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Opinion: designers can't save the world, but even the smallest intervention could help improve the conditions faced by the unprecedented number of refugees flooding Europe, says Richard van der Laken. (more…) View the full article

Concrete walls, cement floors, grey tiles, marble and dark stained wood meet in this Taipei apartment created by Wei Yi International Design Associates for "an elder with great fortune and rich experience". Read more View the full article

Three sandstone wings protect an inner courtyard from fierce coastal winds at this seaside house in Ireland by Tierney Haines Architects. (more…) View the full article

The research wing of Chinese web services company Baidu is developing a smart bicycle called Dubike that can generate its own electricity, in collaboration with the Industrial Design department at Tsinghua University (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A school that was destroyed during the 2010 Chile earthquake has been rebuilt by Santiago studio LAND Arquitectos using simple white-painted pine (+ slideshow). (more…)

Dezeen Guide: we kick off 2014 with five design events in the diary for January, starting with the imm Cologne trade fair in Germany. (more...) View the full article

New York's MoMA is staging an exhibition that showcases Neri Oxman's research at MIT Media Lab with projects that "challenge the status quo of architectural design". Read more View the full article

Graduate design students at Iowa State University have created conceptual schemes for shelters that would house US soldiers fighting in Afghanistan and help give them a sense of safety (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen has teamed up with London department store Selfridges to present a futuristic concept store, featuring an augmented-reality watch store and a walkaround digital model of Zaha Hadid’s £300 million superyacht (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Belgian studio Gijs Van Vaerenbergh has created a reception pavilion for the German Military Cemetery in Hooglede by cutting six vaults out of a huge stone block. Read more

This week on Dezeen: photo and video sharing app Snapchat transformed the way journalists and visitors explored the world's biggest architecture exhibition in Venice this week. (more…) View the full article

Unusual, innovative and avant-garde approaches to seating were among the highlights of Dutch design fair Object Rotterdam, which took place earlier this month. Anna Winston picks six of the most intriguing chairs from the annual event's crop of up-and-coming talent. Read more View the full article

The Royal Institute of British Architects in London has revealed 37 winners of its 2015 awards, including a shoe-polish factory converted into offices, a sculptural swimming pool and a waterside distillery (+ slideshow). (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

In our second movie focussing on the cutting-edge world of 3D printing, Freedom of Creation co-founder Janne Kyttanen claims it was his passion for the technology rather than his business acumen that enabled him to make a commercial success out of designing and selling 3D-printed products. (more...) View the full article

Indian architect Anupama Kundoo brought a team of Indian craftsman to Italy to construct a replica of a house inside the Arsenale at the Venice Architecture Biennale. (more…) View the full article

News: this week marks the opening of the High Line at the Rail Yards, the third and final phase of New York's popular elevated park on a disused railway line (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Next in our review of 2011 is July, when this cliff-top house near Sydney inspired by a Picasso painting was our most popular story. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

To mark International Women's Day, Dezeen Jobs has selected 10 of the best roles in architecture and design at female-led studios, including positions at Amanda Levete's firm AL_A and Alison Brooks Architects. Read more

The Dezeen office reopens tomorrow following the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee holiday. Now you can remember the long weekend forever by downloading a free souvenir poster designed by Hackney graphic designer Sarah Hyndman of With Relish. (more…) View the full article

This temporary outdoor theatre in Tallinn, Estonia, by local studio Kadarik Tüür Arhitektid is made entirely from timber batons. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Madrid firm Office for Strategic Spaces has used low-budget materials to transform an old industrial building in the Spanish capital into a multi-level workspace for creative startup businesses (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Our World Design Guide roundup this month leads with the London Design Festival, taking place from 14 to 22 September, and features 16 more design events around the world. (more...) View the full article

British architecture studio Grimshaw and Dutch manufacturers Concrete Valley are developing Modular Water Dwellings that could be built in places at risk from climate change. Read more View the full article

Nature-themed artworks and bespoke furnishings feature throughout Le Coucou, a design-focused ski hotel completed by Pierre Yovanovitch. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Cannonball is one of the patterns available in the Florescence wallpaper collection by New York design studio Superflower, which features "fantastical floral forms". Read more View the full article