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Beijing studio MAD has completed an opera house in the Chinese city of Harbin, featuring an undulating form that wraps two concert halls and a huge public plaza (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Stockholm 2016: Swedish design brand Swedese has launched a set of square seating modules that can be mixed with backrests, tables and planters (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

American company Under Armour has joined the list of sportswear brands incorporating 3D printing into shoes with the launch of lattice-soled trainers designed to be suitable for any sport (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

British-American branding firm Wolff Olins has created a shapeshifting logo for South African telecoms company Oi that changes colour and form in response to people's voices (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Architect Rafael Viñoly has sent Dezeen a public letter apologising for comments he made about the interior design of his supertall New York skyscraper. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: the Southern California Institute of Architecture has launched a scholarship for a European architecture student to study a masters at the university in Los Angeles. (more…) View the full article

The hotel in Washington DC made famous by the Watergate scandal has reopened with interiors by London studio Ron Arad Architects (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Norman Foster, Calvin Klein and Dieter Rams are among over 100 high-profile designers that have sided with Apple as it continues an ongoing patent case against tech rival Samsung. (more…) View the full article

Japanese studio CAPD has used large wooden boxes to created rooms and mezzanine floors within a house in Tokushima Prefecture (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This 1960s house in suburban Melbourne has been overhauled by Branch Studio Architects to create a contemporary home for the original owners' granddaughter (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

More than 35 haute couture pieces from the archive of Dutch fashion designers Viktor & Rolf feature in an exhibition at Melbourne's National Gallery of Victoria. Read more View the full article

Patrik Schumacher's vision for a deregulated and privatised city is nothing more than a rehash of failed establishment ideas, and we shouldn't pay any attention, argues Phineas Harper in his latest Opinion column. Read more View the full article

Students at the University of Southern California's School of Architecture have conceived a series of shelters for homeless people, ranging from a shopping cart converted into a tent structure to a tiny house made of scavenged material. Read more View the full article

Blackened steel, plywood and local stones were used to construct this modern country home in the American Midwest by Bamesberger Architecture. Read more View the full article

This house in a mountainous district near Rio de Janeiro features pigmented concrete walls and a broad overhanging roof that enclose a sequence of living spaces opening directly onto the landscaped grounds. Read more View the full article

Italian designer Matteo Cibic imagined futuristic plants when creating these bizarre-looking ceramic and glass objects that puff out perfume, which London gallery Seeds is showcasing during London Design Festival. Read more View the full article

Brussels' €125 million (£109 million) Centre Pompidou is to be designed by noAarchitecten, EM2N and Sergison Bates architects. Read more View the full article

London developer Cube Haus has commissioned Adjaye Associates, Faye Toogood, Skene Catling de la Peña, and Carl Turner Architects to design affordable modular houses for awkward urban sites. Read more View the full article

The latest Apple Store to be designed by Foster + Partners, a mobile home in Colorado and Boeing's concept for a hypersonic plane feature in the latest edition of our newsletter Dezeen Weekly. Subscribe to Dezeen Weekly › View the full article

Canadian design firm McLeod Bovell has created a two-storey dwelling for a sloped site with sea views, with a bright red facade and a rear volume that cantilevers over a swimming pool. Read more View the full article

Companies that incorporate good design into their corporate strategies, as well as their products, benefit from increased productivity and market share, according to research by InVision. Read more

De Baes Associates and architect Sophie van Noten's House SSK is a steel and glass house wrapped inside an open-topped brick shell in Kortrijk, Belgium. Read more

Monterrey-based studio P+0 Arquitectura has wrapped concrete terraces and staircases around this residence to make the most of its setting among wooded mountains in Mexico. Read more

London designer Adam Nathaniel Furman, has created an abstract sculpture that features in a short animation created for UK broadcaster ITV. Read more

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