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Dutch studio NL Architects used turquoise-coloured bricks to build this apartment block in Rotterdam, which staggers at the top to make room for sunny balconies on one side (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Four floors clad in slim red bricks sit above the concrete base of this office and apartment block in the South Korean city Seoul, which was designed by local firm Stocker Lee Architetti. Read more View the full article

San Francisco company Cobalt has introduced a line of small planes targeted at design-minded luxury consumers. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: architects OMA are developing a modular display system for the stores of American accessories brand Coach. (more…) View the full article

More than 100 leaders in the field of robotics have signed an open letter calling on the United Nations to prevent a global arms race in autonomous lethal weapons. Read more View the full article

In this week's comments update, readers grieve over the damage to Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, following a huge fire believed to be linked to renovation work. Read more

Five years ago we were the first to publish images of an apartment designed for Kanye West by architect Claudio Silvestrin, following a chance encounter with the musician during Design Miami 2006. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin and actress Kate Winslet were the latest stars to design toys for furniture store Habitat, while Brazilian designers the Campanas revealed designs for chairs made from Disney cuddly toys. We featured photographs of a rather dark pavilion by architect David Adjaye, as well as a more colourful one by Zaha Hadid at furniture fair imm cologne, and we offered our congratulations to Thomas Heatherwick and Maisie Rowe on the birth of their twins. </img&gt…

Dutch architectural practice BaksvanWengerden has completed a wonky delicatessen in the town of Oegstgeest. (more…) View the full article

This month, Swedish furniture giant Ikea launched its first collection with British designer Ilse Crawford in stores and saw its modular kitchens hacked by some of Denmark's best architects. We've collected together 13 of our favourite Ikea designs and hacks from Dezeen's archive – from furniture for space-poor hipsters to a bar made from storage boxes. (more…) View the full article

Opinion: this year's SXSW technology conference may have had Barack Obama as its headliner, but the tone was still surprisingly sombre, says Kieran Long. Are the tech evangelists as worried about the future as the rest of us? (more…) View the full article

The American Institute of Architects has called for Donald Trump to reverse his "shortsighted decision" to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement amid the global climate crisis. Read more View the full article

We’ve got a much more danceable track for you on Dezeen Music Project today, with this minimal but funky house track by Kobi Glas. Funky Pressure is one of a collection of tracks inspired by the city of Tel Aviv, which you can download here if you like what you hear. About Dezeen Music Project | More tracks | Submit your track View the full article

A number of design industry events that were set to take place in Hong Kong over the coming weeks have been cancelled, following the most violent clashes in the city since protests began in June. Read more View the full article

U-Build is a simple modular construction system designed by Studio Bark, which encourages individuals and communities to self-build. Read more

The radical design of Tesla's electric Cybertruck, which was unveiled last week, has caused a storm on social media, with some people calling it "courageous" and others "ridiculous". Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: the A’ Design Award is now accepting architecture, interior and design project submissions for this year’s competition. (more…) View the full article

Construction is underway on a Olympic-themed museum in Tianjin, China, comprising five connected rings. (more…) View the full article

Designers Thomas Musca and Duyi Han have cast reinforced concrete into furniture with chunky angles and geometric voids that take cues from brutalist architecture. Read more View the full article

TU Delft student Sander van den Berg has invented a 3D-printed robotic fish that swims through water at a record-breaking 0.85 metres per second. Read more

Pentagram's Austin studio has included an "art deco-style" letter S in this new identity for an art museum in Nashville, Tennessee, taking cues from the 1930s building it occupies. Read more View the full article

Dezeen's founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs will speak to a panel of experts today in Eindhoven about the circular economy and architecture, as part of Dutch Design Week 2019. Read more View the full article

Danish studio BIG has unveiled plans for two twisted apartment blocks in Coconut Grove, Miami (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

We've selected the top five interior design roles available on Dezeen Jobs this week, including opportunities with New York-based Rockwell Group and global architecture firm Perkins+Will. Read more View the full article

Stout cylindrical towers that cars can fly inside and stacked landing pods are among the proposals that architects and engineers have imagined for Uber's fleet of taxi aircrafts, as plans for UberAir push ahead for 2020 launch. Read more View the full article

The late Zaha Hadid's designs for a spiralling car park and public plaza in Miami have been rejected by city officials, five years after the architect was hired for the project. (more…) View the full article