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Formafantasma has curated a research-focused exhibition at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery in London, UK, which aims to unravel the global impact of the forestry industry. Read more View the full article

A team of architects, artists and scientists has built a pair of basalt structures on the shoreline of a South Korean island to help to draw up fresh water from a spring below the sea. (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival 2013: designer Philippe Malouin built an analogue 3D printer to create moulds from piles of sugar for this range of plates and bowls (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

These photographs taken by Yueqi "Jazzy" Li capture the "mesmerising" dappled light inside Herzog & de Meuron's Dominus Winery. 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

Swiss designer Fabienne Felder has worked with University of Cambridge scientists Paolo Bombelli and Ross Dennis to develop a way of using plants as "biological solar panels". (more...) View the full article

An optimistic vision of the future in an era of climate breakdown is one that doesn't involve humans, said British artist Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg at Dezeen Day. Read more View the full article

A curved corridor with full-height doors slices through Hiha Studio's renovation of this ground floor home near Barcelona. Read more View the full article

This week on Dezeen, IKEA revealed its new furniture that can be assembled without screws and BIG launched its own in-house engineering department. Read more View the full article

Architects Peter McNeil and Clarissa Nam have built two detached houses on a corner lot in Toronto to live in and use as a rental property. Read more View the full article

News: the American design scene is enjoying a resurgence, according to Design Miami executive director Rodman Primack, who has used this year's fair to showcase talent from the USA. (more…) View the full article

Female architects should "just wait a second" for pay equality according to Santiago Calatrava, who entertained an audience in London by drawing naked women and explaining how his wife had supported his career. Read more View the full article

London Design Festival: this mechanical contraption by artist Martin Smith and his design company Laikingland will wake you up by chirping like a bird (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Work is well underway on Heatherwick Studio's "tree-covered mountains" in Shanghai, as shown in this flyover movie filmed by a drone. Read more View the full article

This week Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto (above) was announced as the designer of this year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion and we rounded up his key past projects. Scroll on for more highlights from the week plus our favourite new track from Dezeen Music Project. (more...) 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

Local design agency Re-public used the lines that mark out various sports pitches as the basis for a visual identity and wayfinding at Denmark's largest sports centre – the Hafnia-Hallen in Copenhagen. Read more

BIG and landscape architecture firm James Corner Field Operations have revealed plans for a mixed-used development on the waterfront in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, with a beach that could bolster the resiliency of the shoreline. Read more View the full article

News: Italian architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas have won a competition to transform the central railway area of Bari, a city in southern Italy, with a proposal to build a three-kilometre-long elevated park over the track. (more...) View the full article

The coronavirus has exposed fundamental problems with our healthcare systems that we should not forget once the pandemic passes, warns Reinier de Graaf in a letter to the present from the future. Read more View the full article

MVRDV has revealed visuals of The Hague with its 17th-century canals reopened and refilled to demonstrate how their restoration could help revive the city's centre. Read more View the full article

Flowering vines will sprawl across the facades of these four tower blocks underway in Casablanca by French studio Maison Edouard François, creating a series of brightly coloured vertical gardens. (more...) View the full article

The controversial T-shirt worn by New London Architecture chair Peter Murray in protest of marketing rules that prevent the architects of Olympic venues from promoting their work is now available at Dezeen Super Store. (more…) View the full article

Our selection of the most promising architecture and design roles on Dezeen Jobs this week includes positions at Níall McLaughlin Architects and Craftworks. Read more View the full article

Herzog & de Meuron's Tate Modern Switch House, Ikea's flatpack refugee shelter, and the artwork for David Bowie's final album are among projects nominated for the Design Museum's Designs of the Year awards 2016 (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article