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Architecture studio SHoP and interior design firm Studio O+A have unveiled plans for a glassy new mini-campus for the firm behind the controversial Uber taxi app (+ slideshow). (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

New York 2015: design student Maxime Loiseau has created a set of prototype headphones that transmit sound through printed electronics. (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

An exhibition at New York's Museum of Arts and Design celebrates the work of Ralph Pucci, whose mannequin designs chronicle changes in visual culture over more than 30 years (+ slideshow). (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

Slim batons of timber clad the facade of this medical clinic by Alt Arkkitehdit, which is set on the edge of a Finnish forest. (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

Israeli artist Daniel Rozin has created an interactive "mirror" from faux-fur bunches that change colour to create moving silhouettes (+ movie). (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a senior curator at the V&A's new museum in Stratford, which will occupy a site in the London 2012 Olympic Park (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

Zaha Hadid has completed her second major project for Chinese developer Soho China – a trio of curved towers designed to look like giant pebbles (+ slideshow). (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

After years of delay, a new public library by Steven Holl has broken ground in Queens, on a prominent site overlooking the East River and the Manhattan skyline (+ slideshow). (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

Opinion: designers have a responsibility to help with the growing refugee crisis in Europe and beyond, says Richard van der Laken, founder of What Design Can Do. (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

Clerkenwell Design Week 2015: the Dezeen Watch Store pop-up shop is now open in the Farmiloe Building at this year's Clerkenwell Design Week, and customers get a free apple with every purchase! (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

Milan 2015: in this movie, USM CEO Alexander Schärer introduces the student installations that were featured at the Swiss modular furniture brand's Milan exhibition Rethink the Modular. (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

Chinese studio MAD has unveiled its design for a kindergarten enshrouded beneath a cloak of asphalt shingles, which is now under construction in Japan's Aichi Prefecture. (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

Comments update: a fairytale-inspired Essex house by architecture studio FAT and artist Grayson Perry was the most discussed project this week. Read on for more on this and the other most commented stories on Dezeen. (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

New York 2015: the lighting scene in New York is "exploding" according to designers in the city, with young companies joining established names to create a movement with a unique aesthetic (+ slideshow). (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

Dezeen promotion: designers and architects including Nicholas Grimshaw, Michael Young and Tomas Alonso will take part in talks and discussions during this year's Clerkenwell Design Week from 19 to 21 May (+ slideshow). (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

Slate-grey bricks applied in zigzagging rows give the walls of this London house extension a faceted texture that contrasts the smooth, pale yellow brickwork of the original property (+ slideshow). (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

Finnish designer Iiro A Ahokas has created a tea set that fits neatly together inside an insulated cup shaped like a "bawdy" test tube. (more…) View the full article

A canyon at the foothills of the Cascade Mountains in rural Washington is the setting for this timber and concrete house designed by Seattle firm Balance Associates (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Milan 2015: students from Swiss design school ÉCAL collaborated with craftspeople to present time-related objects in an exhibition at the Museo Bagatti Valsecchi in Milan (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This timber-clad beach cabin by Amsterdam-based studio Marc Koehler Architects is embedded into the sand dunes of a Dutch island, overlooking the North Sea (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Danish firm BIG is reportedly in talks to redesign the final tower at the World Trade Center site, potentially ousting the original architects as part of the developer's tenancy negotiations. (more…) View the full article

House-shaped windows of different sizes protrude from the facade of this mixed-use building in South Korea, offering clues about the "three-dimensional puzzle-like composition" of rooms inside (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The Lockheed Lounge by Australian designer Marc Newson has retained its title as the world's most expensive design object, after selling for more than £2 million. (more…) View the full article

This water sports centre with a green roof was designed by Guinée*Potin Architectes and is set into a grassy bank by a lake in western France (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Milan 2015: British designer Tom Dixon has launched a set of lights based on mechanical cogs to accompany his range of brass home accessories. (more…) View the full article