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Behind a shimmering aluminium facade, the rooms of this Montreal house are organised around a three-tiered courtyard that allows daylight to funnel through to every storey (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Cologne designer Thomas Schnur has designed a wooden bench with two fat cylindrical legs that are laid on their sides like logs. (more…) View the full article

This holiday home by Swiss architects Hurst Song Architekten is partly embedded in the steep slopes of the Swiss Alps (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This high chair by Vienna designers Patrycja Domanska and Felix Gieselmann gives coffeehouse patrons a view over the heads of others. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This apartment full of holes in Amsterdam was designed by Dutch interior architects i29. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This Amsterdam apartment by Dutch interior architects i29 has two pine wood wall cabinets hiding most of the functional appliances and fitings, allowing for a completely open space. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch interiors studio i29 has added plywood walls, furniture and surfaces to every room inside this house in North Holland (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Architecture studio Sevil Peach has overhauled a house once owned by Victorian painter and illustrator Frederick Barnard to create an artist's residence boasting period features and a patio-side bathtub. (more…) View the full article

A house-shaped metal frame surrounds the objects on these tall display tables by Kazakhstan designer Artem Zigert. (more…) View the full article

Domestic spaces designed by Karl Lagerfeld, Lina Bo Bardi and Finn Juhl appear in the Home Stories: 100 Years, 20 Visionary Interiors exhibition at the Vitra Design Museum, which looks into the history of residential interiors. Read more View the full article

Cologne 2011: young designer Anne Lorenz presented this storage chest modelled on an enormous handbag as part of [D3] Design Talents at imm cologne last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A home-help aide to IM Pei has been charged with assaulting the Pritzker Prize-winning architect at his New York home. (more…) View the full article

Milan 2013: Robert Bronwasser of Amsterdam design studio Smool presented a television set wrapped in fabric at Ventura Lambrate in Milan earlier this month. (more...) View the full article

Swedish furniture and homeware brand IKEA have released this 140-page cookbook without any words. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

VDF products fair: More than 50 glass spheres and hemispheres make up the Homo wall sculpture by Russian designer Grigory Gorkovenko, which can function as a clock, light and vase. Read more View the full article

Dutch Design Week 2013: Portuguese designer Susana Soares has developed a device for detecting cancer and other serious diseases using trained bees ( + slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Format Elf Architekten added a pattern of hexagonal holes to the long aluminium facade of this office building in Germany to control the amount of daylight entering the interior (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A pair of skyscrapers with concave, honeycomb-patterned facades bracket planted plazas at Büro Ole Scheeren's Duo development in Singapore. Read more View the full article

This tiny stone cottage by Patterson Associates provides a remote honeymoon retreat on the rugged coast of a New Zealand peninsula (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: US technology firm Honeywell has released a minimal smart thermostat that learns household routines, a rival to Nest's similar connected home product. (more...) View the full article

A number of design industry events that were set to take place in Hong Kong over the coming weeks have been cancelled, following the most violent clashes in the city since protests began in June. Read more View the full article

Four wide columns clad in steel trellis pierce the cantilevered glass volume of this design institute in Hong Kong by French architects CAAU. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Hong Kong's government has unveiled a £60 billion infrastructure project to address its land shortage by building one of the world's largest artificial islands. Read more

Concrete tables and atmospheric lighting feature inside this Hong Kong branch of McDonald's, designed by branding consultancy Landini Associates as an alternative to bright and colourful fast-food restaurants (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

British designer Michael Young has designed a tower for Hong Kong with faceted surfaces that will change according to weather and lighting conditions. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article