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Product news: Paris design studio A+A Cooren has designed a table and a console with branching metal legs for French brand La Redoute. (more...) View the full article

Designers Ami Drach and Dov Ganchrow have created a range of 3D-printed handles to give the ancient multipurpose hand-axe a series of specific functions (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Our pick of the best architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs this week include positions with David Chipperfield's London-based architecture firm, MAD in Beijing and Handel Architects in San Francisco. Read more View the full article

Recycled water from a ground-floor fish pond is used to nourish fruit trees on the roof of a house in Danang City, Vietnam, by Vo Trong Nghia Architects. Read more View the full article

Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Lars Müller Publishers to give readers the chance to win one of five copies of a book documenting the last century of design in Switzerland. (more…) View the full article

News: British curator Beatrice Galilee has been appointed to a newly created role as curator of architecture and design at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. (more...) View the full article

A pavilion with colourful geometric windows by late American artist Ellsworth Kelly has been built at the University of Texas in Austin. Read more View the full article

A living room is contained within this glazed extension to a period property in Dublin, forming a transparent connection between the existing building and its garden. (more…)

Dezeen promotion: press and industry professionals can register to attend the preview days of this year's Chicago Architecture Biennial on 14 and 15 September, for a first look at the exhibitions. Read more View the full article

Construction is now underway on a twisted tower designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma for Rolex in Dallas, Texas. (more…) View the full article

Opinion: the refurbishment of London's Imperial War Museum by Norman Foster is a "botched" job, but it's hardly surprising given the UK's strange attitude to its own history, says Owen Hatherley. (more...) View the full article

East London studio IWANT has overhauled the birth certificate to bring it into the digital age and make it more personal. (more...) View the full article

The latest in a string of infrastructure projects in Georgia is a twisted cascade of concrete forming a checkpoint at the border with Armenia by architect Luka Machablishvili. (more…) View the full article

Wood is the key to a more sustainable building industry, says architect John Klein, who has led Massachusetts Institute of Technology students in designing a large community centre from mass timber. Read more View the full article

David Adjaye has used pink-tinted concrete to form a "tough and gentle" store in Los Angeles for fashion retailer The Webster, which marks the British-Ghanian architect's first project in California. Read more View the full article

A Japanese-style reading nook and a sculptural wooden staircase feature in this 1970s Los Angeles house, which has been overhauled by local studio Dan Brunn Architecture to "pay homage" to its original architect Frank Gehry. Read more View the full article

News: Dutch construction company Heijmans has developed a prefabricated starter home for young professionals that can be installed on vacant city-centre sites in under 24 hours (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dutch architecture studio MVRDV's mixed-use Shenzhen Terraces development will be built at the Shimao ShenKong International Centre in Shenzhen. Read more View the full article

Ljubljana-based studio Enota has replaced an outdoor swimming pool with a pool covered in a rugged landscape of geometric, funnel-like roof structures at the Terme Olimia Spa in Slovenia. Read more View the full article

Volcanic stone, grey metal and large stretches of glass form the facades of this eight-storey building in Manhattan's Chelsea neighbourhood, which serves as the global headquarters for Pace Gallery. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Screen: this animation from our series by architectural filmakers Factory Fifteen shows a swarm of equipment associated with British postal service Royal Mail colonising the sides of a building and configuring themselves into a temporary automated sorting office. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Google‘s new London headquarters by designers PENSON features Union Jack flags, balcony gardens and allotments where staff can grow vegetables (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The Brinery is a home fermentation vessel designed by a team of Royal College of Art students to kickstart interest in the "forgotten" process of preserving vegetables. Read more View the full article

Our updated winter retreats Pinterest board showcases architecture in cold locations, including luxury treehouses in Austria and an Alpine chalet with panoramic views. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest or visit our updated board to see more. Read more View the full article

Architecture studio Sāransh has used an array of materials to define the different living zones of this open-plan studio apartment in Ahmedabad, India. Read more View the full article