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Architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox has designed the redevelopment of a public housing complex in Brooklyn that was ravaged by hurricane Sandy eight years ago. Read more View the full article

IKEA's research lab Space10 has developed a series of open-source bee homes that anyone can design themselves for free before having it made using a CNC machine. Read more View the full article

Thin layers are gradually shaved away from a cylindrical block of chocolate to reveal the embedded geometric patterns in this installation by Dutch designer Wieki Somers at the Vitra Design Museum (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Stockholm 2013: Swedish studio Note has designed a domed table lamp that is dimmed by rotating a wing at its base. (more...) View the full article

New York photographer Randy Scott Slavin has joined hundreds of photographs to create distorted views of American cities and landscapes (+slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Our pick of the best architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs this week include positions with architecture firms Büro Ole Scheeren in Hong Kong and KAAN Architecten in Rotterdam. Read more 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

News: construction is set to recommence on 56 Leonard Street, a 250-metre-high residential tower in New York designed by architects Herzog & de Meuron and dubbed the “Jenga building”. (more…) View the full article

Serbian studio Alter Ego Architects has designed a concept for a 3D-printed mobile phone with an interface that only features numbers and symbols, and has no apps to prevent users acting like "mindless zombies" while on their devices (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The ancient concept of yin and yang informed the serene aesthetic of this paint showroom in eastern China designed by JG Phoenix. Read more View the full article

Normann Copenhagen has reopened its flagship furniture and homeware store in the Danish capital, where a steel corridor, mirrored walls and a space coloured entirely in pink have all been added (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Designer Stephen Burks discusses the lack of diversity in the design industry and explains how his early experiences with European brands led him to work with artisans in the developing world in our latest VDF x Friedman Benda talk. Read more View the full article

Sinuous balconies surround a multipurpose space at the centre of this language school in the town of Ikast, Denmark, by Scandinavian firm C.F. Møller. (more...) View the full article

You won't find slides, ping-pong tables or other faddish touches at the New York offices of advertising agency Wieden + Kennedy, designed by US architecture studio WORKac (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

As Europe's largest Ferris wheel is set to be built in Newcastle, Owen Hatherley questions why the giant wheels are still being built in cities across the world. Read more

This week a pair of commemorative structures by Peter Zumthor and Louise Bourgeois were our most clicked story, so our first top ten of the year features the most popular memorials from our archive. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Maison&Objet 2016: London studio Poetic Lab has designed a clock with sculptural hands that form different shapes as they turn (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Architecture studio Snøhetta is working towards a more circular economy with its latest chair design, which is made from recycled plastic and steel taken from Norwegian fish farming industries. Read more

Moooi has given each of its products a unique digital identity that customers can access by scanning with a mobile app, to instantly verify the item's authenticity. Read more View the full article

Zaha Hadid Architects has completed the Al Wakrah Stadium, a venue for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, and it hosts its inaugural match today. Read more

Cortex Shelter by Cutwork is a concept for a shelter for refugee camps than could be built by adding water to a concrete textile in just 24 hours. Read more

Architect John Pawson has collaborated with Swedish lighting company Wästberg to design the fourth non-electric light in its Holocene collection. Read more View the full article

Sugary treats are arranged like ingredients for potions inside this dimly lit patisserie in north Athens. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Major development spurred on by the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has greatly reduced opportunities for smaller architecture studios in the city, according to Atelier Bow-Wow. Read more View the full article

Comments update: angry readers took to Dezeen's comments section this week after we reported on the Kardashians' penchant for Modernist architecture, but could exposure to wider audiences actually be a good thing for the profession? (more…) View the full article