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Dezeenwire: German architect Günter Behnisch, founder of Behnisch Architekten, and has died aged 88. Via sueddeutsche.de </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

British historian, curator and broadcaster Gus Casely-Hayford has been appointed the inaugural director of V&A East, the South Kensington museum's east London outpost. Read more View the full article

Swiss architect Gus Wüstemann has subdivided a 19th-century building in Zurich into nine flats with concrete and chipboard finishes that complement its existing vaulted ceilings and stone walls. Read more View the full article

Concrete-lined living spaces extend out onto angular balconies at this low-cost housing block in Zurich, designed by locally based studio Gus Wüstemann. Read more

Gustaf Holtenäs based his animated video for Russian musician Mitya's track Fabula Spatium on surreal sci-fi art from the 1970s (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

British landscape architecture studio Gustafson Porter + Bowman are redesigning the approaches to the Eiffel Tower in Paris ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Read more

These seaside houses in Margate, England, feature pitched roofs intended to resemble traditional beach huts, and fully glazed gable ends that make the most of the sea views (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This gymnasium in Utrecht by Dutch studio NL Architects has no windows but features walls that swell outwards to let light in from above (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Copper-clad panels behind the glazed facade of this gymnasium by French firm LAN Architecture produce tinted reflections of the surrounding buildings (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A windowless yellow facade shrouds the interior of this concrete gymnasium in southern France by architects Heams et Michel. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A red brick wall spans the gap between two crumbling facades on a street in Catalonia, hiding a home by H Arquitectes with two courtyards and a central garden (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Spanish studio H Arquitectes has renovated and extended a tired mid-century school building in Catalonia, adding a new facade of concrete blocks and slatted screens (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This gabled farmhouse by architects Budapesti Műhely is a contemporary interpretation of a traditional Hungarian peasant house (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A geometric facade formed of hollow concrete blocks allows breezes to naturally cool the interior of this house in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, by local firm VACO Design (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Architectural photographer Joao Morgado has sent us some images of a house made of glass in Maastricht, Netherlands, designed by Wiel Arets Architects. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Slideshow: Seoul studio Dialoguemethod made this stationery set by layering up birch plywood with coloured paper. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Norway's consumer watchdog has criticised fast-fashion chain H&M for misleading marketing of its "sustainable" Conscious collection. Read more

Architects Universal Design Studio have created a perforated pleated facade for clothing retailer H&M in Seoul, South Korea. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

H&P Architects has designed the AgriNesture house in Vietnam to have a large space for agriculture so that its owners can grow their own food. Read more View the full article

New York architects Axis Mundi have designed a retrofit façade for an office building in Barcelona that replicates rippled water. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Los Angeles artists the Haas Brothers have worked with South African artisans to make a family of sheep-sized fantasy creatures covered with patterned beadwork. (more…)

Art and design duo the Haas Brothers has revealed a series of otherworldly sculptures with tentacle or fur-like outgrowths that are the result of porcelain being built up with thousands of brushstrokes. Read more

Menswear is displayed like tools in a shed at this shop in Stockholm by local designers Form Us With Love. (more…) View the full article

In this movie Dezeen produced for Haberdashery, Ben Rigby introduces the London design studio's first commercial lighting product, which casts dappled light reminiscent of sunshine filtering through leaves. Read more View the full article

Haberdashery introduces its contemporary lighting collection, Poetic Narratives, as part of VDF's collaboration with Ventura Projects. Read more View the full article