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Dezeen Screen: Sheffield graduate Thomas Hudson created a fictional model of a home in Berlin for twentieth century writer Walter Benjamin, exhibited at Dezeen Platform last autumn. Here he explains the ideas behind his project. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

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

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

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

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

Slideshow: no two items of furniture or pieces of tableware are the same in the dining room that British artist Martin Creed has designed at London restaurant Sketch. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architect Safia Qureshi wanted to change the world but ended up designing private houses for rich people. So she invented Cupclub, a circular-economy service that could eliminate single-use coffee cups. As it launches in London, she spoke to Dezeen about the project. Read more View the full article

Tiles strung on steel cables and an inverted roof are among the quirky design features of this home designed by architect Daniel Moreno Flores on the outskirts of Quito. Read more View the full article

Kengo Kuma's Tokyo 2020 Olympics stadium and the Zaha Hadid-designed desert Bee'ah Headquarters are among Lizzie Crook's picks of the most exciting new buildings opening in 2020. Read more View the full article

Dublin firm Grafton Architects has designed a timber research centre for the University of Arkansas' architecture school, which will mark its first project in the US when complete. Read more View the full article

Spools of scarlet thread and huge sheets of steel make an unconventional pairing inside this store in Chongqing, China, which Joy Season Studio has created for independent fashion label Annakiki. Read more

Bright colours and geometric forms used by the 1980s Memphis Group influenced the interior design of Masquespacio's studio space in Valencia (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Daily coronavirus briefing: today's architecture and design coronavirus briefing includes plexiglass beach cabins and free Zoom backgrounds from Studio Ghibli. Read more View the full article

Milan designers Spalvieri / Del Ciotto have created a range of calculators, clocks, torches and radios that are made of corn starch. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The kaleidoscopic pattern that adorns this textile collection by New York studio Apparatus takes cues from a Persian inlaying technique. Read more

Floating saunas, an egg-shaped sauna and a sauna built like a concrete mine shaft are some of the 10 unique saunas to warm up in cold countries. Read more View the full article

Work has begun on an office building designed by Rotterdam studio MVRDV for the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, which will feature a gridded facade based on local weaving patterns. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this movie filmed by Dezeen at the Qubique 2011 design fair in Berlin last month, designer Jerszy Seymour talks about his series of chairs where components are joined with blobs of wax. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week on Dezeen, the best architecture of 2016 was lauded at the World Architecture Festival in Berlin, where Zaha Hadid Architects director Patrik Schumacher gave a keynote speech calling for social housing to be scrapped. Read more View the full article

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum director Caroline Baumann stepped down from her role after an investigation into her conduct acquiring a wedding dress and venue. Read more View the full article

German designer Konstantin Grcic has created a utilitarian flat-pack office system for Vitra featuring desks that can be turned into sofas (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Want more choice in your chocolate box? Mix and match fillings and toppings with these modular chocolates by French designer Elsa Lambinet. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Lighting designer Dean Skira explains how his Polesano street lamp for Delta Light can be used to light a multitude of different urban settings, in this movie Dezeen filmed for the Belgian lighting brand. Read more View the full article

Natalie Kane got her first taste of culture working as a gallery assistant in Brighton, but is now a curator at the V&A museum. She explains what she learnt along the way for the Dezeen Jobs careers guide. Read more

Italian studio Pedevilla Architects has completed an extension to a traditional Alpine hotel, comprising a monolithic blackened-timber volume with windows that jut from the walls and roof to optimise mountain views. Read more View the full article