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The University of Pennsylvania has added a new centre for international affairs to its campus in Philadelphia, extending a small cottage built in 1851 with an angular stone-clad form. Read more View the full article

News: Japanese architect Tadao Ando has unveiled designs for his first building in New York City – a seven-storey concrete apartment block in Nolita. (more...) View the full article

Designers are preparing for significant disruption to their businesses and supply chains as coronavirus spreads around the world. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: new in this week at Dezeen Watch Store is the elegant Vigorelli by Milan designer Matteo Ragni for Italian watch brand Lorenz: (more…) View the full article

Dutch designer Richard Hutten clashed with the CEO of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation at the Dezeen Day conference last week, with the two speakers disagreeing over the role of plastic in the circular economy. Read 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

Climate change is likely to devastate our planet, says Snøhetta co-founder Kjetil Trædal Thorsen. In the second part of an exclusive interview, he tells Dezeen it is "absolutely possible" to create fully CO2 negative buildings. Read more View the full article

Two elliptical skylights puncture the carved, white plaster ceiling over the living areas in this New York City brownstone, which has been overhauled by local firm O'Neill Rose Architects. Read more

Swiss architect Gus Wüstemann used raw concrete, oak and travertine to create the smooth walls and floors of this home and poolhouse overlooking Lake Zurich (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

To kick off our Christmas gift guide series this year, we've compiled 15 presents ideal for architects and designers. They include sculptural jewellery, Bauhaus Dessau mini models and a pen made from Nespresso pods. Read more View the full article

Dutch designer Jólan van der Wiel has created a water-filled seat made of dozens of pipes that store and circulate raindrops. Read more View the full article

The world's first folding wheels can be collapsed to take up about half the space so they're easier for wheelchair users to store and transport. (more...) View the full article

Interview: we caught up with Miguel Fluxá, head of shoe brand Camper, at the opening of the brand's Nendo-designed boutique on Fifth Avenue in New York last month (below). In this short interview, he explains why the company uses different designers for each of its global stores for cultural, rather than business, reasons (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Comments update: crowdfunded architectural projects led the agenda this week following Bjarke Ingels' decision to place his firm's smoke-ring-blowing chimney project on Kickstarter. Read on for more on this and explore our comments page to keep up to date with the latest discussions. (more…) View the full article

Flux Haus is a parasitic housing scheme, which has been conceptualised by Kammil Carranza, Jitendra Farkade and Vinay Khare, that would engulf five towers in Hong Kong with single-person pods. Read more

Japanese architects Ninkipen! have planted a tree at the centre of this hair salon in Kadoma and surrounded it with mirrored A-frames. (more…) View the full article

Developers in London claim to be building the world's first sky pool, but an even more extreme suspended glass-bottomed swimming pool is already underway in India (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Built-in furniture and storage elements made from MDF feature inside this Barcelona apartment, which has been overhauled by local architecture practice MH.AP Studio. Read more View the full article

In our latest competition, we're offering our readers the chance to stay at FCC Angkor, a hotel located at the heart of the historic Siem Reap area in Cambodia. Read more View the full article

This week, we've made a new Pinterest board to showcase faceted architecture and design. The board features the Tesla Cybertruck, which was revealed last month, as well as numerous other angular buildings and design projects. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest or visit our faceted architecture and design board to see more. Read more View the full article

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

Neon words and symbols embellish the exterior of this temporary wooden pavilion inside the new Library of Birmingham by designers Morag Myerscough and Luke Morgan (+ slideshow). (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

The hinged boxes of this bookcase by Korean furniture designer Lee Sehoon can be spun round to create a neat grid or a scattered circle (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

This week, we've updated our living room Pinterest board with images from new projects, including a holiday home featuring a mix of designs from all over Africa and a spacious open-plan kitchen and living room in the Hamptons decorated in honey tones. Read more View the full article