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Chicago's mayor has suggested moving the proposed location for the controversial museum dedicated to film director George Lucas in order for the project to go ahead. (more…) View the full article

Architecture studio Taller Hector Barroso has used earthen blocks, pine and c0ncrete to help this holiday dwelling blend into its forested setting in central Mexico. Read more View the full article

Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs introduces this round-up of our Dezeen and MINI Frontiers exhibition on the future of mobility, which took place last month during London Design Festival. (more...) View the full article

Milan 2015: photography and product design students at Swiss university ÉCAL have paired up to create interactive objects and installations that investigate the selfie phenomenon (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

German architects Christ Christ have added box-like rooms and an outdoor cinema to the roof of a house in Wiesbaden. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has completed a 55-storey tower in Beijing with exterior glass panels that function as prisms, capturing and refracting daylight (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Ethical design brand Mater has launched a chair with a woven rattan seat inspired by Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius, and a stool featuring a seat made from recycled materials, both designed by architect Eva Karlou. Read more View the full article

Design studio Z_Lab has included a huge porthole window and sunken bath inside this tiny guesthouse in northern Seoul, which measures under 30 square metres. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Awards has introduced two new design categories for 2020, including one that will honour the best architectural lighting design project of the year. Read more View the full article

News: Barcelona officials are outraged over plans to construct a 300-metre "space hotel" - complete with a zero-gravity spa and vertical wind tunnel - on an artificial island off the coast of the city. (more...) View the full article

Architect Timothee Mercier of Studio XM has converted a ruined farm building in France into an "intimate refuge" for his parents. Read more View the full article

Wooden ceiling beams extend beyond the walls of this boxy black house in Japan by Apollo Architects & Associates, creating a canopy above a secluded entrance courtyard (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

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

Newly positioned windows reveal the overhauled interior of a Rotterdam townhouse that was formerly an abandoned apartment block. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: a chance meeting with an Englishman wearing a customised Rolex led Filip Tysander to launch Daniel Wellington, which is now one of Dezeen Watch Store's most popular brands. The watch store team caught up with the Swedish entrepreneur at the BaselWorld watch fair earlier this week. Read the interview on the Dezeen Watch Store blog » View the full article

Designed in Hackney: Banksy is now the world’s best known graffiti artist but he became famous for his work in Hackney and we’ve created a map to chart the locations of his stencil work in the borough. (more…) View the full article

US studio Atelier Cho Thompson has contrasted soft and bold finishes in this restaurant in New Haven, Connecticut. Read 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

Studiomama has overhauled this tiny single-storey house in north London with built-in plywood furniture including a fold-out bed, a standing desk and extendable dining benches with pink cushions. Read more View the full article

Six radical designs for the Moscow skyline – proposed in the wake of the October Revolution, but never built – are showcased in an exhibition opening today at London's Design Museum. 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

Science, aeronautics and NASA inspired the Very Polite Agency's packaging design for ALT, a liquid cannabis product for people who want a mind-expanding rather than purely medicinal high. Read more View the full article

New images of Thomas Heatherwick's Garden Bridge proposal for London lead this week's Dezeen Mail newsletter, which also includes news, jobs and competition highlights plus reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 177 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail 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

Van Staeyen Interieur Architecten has converted a dark and dusty attic in Antwerp into a living space that features arched portals, curvy furniture and yellow decor accents. Read more View the full article