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A shiny copper chapel hovers above the entrance to this Catholic school in Gloucestershire, England, by London studio Nicholas Hare Architects. (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

We're roughly one-third of the way through Virtual Design Festival, having completed 24 days of the 77-day marathon! With the VDF team taking a break today as its a holiday in the UK, here are the ten most popular VDF video posts so far. Read more View the full article

French architects Tectoniques have completed a townhouse in Lyon that is entirely black at the front but has three oversized windows at the rear. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese researcher Homei Miyashita has developed a lickable device that uses five gel nodules made of dissolved electrolytes to replicate different food tastes without the user having to ingest anything. Read more View the full article

David Adjaye has created a "provocation or a question" for the public with an exhibition on his monuments and memorials at the Design Museum in London. Read more

Artist Olafur Eliasson has designed fort-like headquarters to rise out of the sea for a Danish investment company. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Four-storey-high panels of corrugated Corten steel cover the exterior of this Tokyo gallery and office block by Japanese architect Kensuke Watanabe. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Beijing Design Week 2011: London designer Paul Cocksedge installed giant pages of poetry made from rolled steel sheets outside the China Millennium Monument during Beijing Design Week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This wooden holiday house by Swedish studio Strömma Projekt Max Holst Arkitektkontor is perched on the edge of a gorge in Vindö, an island on the Stockholm archipelago (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: discarded bottles sourced from hotels, restaurants, homes and foreign embassies are being filled with sand and used as bricks to create curved-walled houses in a Nigerian village – BBC The bottles are bound together with mud resulting in durable walls that are sustainable, cost-effective and provide insulation from the sun’s heat. The resulting buildings are also bullet-proof – a useful benefit in an area plagued by violence. An estate of 25 houses is currently being built with plans for a school to follow. See our previous story on a house made from sand bags in South Africa. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img…

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

Hundreds of thousands of wooden shingles cover the contoured form of this pavilion in the grounds of Japan's Shinshoji Zen Museum and Gardens, which is designed to evoke the shape of a ship's hull. Read more View the full article

London studio David Kohn Architects has created an arts venue in a former sweet factory on the edge of the Olympic park. (more…) View the full article

East London designer Roger Arquer has made a bench out of materials he salvaged from his local hardware shop before it closed down, which he is contributing to the Stepney Green Design Collection curated by Dezeen. (more…) View the full article

Today is National Day in Singapore, which is celebrating 50 years since of independence. To mark the occasion, here are all our stories about contemporary architecture in the country, including the spectacular Marina Bay Sands hotel (pictured), the National Stadium with its record-breaking domed roof and the iconic Gardens by the Bay conservatories. See all our stories about Singapore | See all our stories about houses in Singapore View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Samsung has created an interactive installation for Milan design week that allows visitors to create art by breathing, talking and moving. Read more

This house near Madrid was designed by local firm Bojaus Arquitectura as a simple white cuboid punctuated by openings that create windows, porches and patios (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Photographer Manuel Alvarez Diestro has sent us these photographs documenting the vernacular street-lighting of different cities around the world. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Oversized lollipop-like lamps and a "dollhouse-effect" entryway feature inside this restaurant in Dublin, Ireland, which Kingston Lafferty Design has completed with whimsical interiors. 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

Acne Studios' recently opened "pale acid yellow" store in West Hollywood features a sculpture by artist Daniel Silver that doubles as a fitting room. Read more View the full article

One for Hundred is a furniture brand based in Austria that produces more wood than it uses. Read 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