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SpaceContinuum Design Studio and Shape Architecture Practice and Research have designed a pavilion in the emirate of Sharjah to house Random International's Rain Room insulation. Read more View the full article

Angular balconies extending from the front of this apartment block in Paris are framed by white concrete screens featuring a perforated pattern that resembles brickwork. Read more View the full article

A wave-like wooden ceiling undulates above the heads of students at this chapel by architects Gensler in the basement of a Los Angeles university. (more…) View the full article

Peter Marino has used artwork by Tracy Emin and the Campana Brothers to animate the interior of Louis Vuitton's New Bond Street store, which has reopened after more than a year of renovation works. Read more View the full article

A Miami Beach residence that takes indoor-outdoor living to the extreme and a Japanese house with a garden dining room feature in our Pinterest roundup of homes that prioritise entertaining in the summer months. Read more View the full article

This robust concrete house in the Swiss town of Savièse steps down the side of a hill and contains rooms lining internal patios that look out towards the nearby mountains. Read more View the full article

Music: London animator Jack Brown used oil pastels to create an animation of a woman on a journey of self discovery for Doe Paoro's The Wind track (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Mesh panels dipped in paper pulp, polycarbonate and OSB timber merge to form the textured interior of this lifestyle store in Nanjing, China, designed by architecture studio CATS. Read more View the full article

Artist Antony Gormley has teamed up with astrophysicist Priya Natarajan on a virtual-reality experience that allows users to walk on a digital version of the moon created using data from NASA. Read more

From a trio of mirrors depicting Dubai's arid landscape to a set of sand-cast chairs by female artisans in Sharjah, Dezeen's Natashah Hitti has picked seven designs from Downtown Editions 2019 that celebrate regional traits. Read more View the full article

News: Zaha Hadid has railed against the UK's "misogynist" attitude towards women architects after a survey of women in the profession found nearly a third knew they were paid less than their male counterparts for the same job. (more...) View the full article

Plans to build a subterranean residence with a swimming pool for a roof were given the go-ahead this week, prompting us to pin wildly ambitious house designs – built or imagined – to a new Pinterest board. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more conceptual architecture in our archive View the full article

Ukrainian studio S&T Architects has released detailed renders showing its design for a summer retreat in the Carpathian Mountains, comprising two concrete and glass buildings that face each other across a swimming pool. Read more View the full article

In the wake of recent controversies surrounding the funding of major institutions – dubbed "toxic philanthropy – we must rethink the system for supporting culture, says Forensic Architecture researcher Robert Trafford. Read more View the full article

A series of triangular and rectangular platforms create numerous floor levels inside this house in Osaka, Japan. Read more View the full article

In this week's comments update, readers are riled up by Christo comparing the creation of his work to building a skyscraper. Read more View the full article

The latest Dezeen competition offers readers the chance to win one of five copies of Why Materials Matter: Responsible Design For A Better World, a book written by Seetal Solanki. Read more View the full article

Rapper Kanye West has declared his ambitions to design for Ikea and called for the Swedish company to collaborate with him on a furniture range. (more…) View the full article

Stained glass windows feature alongside contemporary furniture in this multipurpose space in Los Angeles designed by Francesca de la Fuente and Working Holiday Studio. Read more View the full article

Our Virtual Design Festival collaboration with The World Around for Earth Day kicks off with a series of conversations with designers including Nelly Ben Hayoun and Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi. Read more View the full article

Opinion: reputable replica furniture companies make quality designer classics accessible to everyone says Chris Diemer, managing director of Voga, in response to comment by Vitra's Tony Ash. (more…) View the full article

These new shots by photography duo Hufton + Crow show visitors climbing the grass-covered sloping roof of the Moesgaard Museum near Aarhus, designed by Danish firm Henning Larsen Architects (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

What could possibly be bad about recreating an example of great design, asks Michael Miner, who was criticised by Aaron Betsky for wanting to resurrect a Frank Lloyd Wright building. Read more

A ring of shelves encloses a padded reading room at this bookshop by designers Kawamura-Ganjavian. (more…) View the full article

PARKA Architecture has renovated a modernist home in Quebec City, preserving its most successful features while bringing in more natural light and decluttering the interiors. Read more View the full article