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Microsoft Ireland's new campus in Dublin is designed around the concept of an island, complete with a digital waterfall cascading through the atrium. Read more View the full article

The Rotsee rowing regatta takes place every summer on a lake outside Lucerne, Switzerland, and this wooden tower raised over the water accommodates the officials who observe, time and marshal each race (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Architects Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham of Tokyo studio Klein Dytham Architecture will host a special edition of their rapid-fire presentation format PechaKucha at Dezeen Day, and are calling for designers with world-improving ideas to pitch for slots in the lineup. Read more

Dezeen Awards 2020 is now accepting entries for the world's best architecture, interiors and design projects, as well as the individuals and studios producing the most outstanding work. Read more View the full article

A "data centre" provided the backdrop for Chanel's spring summer 2017 show, which included models dressed as robots and bags with flashing LED displays (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Shahar Livne will speak to Dezeen in a live Screentime conversation sponsored by Philips TV & Sound as part of Virtual Design Festival. Watch it here live from 4:00pm UK time. Read more View the full article

Check out the latest issue of Dezeen Mail for all the best stories and comments from Dezeen, including a memorial to witches by Peter Zumthor, a car park by Zaha Hadid, Google’s new headquarters and a new London bus by Thomas Heatherwick. There’s also an update from Dezeen Wire, the latest movies on Dezeen Screen, all our new competitions and jobs, plus news on our latest pop-ups. Take a look at it here. Dezeen Mail is sent out every couple of weeks and you can subscribe here. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In the first lecture from today's collaboration with Architects, not Architecture, Norwegian architect Reiulf Ramstad discusses his background and how he originally wanted to become a dancer, not an architect. Read more View the full article

The pink seesaws installed across the US-Mexico border last summer by architect Rael San Fratello were smuggled into place, partner Virginia San Fratello has revealed. Read more View the full article

This month our readers’ opinions were divided over the open-source WikiGlasses made of 18mm plywood (top right) so here’s a roundup of our most popular stories about spectacles and shades. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Zaha Hadid's latest legal row, a glass moulded on Kate Moss' left breast and a low-cost prefabricated home (pictured), feature in Dezeen Mail issue 217. Click through for the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen. View the full article

Standard Architecture will speak to Dezeen in this Screentime conversation sponsored by Enscape as part of Virtual Design Festival. Watch it here live from 5:00 pm UK time. Read more View the full article

Austin Maynard Architects has transformed the quality of light inside a narrow Melbourne house, by creating a greenhouse-like space at its centre. Read more View the full article

In this movie, Dezeen Awards jury chair Michel Rojkind explains why Matthew Mazzotta's modest, retractable The Storefront Theater beat projects by leading international firms to be crowned Architecture Project of the Year 2018. Read more

Local studio Stephen Phillips Architects has completed a black duplex in San Francisco that aims to challenge the city's standard housing typologies (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen archive: this week on Dezeen we’ve featured a series of stories on skyscrapers in the Yongsan International Business district in Seoul, so now we’ve grouped together all our stories about South Korea. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » View the full article

German start-up Lilium has unveiled a five-seater jet-powered electric air taxi prototype that it plans to have operational in a number of cities around the world in the next six years. Read more

Construction experts discuss the ways that the building industry can move towards having zero carbon emissions in this panel discussion filmed by Dezeen for Kingspan at the Building Centre in London. Read more View the full article

New York designer Bradley Ferrada presented an elongated chair with a faceted back at NYCxDESIGN this week. (more...) View the full article

In the first major exhibition dedicated to 24/7 culture, Somerset House presents "creative responses to this modern malaise" by more than 50 artists and designers, including Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg. Read more View the full article

Design studio Ammunition and light manufacturer Gantri have partnered to design 3D-printed wall sconces and lamps made from a corn-based material. Read more View the full article

More than food and drink is offered inside this healthy cafe in Madrid, where architecture practice Office for Political Innovations has included a host of quirky facilities. Read more View the full article

Portuguese studio Fala Atelier has used a mint green floor to brighten up the interior of a two-bedroom apartment in Porto. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Screen: Canadian designer Eric Cheung of studio AT.AW. presents his range of Orphans Plush toys in this movie we filmed at our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The architect of this Portuguese residence describes it as a grey house with a black backpack (photos by Fernando Guerra). (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article