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Installations set against the arid landscape of California's Coachella Valley for the Desert X biennial art festival include a huge orange block and a rainbow-like arch. Read more

Shanghai-based design studio 8 Hour has released a range of seating, which is inspired by the "changing forms" of a paperclip. Read more

Architects can limit the environmental impact building has on our changing climate using their power as specifiers, they just need to take responsibility and do it, says Christine Murray. Read more

France is planning an architectural competition to design a replacement spire for Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, after the old one collapsed during the fire. Read more

American fashion designer Zac Posen has created a dress constructed from 3D-printed petals, which was worn by British model Jourdan Dunn at this year's Met Gala in New York. Read more

Triangular windows fold up the corner of this OMA-designed housing block, which marks the architecture firm's first ground-up structure in New York City. Read more

Top prize at this year's DBA Design Effectiveness Awards has been awarded to a toothbrush developed for the rural Indian market. Read more

Established studios Rockwell Group, Studio Gang and Barber & Osgerby and emerging talents such as Mamou-Mani, Peter Pichler and Biasol are among 116 practices on the 2019 longlist for Dezeen Awards studio of the year and emerging studio categories. Read more

The Serpentine Coffee House, which Mizzi Studio has created alongside the Serpentine lake in Hyde Park, London, is topped with a roof designed to look like a stingray. Read more

Jagged tunnels edged with red trim, scooped walls and wave-like canopies are among the defining features of these vacant concrete skateparks in California, photographed by artist Amir Zaki. Read more

An apartment shortlisted for Dezeen Awards has been disqualified after an eagle-eyed commenter noticed that the images submitted were computer renders rather than photos. Read more

Activist and educator Neil Pinder, who was named Teacher of the Year for his work at a south London secondary school, will speak about design education at Dezeen Day. Read more

Dezeen will host a panel discussion exploring the circular economy in architecture on Saturday 19 October during Dutch Design Week 2019 in Eindhoven. Read more View the full article

We continue our high-tech architecture series with a profile of Richard Rogers, the architect of two of the movement's best-known inside out buildings, Centre Pompidou and the Lloyd's building. Read more View the full article

Expansive openings punctuate the earth-toned facade of this home designed by architecture practice MORQ, which is on a hillside in southern Italy. Read more View the full article

Swedish furniture brand Massproductions is set to release an outdoor sofa at Stockholm Design Week that mimics the welded steel barriers that are often erected at concerts to manage the crowd. Read more View the full article

A large wind chime and a bouncy castle linked to a smartphone app are among the temporary Winter Stations structures that have been built on Toronto's lakefront, to encourage visitors to play outside in the freezing winter. Read more View the full article

The latest edition of Dezeen Weekly includes Li Edelkoort's predictions for life post-coronavirus, Hyundai's all-black electric car and Dezeen's new Face to Face podcast series. Subscribe to Dezeen Weekly › View the full article

Daily coronavirus briefing: today's architecture and design coronavirus briefing includes converting buildings into hospitals, a public health artwork campaign and an Elon Musk donation. Read more View the full article

Architect Cameron Sinclair and vegan fashion designer Mats Rombaut are joined by Facebook's director of product design Margaret Stewart in the third part of our Virtual Design Festival collaboration with The World Around for Earth Day. Read more View the full article

California-based design and architecture studio M-Rad proposes using the natural antimicrobial properties of copper alloy to create a travelling Covid-19 testing unit. Read more View the full article

This week on Dezeen, we spoke to architect Alison Brooks about the change in housing design after coronavirus and interviewed Killing Eve's set decorator about what it takes to dress a cult classic. Read more View the full article

Here are some photos of a housing complex in Santa Catarina, Nuevo León, Mexico, by Santiago studio Elemental, which has been announced as a category winner in the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year Awards.(more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A "bed-cabinet", kitchen island and boxed-in bathroom help organise the floor plan of the Spinmolenplein penthouse in Ghent designed by Jürgen Vandewalle. Read more View the full article

Brazilian architects Studio mk27 have completed a house in Salvador, Brazil, where the exterior walls consist of sliding latticed wooden panels. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article