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Berlin crowdsourcing platform Jovoto has launched an open design competition to repurpose a defunct railway bridge spanning the Danube river in Linz. (more…) View the full article

Rotterdam studio Shift has used a 14-metre multifunctional cabinet wall to give a "loft-like" openness to the ground floor of a historic townhouse in Amsterdam (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Advances in genetic technology mean that creating synthetic animals has become just another branch of industrial design, according to Daisy Ginsberg. (more…) View the full article

Spanish product designer Victor Castanera has created a set of cylindrical resin containers with patterns reminiscent of ocean waves and sandy beaches. (more…) View the full article

British company APH has unveiled plans for a new hybrid-electric commercial aircraft, which it says would carry as many passengers as a jumbo jet but produce significantly less emissions (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

New York architect Daniel Libeskind has released plans for a Kurdish museum in Iraq, featuring his signature sharp angles and interlocking volumes (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen competition: Dezeen has teamed up with lighting brand Luceplan to give away three pairs of tickets to an exclusive design talk in New York, plus one Tivedo lamp designed by Sebastian Bergne. (more…) View the full article

Hammerschmid Pachl Seebacher Architekten has added a contemporary extension to a traditional farmhouse in Austria, featuring rough-sawn spruce cladding and a folded fibre-cement roof (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Graduate shows 2016: Central Saint Martins student Giulia Tomasello's Future Flora kit lets women grow and harvest living cultures that can support intimate health (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Architecture firms OMA and Hassell have revealed designs for a major new museum in Perth, Australia, that will slot amongst a series of heritage buildings (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has completed a dedicated cancer treatment centre at Guy's Hospital in London, which welcomes its first patients today. (more…) View the full article

London firm Acme has completed a shopping centre in Leeds, England, featuring a white latticed concrete facade and an interior modelled on old-fashioned arcades. Read more View the full article

Studio dn&co's wayfinding for London's Here East campus features symbols borrowed from circuit drawings. Read more View the full article

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an experienced furniture designer for Richard Hutten in Rotterdam, who based the leaf-like form of these wooden stools (pictured) on the "lucky" four leaf-clover. More › View the full article

American firm Un.Box Studio has used low-maintenance materials to create a simple, lakeside cabin in Texas surrounded by cypress trees and a verdant lawn. Read more View the full article

Gentrification is the hot topic in this week's comments update, after the creators behind New York's High Line launched a website advising on how to create similar projects without pushing out local communities. Read more View the full article

Zaha Hadid Architects has designed a masterplan for Tallinn's port, boasting a new cruise ship terminal as well as office and housing districts intended to spark regeneration around the waterfront of the Estonian capital. Read more View the full article

Brooklyn studio Light and Air Architecture has overhauled a local home using a new structural stairwell to link together the whole interior below a skylight. Read more View the full article

Swedish collective Note Design Studio has created a collection of poufs called Arkad, which are designed to look like architectural arches. Read more View the full article

US start-up Naked Labs has launched a smart mirror and connected scale that can build a 3D scan and full health profile of your body. Read more View the full article

Digital platforms and AI could be the future of customising prefabricated modular housing if we are less wary of technology, says Patrik Schumacher. Read more

IKEA is set to launch an air-purifying curtain coated with a mineral-based surface that breaks down common pollutants. Read more

An exhibition featuring the painterly, diagrammatic drawings by Japanese architect and artist Shusaku Arakawa has opened at the Gagosian Gallery in New York. Read more

US studio SL Design has overhauled the interiors of a 20th-century building in Baltimore, Maryland to create this boutique hotel, including a 1970s-style lounge, modernist designs and a curated art collection. Read more

Indonesian designer Alvin Tjitrowirjo has created five new pieces of handmade furniture, designed to promote rattan as a high-quality material. Read more