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Architecture firm Ortner & Ortner Baukunst has created a new facility for the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin, by renovating a 1950s workshop building and adding a fly tower made from fibreglass and wood. Read more

OMA has added another building to its Fondazione Prada complex in Milan, a white concrete tower that will showcase a collection of contemporary art. Read more View the full article

Canadian firms Diamond Schmitt Architects and KWC Architects have completed the transformation of a historic 20th-century train station in Ottawa into the temporary home for Canada's upper house of parliament. Read more

London designer Adam Nathaniel Furman has teamed up with Scottish surfaces manufacturer Mirrl to develop a furniture collection informed by Japanese lacquerwork and a folkloric one-eyed boy. Read more

Carmody Groarke has completed a north London house featuring three brick volumes and a grand window facing into woodland, as documented in these images by Swiss-French photographer Hélène Binet. (more…) View the full article

Charles Jencks, architecture historian, landscape architect and director of Maggie's Cancer Care Centres has passed away at the age of 80. Read more

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

This concrete house in Tokyo was designed by Japanese firm Apollo Architects & Associates for a family that regularly accommodates foreign exchange students (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Google has created a fabric using recycled plastic for the latest version of the Nest Mini speaker, which launched today along with an updated Pixel smartphone with two cameras on its back. Read more

Architecture firm Wolfgang Tschapeller has renovated a library at Cornell University and added suspended shelving, which prompted criticisms about the potential for upskirting when it opened in earlier this year. Read more View the full article

Central Saint Martins graduate Yeyang Liao has created Coffin chair, an item of furniture that the owner can be cremated in after they die. Read more

We've relaunched and updated our World Design Guide to the best architecture and design events to include festivals for 2014, plus read on for details of key fairs and conferences taking place this month. (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

Dezeen archive: this week we reported on the tiny mobile theatre (top right) that staged performances in a couple of locations during Clerkenwell Design Week last week, so here’s a reminder of all the other mobile buildings we’ve featured. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » View the full article

Samsung has expanded on the customisation options for its artwork-like Frame televisions, with designer-led concepts that extend from the screen and out onto the bezel and stand. Read more View the full article

Neri Oxman's Mediated Matter Group has digitally designed and robotically fabricated a structure using the molecular components found in tree branches, insect exoskeletons and human bones. Read more View the full article

Faded frescos offer a backdrop to contemporary furnishings in Brolettouno Apartment, a holiday home in northern Italy that has been refurbished by local studio Archiplan. Read more View the full article

New York practice Cooper Joseph Studio was inspired by Mexican beach huts to insert four pyramidal chimneys behind the concrete exterior of this playground pavilion in Dallas, Texas (+ slideshow). (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 selected five of the best positions available for architectural assistants via Dezeen Jobs, including roles with architecture firms Grimshaw and David Kohn Architects. Read more View the full article

The departure lounge that Dutch designers Tjep. have just refurbished at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport includes a slide to keep children occupied while they wait. (more…) View the full article

With hundreds of millions of people currently in isolation or lockdown, Dezeen's India Block has selected 10 feature films that use architecture in exciting ways to watch as a distraction from coronavirus-induced boredom. Read more View the full article

Dezeen archive: after this week’s story about the minimal flat-pack For Rest Table designed by Japanese studio SPEAC, we thought we would give you a summary of all the other clever flat-pack furniture in the Dezeen archive. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » View the full article

Ilse Crawford and Oscar Peña have stepped down from Design Academy Eindhoven after more than 20 years. Read more

Designer Sabine Marcelis has used glass, travertine and polished metal to create a collection of sculptural interventions that respond to the materiality of Mies van Der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion. Read more View the full article