed for the Italian furniture brand. (more...) View the full article

Apple's Jonathan Ive and industrial designer Marc Newson will create the annual Christmas tree for luxury London hotel Claridge's. 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

John Robertson Architects has renovated Bracken House, in London, for the Financial Times' return, carefully updating its Hopkins Architects-designed "Gothic high-tech" atrium. Read more

Dezeen Wire: editor-in-chief of Domus magazine Joseph Grima and Istanbul architect Emre Arolat have been appointed to curate the inaugural Istanbul Design Biennial, which will take place from 13 October to 12 December 2012. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article