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The huge tiled roof that wraps around this Tokyo house integrates arched windows and openings for tree branches. (more…) View the full article

This week on Dezeen, a rural house in Northern Ireland by McGonigle McGrath was named as the RIBA House of the Year, and Glenn Murcutt's MPavilion was unveiled in Melbourne. Read more View the full article

Gavin Green is responsible for design at theatre consultancy Charcoalblue. He explains how he came to work on major renovations of theatres across the globe, in this interview for the Dezeen Jobs careers guide. Read more

Italian lighting company Artemide is the latest brand to add portable lighting to its collection with its cordless Emera and Empatia Mobile lamps. Read more View the full article

Photo essay: Swiss photographer Nicolas Grospierre has spent the last 15 years meticulously documenting Modernist architecture across five continents, a process that has turned him into an "obsessive collector" (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

S/LAB has placed an office with mismatched interiors for property development company Mantab behind a golden folding facade on a quiet street in Kuala Lumpur. Read more

Virtual Design Festival launched this week! Here's a roundup of everything that happened in week one including live interviews, collaborations with cultural organisations and video messages from designers around the world. Read more View the full article

Adidas has unveiled the latest pair of trainers from its Futurecraft series, featuring uppers made from 100 per cent biodegradable material. Read more View the full article

Thin ribbons of wood line the green ceilings and white pine wall panels in this Montreal pizza restaurant designed by local studio Ménard Dworkind. Read more View the full article

The public library for an arts centre in South Korea is condensed into a cube at the centre of a room. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Second Life showcases the works of Mexican architects and designers at the modernist Casa Möbius on the outskirts of Mexico City as part of the city's design week. Read more

Madrid fashion designer Yulia Yadryshnikova's latest capsule collection includes a dress that unfolds into a cover for designer Luca Nichetto's most recent sofa. (more...) View the full article

Both Amanda Levete's MAAT museum and the Lisbon Architecture Triennale opened in the Portuguese capital earlier this month. Together they prove that architecture is physically shaped by its fiscal situation, says Mimi Zeiger in this week's Opinion. Read more View the full article

Brett Holts, vice president of Nike Running Footwear, and runner Paula Radcliffe explain the new Nike ZoomX Vaporfly NEXT% shoe worn by London Marathon winner Eliud Kipchoge in this movie produced by Dezeen. Read more

Data journalist and illustrator Mona Chalabi has unveiled a series of limited-edition prints and shared a selection of her illustrations visualising information about coronavirus as part of The World Around's takeover of Virtual Design Festival for Earth Day. Read more View the full article

Italian fashion brand Prada has launched six bags made from regenerated nylon, as the first stage in its plan to phase out virgin nylon in the next two years called the ReNylon project. Read more

Experimental architecture studio Bureau has taken a building apart and put it back together again, to create a home for the fictional protagonist of 1963 film The Servant. Read more

File-sharing site WeTransfer has unveiled its first ever rebrand, which includes a refresh of its logo, identity and website. Read more View the full article

Sarajevo fashion designer Ljiljana Majkić presents her Autumn/Winter 2011-2012 collection of garments with exaggerated geometric silhouettes. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Daily coronavirus briefing: today's architecture and design coronavirus briefing includes Apple making face shields, 100 architecture films, and the Hygiene Hand. Read more View the full article

Architecture studio Chybik + Kristof has revealed its design for a pavilion on the site of the greenhouse in the Czech Republic where Gregor Mendel discovered genetics. Read more View the full article

Traditional Japanese floor mats define the proportions of this house in Niigata, designed by Tokmoto Architectures Room as a strict grid of squares (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This vase by Charlie Guda for Rotterdam company The Cottage Industry combines a test-tube with a magnifying lens to show off tiny single blooms. (more…) View the full article

Almost everything that goes on inside this house in Valencia by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos is on show to visitors though a transparent glass facade (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Nike has created face shields and lenses for air-purifying respirators with materials from the sportswear brand's footwear and clothing to help protect against Covid-19. Read more View the full article