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Italian architect Renzo Piano has designed an oval-shaped condominium tower that is wrapped in terraces on the waterfront in Miami, Florida. Read more View the full article

Mizuno Architecture Design has created a concrete office and conference facility for the employees of a tuna processing factory in the Japanese seaside town of Yaizu (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Extra Moooi: running a successful design company is about striking a balance between order and chaos, says Robin Bevers in his first video interview since taking over as CEO of Dutch brand Moooi (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

The windows of this scientific research centre in Stuttgart by Dutch architects UNStudio are lined up like rows of dominoes set to topple. (more…) View the full article

As the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas got underway this week, BMW and Toyota revealed futuristic concept cars, a "cute" home robot became a reality and Lego launched a kit for teaching children how to code. Read more View the full article

Belgian studio Unfold has developed a set of instruments that measure physical objects and transfer the dimensions to a digital model in real time on screen (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

A courtyard garden divides the two sides of this concrete house in Vienna, which has been squeezed onto a plot just five metres wide by local architecture studio Caramel (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A bulky concrete apartment appears to hover above the glass roof of a patisserie at this combined home and workplace in Chiba Prefecture by Japanese studio Yuko Nagayama & Associates (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

New York City's Pratt Institute has named British architect and professor Harriet Harriss as the next dean of its school of architecture. Read more

With Mexican architect Frida Escobedo set to reveal her Serpentine Pavilion today, here's a look at seven of her most significant projects. Read more View the full article

The next movie in a series about the buildings of Slovenian practice OFIS Arhitekti features a social housing block on the outskirts of Ljubljana with a latticed facade inspired by local Alpine hayracks. (more…) View the full article

News: Italian firm Mario Cucinella Architects has won a competition to design a telecommunications agency headquarters in Algeria with proposals for a fin-like form referencing sand dunes and traditional Mediterranean architecture (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Spanish architect Marc Mogas created this prefabricated cottage in Spain's Pyrenees mountains as a cost-effective summer retreat. Read more View the full article

Chilean architecture was popular on Dezeen this week, including a tiered residence with Pacific views (above) and an earthquake-proof house (below), plus here’s our track of the week from Dezeen Music Project. (more…) View the full article

The Japanese House exhibition at London's Barbican doesn't offer solutions to the housing crisis, says Owen Hatherley, but it does show what's possible when architects respond to extreme change and instability. Read more View the full article

Movie: in our second exclusive interview from this year's World Architecture Festival, Scott Adams of Taylor Cullity Lethlean discusses the design of The Australian Garden, which won the award for best landscape project. (more...) View the full article

Al Faya Lodge and Al Bait Hotel offer hospitality that connects travellers with Sharjah dezeen's history says Khawla Al Hashimi, director of project development at Shurooq, in this video produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD Awards. Read more View the full article

Dutch designers Laura Lynn Jansen and Thomas Vailly have created a collection of tableware by "growing" stone over a structural skeleton using the same natural process that forms stalagmites and stalactites in caves (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

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In the freezing winter months this wooden sauna on a Finnish island can be towed like a sledge over a frozen lake to find the right spot for a plunge pool. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Studio Alexander Fehre used different wall and ceiling finishes to define the spaces of this 45-square-metre flat in central London. (more…) View the full article

British product designer Hans Ramzan has created a pocket-sized device that enables people to test themselves for HIV from the comfort of their own home. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Awards has introduced five new design categories for 2019, including one that will honour the best sustainable design project of the year. Read more

Self-contained micro homes are being installed inside vacant buildings across London as part of an initiative called The SHED Project, which features in the latest movie from our Dezeen x MINI Living video series. Read more View the full article

Slideshow: British architects HAT Projects have completed a seaside gallery in Hastings, England, with a shimmering exterior of black glazed tiles. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article