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British architects Carmody Groarke have completed this granite monolith outside London’s Natural History Museum to commemorate victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Gardens on the terraced roofs of this brick office building in northern India were designed by SPA Design to reference an ancient Indian well and the legendary Hanging Gardens of Babylon (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Future Makers: advances in digital tools are enabling independent game developers to move into hardware as well as software, says Alex Fleetwood of start-up Sensible Object, which is developing a new hybrid game called Fabulous Beasts (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Indigenous communities are pioneers of technologies that offer solutions to climate change, according to designer and environmentalist Julia Watson. Read more View the full article

Exposed brickwork, pegboards and adaptable wooden display units feature in this Dublin clothing store by Irish studio Designgoat (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Amsterdam arts centre Mediamatic has set up a socially-distanced dining experience where guests sit in their own greenhouse and hosts wear face shields. Read more View the full article

President of Indonesia Joko Widodo is planning to relocate the nation's capital away from Jakarta, the world's fastest-sinking city. Read more

As congested and low-lying Jakarta sinks rapidly, Indonesia's government has revealed that the new capital city will be built on the island of Borneo. Read more

Corners appear to have been sliced away from the cantilevered concrete upper floor of this house in Indonesia by Jakarta studio SUB. (more...) View the full article

Greenery-filled courtyards and waffle ceilings bring light to the interiors of this concrete restaurant, which Vector Architects has erected near the shore of Beidaihe, China. Read more

This boutique by Japanese designers Nendo is full of fake doors. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

German industrial designer Richard Sapper, who created iconic products for brands including Alessi, Knoll and IBM, has died aged 83. (more…) View the full article

These lamps by London design studio Industrial Facility feature rounded shades modelled on the shape of street lights, designed to cast pools of light. (more…) View the full article

Milan 2016: London studio Industrial Facility has designed a range of desks and tables for American furniture company Emeco based on canteen tables and park benches (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Milan 2016: London studio Industrial Facility has designed a solid wood "chair for church" for Italian furniture brand Mattiazzi (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Stockholm 2015: London design studio Industrial Facility has collaborated with Swedish lighting company Wästberg to create lamps that provide power from multiple USB outlets. (more…) View the full article

London designer Simon Hasan has hand-made 400 bowls, cups and vases from boiled leather, which he will sell via a vending machine. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Shimmering steel panels chequer the facade of this office building at an aluminium plant outside Buenos Aires by Argentinean architects Adamo-Faiden and Estudio Silberfaden. (more...) View the full article

Parts of an industrial shack in Amsterdam have been incorporated into the 5-metre-wide Huis M&M, a residential conversion by NEXT Architects and architect Claudia Linders. Read more

London architecture firm DH Liberty has added an installation of reclaimed bottles to this figure-of-eight shaped office in a converted Shoreditch warehouse (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Lighting made of double-walled spun metal will be among the new products to be launched by British designer Tom Dixon in Milan this April. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Artists Studio Job will present a new collection of furniture decorated with marquetry at the Carpenters Workshop Gallery in London later this week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Graduate shows 2016: in this movie, Royal College of Art graduate Meret Vollenweider explains how her interactive installation of human-powered appliances aims to stop people taking electricity for granted. (more…) View the full article

Dutch designer Ineke Hans has created signposts and furniture to complement an art trail that lines a busy motorway in northern Holland (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Cologne 2015: Dutch designer Ineke Hans has incorporated slender drawers beneath the surface of this table to store items such as cutlery, letters or tablet devices (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article