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MDDM has revealed visuals of a subterranean business park that is set to reinvigorate Oscar Niemeyer's unfinished Rashid Karame International Fair expo site in Lebanon. Read more

Designers' efforts to reduce the environmental impact of their products are being hampered by confusion over terminology and rampant greenwashing, writes Marcus Fairs. Read more

High-tech was the last major architecture style of the 20th century. This overview by Owen Hopkins kicks off our series exploring the high-tech movement. Read more View the full article

This artist's studio, which architecture firm FAR has added to a Los Angeles house, includes a large plastic door that folds in half and a rooftop covered in blue tiles. Read more View the full article

New York studio Group Project has designed new rubbish bins for New York City streets that include a "sleek aesthetic, bold recycling messaging, and significant ergonomic improvements." Read more View the full article

Sliding glass walls front the living area of this Los Angeles house by US firm Aaron Neubert Architects and open onto a terrace designed to make the most of the surrounding views. 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

French duo Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec have made a chair for Finnish furniture brand Artek from a metal frame interlaced with a single length of marine rope that forms its back and armrests. Read more View the full article

Designers are preparing for significant disruption to their businesses and supply chains as coronavirus spreads around the world. Read more View the full article

German architectural engineer Gregory Quinn has developed SheltAir, domed bio-containment pods erected using inflatable cushions that could help coronavirus patients isolate. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Large windows by Fakro punctuate the roof of a multi-family apartment block in Richmond, USA, creating micro balconies for the residents to enjoy. Read more View the full article

Architect Carlo Ratti speaks to Dezeen in this Screentime conversation sponsored by Enscape as part of Virtual Design Festival today. Watch it live from 4:00pm UK time. 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

Designer Karim Rashid has created a bottle that filters tap water as the user drinks it. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

More from plusminuszero: the Japanese design company also launched this credit card-sized calculator in Milan last month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese architect Masato Sekiya has completed a house in Kasiwara, Japan, with a structure of wooden beams joined by bolts. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London firm Brisac Gonzalez in collaboration with Oslo studio Space Group, have won joint first place in a competition to design an opera and cultural centre in Kristiansund, Norway. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch architect Frank Havermans has built a sunken concrete pavilion by a stream in St. Oedenrode, the Netherlands. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Vienna Design Week: Vienna designers Dottings presented a series of coffee cups made of recycled aluminium coffee capsules for coffee brand Nespresso in Vienna last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Venice Architecture Biennale 2010: this stepped wooden pavilion by Irish studio dePaor Architects is on show at the Venice Architecture Biennale. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This wooden children’s drawing case by Japanese designer Kana Nakanishi of Oiseau folds out to form a stool. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Beijing architects Studio SKLIM created built-in platforms, seating and storage for this renovation of an office in a post-war building on the outskirts of Singapore. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This twisted residential tower clad in zinc-coated steel is part of a mixed use development proposal in Shoreditch, London by Amanda Levete Architects. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Our most popular story this week featured a steel-plated house with a drawbridge-like flap that one reader thought might come in useful in a zombie apocalypse. Other hotly debated stories included a Mumbai office block sandwiched between a corporate complex and a slum and a leaning house with a tree growing inside. Meanwhile we revealed the first image of the kilometre-high Kingdom Tower, which is set to become the world’s tallest building, whilst sales of air-conditioned clothing continued to increase in Japan and cause power shortages. Highlights from Dezeen Screen include interviews with designers and curators at the Blickfang designworkshop in Vienna, an und…

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