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Dezeen archive: Sturgess Architecture’s glass viewing platform cantilevered over a Canadian glacier (above, top left) was our most popular story over the last week so we’ve grouped together all our stories from the Dezeen archives about viewing platforms and observatories. See all the stories » All our archive stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art have announced Adjaye Associates, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Foster + Partners and Snøhetta as the finalists in a competition to design an expansion to the museum - SFMoMA </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2010: these chairs embellished with crystals by London designers Doshi Levien are among work by designers including Nendo, Konstantin Grcic and Neri & Hu, commissioned by Swarovski Crystal Palace and presented in Milan this week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designer Simon Heijdens has applied a special film to windows at the Art Institute Chicago that creates constantly-changing shadows in response to weather conditions outside. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Strips of glazing wrap the walls and roof of a timber waterside summerhouse in Aure, Norway. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Shanghai Expo 2010: architectural photographer Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre is at Shanghai Expo 2010 this week and will be sending us some of the first photos of the completed pavilions, starting with the Spanish Pavilion by Miralles Tagliabue (EMBT). (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2010: Italian-Singaporean studio Lanzavecchia + Wai presented a collection of lights made of fabric stretched over steel wire frames in the Ventura Lambrate district of Milan last month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Folding back these perforated screens reconfigures an apartment that’s combined with a dance and choreography studio near Paris. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2010: British designers BarberOsgerby have collaborated with electronics brand Sony to present a series of conceptual products combining light and sound. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Beneath a wide skylight, a white spiralling staircase descends the three storeys of this high school in Lille by French architects Tank. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen archive: our most popular story this week is Zaha Hadid’s Wangjing Soho retail complex for Beijing, so here’s a roundup of all our stories about projects in China. See all the stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The latest issue of Dezeenmail went out today – take a look at it here. Dezeenmail is sent out roughly every two weeks and contains a selection of Dezeen’s best stories and comments, along with all our latest competitions and jobs. You can subscribe here. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French architects Chartier-Carbasson have designed a football training centre in Amiens, France, with a sloping turf roof that merges with the adjacent field. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

An exhibition featuring architectural compositions made of household objects by Canadian artist Dave Trautrimas will open at LE Gallery in Toronto later this week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch company OAT have designed a range of biodegradeable shoes. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This farmhouse in Hokkaido by Japanese studio Hiroshi Horio Architects has a pointed observation deck where residents dry herbs. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen archive: this week we featured a winery in the south of France and a see-through church in Belgium that are both made of Corten, so here’s a roundup of all our stories featuring weathered steel. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This Manhattan apartment by Yoshihara McKee Architects‘ New York studio overlooks the city and Washington Square Park, and is decorated with copper leaf screens. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: Jak, the second watch by New York designer Karim Rashid for Italian brand Alessi, is now available at Dezeen Watch Store. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Can’t get enough concrete? Here’s a range of concrete stationery by London designer Magnus Pettersen. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Residents of this small Japanese house can warm their feet in a heated sunken hollow beneath the dining table. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

German design student Nicole Losos has created a concept for a triangulated wall-mounted structure that you can sit, sleep, read, eat and keep things on. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2010: Italian designer Marco Dessi presented a series of drinking glasses decorated with the pattern of netting used to packaged oranges. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Hong Kong artist and designer Kacey Wong has designed another topical robot-shaped survival suit, this time intended to protect people from radiation leaking from nuclear power stations. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: American furniture brand Knoll have been awarded the National Design Award for Corporate and Institutional Achievement by the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article