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In this movie filmed by Dezeen at the unveiling of this year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in London today, Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto explains how he used a rigid geometric grid to create a soft and natural atmosphere. (more...) View the full article

The latest Maggie’s cancer care centre to complete is a concrete spiral in southwest Wales. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Brooklyn creative space A/D/O is inviting architects and designers to submit proposals that tackle issues facing urban drinking water. Read more View the full article

A Belgian film director resides in one of the four white boxy structures of this residence near Marrakech by Guilhem Eustache. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designer Dominic Wilcox describes why he chose to hang a row of bird cages above a street in London in the next movie we filmed about the Seven Designers for Seven Dials aerial installations curated by Dezeen. (more...) View the full article

Canadian firm Ancerl Studio has teamed stark white-painted brickwork walls, weathered wooden beams and black steel windows in this renovated house in Toronto. Read more View the full article

Architecture studio Alma-nac has extended and added a second grey-brick skin to a 1950s property in Brockley, south London to create a contemporary family home. Read more View the full article

Here’s our second project this week by architects Kengo Kuma and Associates – a rural Italian villa converted into a showroom for ceramics company Casalgrande Padana. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

As Italy's furniture industry struggles to bounce back after the recession, has Copenhagen regained its place as Europe's design capital? Dan Howarth investigates. (more...) View the full article

Jars of colourful preserves are treated like precious antiques at this Paris jam shop by French architect Noël Dominguez. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designers Doshi Levien have completed a Rome store for shoe brand Camper with faceted lighting clusters and a cash desk shaped like an old-fashioned television. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

British cutlery company Viners has released a collection of kitchen knives with rounded tips in a bid to reduce knife-related incidents. Read more View the full article

Manchester School of Art presents Radical Response, an exhibition showcasing work of its academic staff, at the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration. Read more View the full article

Promotion: entries are now being accepted for the Wood Awards 2012. (more…) View the full article

Pastel-hued surfaces and colourful onyx feature in a hybrid office, store and cafe in Amsterdam, designed by Anne Claus Interiors. Read more View the full article

Dutch practice Mecanoo is putting the finishing touches to an arts centre in the Taiwanese port city of Kaohsiung, which plays host to a selection of opera houses, concert halls and an open-air theatre set into its bulging roof. 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

Spanish toy brand Mitoi has launched two collections of colourful building blocks that enable children to recreate iconic buildings from around the world (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Hutong Filter is a studio added to a house in one of Beijing's traditional hutongs by architecture office Zai with pixel-style shingles and timber frames connecting to a communal courtyard. Read more

Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham of Klein Dytham Architecture speak to Dezeen live from Tokyo today as part of Virtual Design Festival. Watch the interview here at 2:00pm UK time. Read more View the full article

Slate-grey bricks applied in zigzagging rows give the walls of this London house extension a faceted texture that contrasts the smooth, pale yellow brickwork of the original property (+ slideshow). (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

A fabric cloak stretched across the glass facade of this golf ball-shaped office and showroom shades it from direct sunlight. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: architects and designers have until the end of February to submit their entries to this year's A' Design Awards. Read more View the full article

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

American architects Richard Meier & Partners have unveiled designs for a 34-storey tower in Mexico City. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article