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News: the international architecture community is in mourning for Mackintosh's masterpiece as tributes pour in for "immeasurably" influential building. (more...) View the full article

This week the Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre in Reykjavik scooped the most prestigious European architecture prize, the Mies van der Rohe Award. Read on for more highlights in architecture and design over the past seven days. (more...) View the full article

German firm Buero Wagner has designed a bar for mixology company Gamsei with ceramic bottles of ingredients hanging from a metal grid on the ceiling (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: some of 2015's most popular watch designs are now available with reductions of up to 50 per cent. (more…) View the full article

This Japanese house with a sharply pointed roof is by Tokyo studio Architect Cafe. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

US architecture studio Hannah has used 3D-printed concrete stilts to elevate this tiny off-grid cabin in Upstate New York, which has walls made from infested ash wood. Read more View the full article

The Link is a rib-vaulted timber passageway built between the Chadstone shopping centre and its neighbours by Make Architects in Melboune. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Wire: a Danish news site reports that the power plant with integrated ski slope proposed by Bjarke Ingels Group has been denied funding by the City of Copenhagen due to environmental risks – Politiken See renders of the Waste-to-Energy Plant, which would also blow smoke rings, in our earlier story. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Zaha Hadid Architects is one of 11 international firms designing a studio apartment at a new McDonald's charity house in Hamburg to accommodate the relatives of children receiving hospital treatment nearby (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

These candle holders by French designer Marie Dessuant come with handy inner compartments and were designed for British furniture brand Another Country. (more…) View the full article

In Milan for design week but still haven't made it to the IKEA Festival? It's not too late. Find out what's happening in this video highlighting today's must-see talks and events. Read more View the full article

Swedish company Minut has created a smart-home security device for the camera-averse — an alarm that monitors movement, noise, temperature and humidity. Read more View the full article

Dutch designer Jólan van der Wiel has expanded his range of products shaped by magnets with this candle-holder. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Yinka Ilori, Lee Broom and Arthur Mamou-Mani were among the architects and designers that joined Dezeen at the Delta Light showroom for this year's Dezeen Awards 2019 shortlist party. Read more

In this extract from Print Shift, our one-off publication about 3D printing, editor Claire Barrett reports on the growing number of medical applications for the emerging technology and asks how soon we can expect 3D-printed organ transplants. (more...) View the full article

Milan 2012: the flexible back of this chair by Swedish designers Front comprises a thick spring wrapped in black leather. (more…) View the full article

This bathhouse for conservative Jewish women in Mexico City features a stark composition of grainy white marble by local architecture firm Arqhe Studio. Read more

News: condoms made by combining latex with new wonder material graphene would be "thinner, stronger, safer and more pleasurable," according to scientists developing uses for the ultra-thin material. (more...) View the full article

French design company Harow has released a 24-carat-gold edition of its skull-shaped armchair (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Edinburgh practice A449 has adapted a "nondescript" mid-20th-century dwelling in the Scottish Borders to create a home with scenic views for a writer (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Milan 2013: pinching steel clips for holding candles and chairs with legs that tuck into pockets feature in the latest range of products by Italian brand Discipline (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Artist Rolf Sachs has collaborated with Leica to cover the camera brand's M-System model in the same material used on ping-pong bats. Read more View the full article

After years of delay, a new public library by Steven Holl has broken ground in Queens, on a prominent site overlooking the East River and the Manhattan skyline (+ slideshow). (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

An oversized dormer window extends from the asymmetric roof of this house designed by architects Hiroki Tominaga and Yae Fujima for an elderly couple in Japan's Gifu Prefecture (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Screen: this movie features Chris and Polly of Wrap, an illustration magazine that’s designed to be reused as giftwrap, talking about their latest issue on the theme of Dark Days, Bright Nights. Wrap is currently on sale at our Christmas shop The Temporium. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article