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Swedish firm Tengbom has designed a ten square-metre wooden house for students. (more...) View the full article

Amsterdam designer Tuomas Markunpoika has glued together pencils and milled them into vessels streaked with the coloured leads (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

A double-curved timber shell constructed from 7,700 timber pieces forms the Swatch Headquarters by Shigeru Ban in Biel, Switzerland. Read more View the full article

Eindhoven designers BCXSY worked with traditional Irish boat builders to develop this collection of stools, tables and bowls, which they’ll present at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan next week. (more…) View the full article

California firm Síol Studios has maintained the historical character of a 1920s dwelling while adding contemporary elements, including an eclectic array of furnishings and artwork. Read more

French bicycle company Coleen is bringing Jean Prouvé's 1941 bike into the 21st-century, updating the vintage design with a new structure, sustainable materials and electric technology. Read more

A central lightwell and a secluded courtyard bring natural light into the heart of this house in Leiden, the Netherlands, which was designed by Pasel Kuenzel for a photographer and his family. (more…) View the full article

A few tons of concrete was all professional skateboarder Philipp Schuster needed to turn this derelict hunting lodge in Salzburg, Austria, into an indoor skate park. (more…) View the full article

Continuing our high-tech architecture series, we look at how the Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts by Norman Foster marked the style's transition from industrial to cultural buildings. Read more View the full article

Space-saving oak furniture and white-washed walls feature in this minimalist apartment in Moscow renovated by architecture studio Ruetemple. Read more View the full article

Persimmon Hills Architects has transformed an illegal sex shop into a a dramatic wedge-shaped micro-studio and gallery space in Japan's Kanagawa Prefecture. Read more View the full article

Latvian designer Arthur Analts has created a €5 coin with a tessellating honeycomb shape, to highlight the abundant natural resources of his home country. Read more View the full article

Zaha Hadid's final furniture collection for London's David Gill Gallery is made of walnut and leather, a reference to antique furniture from the 50s and 60s (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Movie: the base and sock lining of these lightweight football boots by Nike are made of castor beans, as explained in our next movie with the brand’s global creative director for the Olympics Martin Lotti ahead of this evening’s exclusive event at the Nike+ House of Innovation at Selfridges. (more…) View the full article

This week we've hand-picked four exciting positions on Dezeen Jobs for industrial and product designers, including vacancies at design studios Industrial Facility and Stellar Works. Read more View the full article

Winners of this year's W Hotels Designers of the Future Award have revealed their projects at Design Miami/Basel (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Designers and architects from China are being honoured at international design events this year, as the nation comes of age as a creative powerhouse. Read more

News: the Royal Institute of British Architects in London has announced 52 winners of this year's RIBA Awards, including a faceted auditorium in Alicante, a shimmering seaside gallery and a museum that mimics volcanic formations. (more...) View the full article

The long-awaited Tottenham Hotspur Stadium has opened in north London, featuring a retractable pitch that can host both Premier League football matches and American football. Read more

Palm leaf-lined ceilings meet wooden fixtures and furnishings inside this hotel in Tulum, which Jaque Studio has designed in reference to its verdant surroundings. Read more

London studio dRMM has completed a house and studio for Hackney artist Richard Woods, using his trademark cartoon-style print to add colour to the building's facade and staircase (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: architect and Pritzker Prize laureate Hans Hollein has died in Vienna at the age of 80 after a long illness. (more...) View the full article

Milan 2012: these knobbly seats by Belgian designer Maarten De Ceulaer are on show at Ventura Lambrate in Milan this week. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Space & Interiors will focus on the use of light in interior products for this year's event, which takes place during Milan design week. Read more View the full article

This week, readers have been won over by a fire station in Antwerp which looks exactly like a fire station. Read more View the full article