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Apartments in this raw concrete block in Tokyo by architects Key Operation feature indoor balconies that look over both the street and internal stairwells, so neighbours can see who’s coming and going. (more…) View the full article

Architects Swatt Miers have suspended three glass pavilions over the edge of a valley in northern California (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

We’ve introduced a new weekly Job of the Week feature on our new-look Dezeen Jobs recruitment site. Each week we’ll pick out the most exciting or interesting new job. This week, it’s an opportunity for a CAD designer at Marc Newson in London. (more…) View the full article

News: Apple has agreed to pay Swiss railway operator SBB an undisclosed amount for copying its trademark station clock design (above) in the new iPad, reports Bloomberg. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: three updated editions of the best-selling 150 series by London watch brand Uniform Wares are now available from Dezeen Watch Store with free worldwide shipping. (more…) View the full article

Slideshow feature: these images by French photographer Julien Lanoo document the opening week of the Louvre Lens, the Musée du Louvre's new sister gallery designed by Japanese architects SANAA and New York studio Imrey Culbert. (more...) View the full article

A tapered concrete roof oversails glazed laboratories at this research and innovation centre that American firm Richard Meier & Partners has completed for Italian cement manufacturer Italcementi. (more...) View the full article

News: a house in New Jersey designed in 1954 by the influential American architect Frank Lloyd Wright could be sold and moved as far away as Italy in order to save it from flood damage. (more...) View the full article

Double-height studios bring art and architecture students together in the new college of architecture at Clemson University, South Carolina, by New York office Thomas Phifer and Partners (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This week the Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre in Reykjavik scooped the most prestigious European architecture prize, the Mies van der Rohe Award. Read on for more highlights in architecture and design over the past seven days. (more...) View the full article

Product news: this chair by San Francisco design studio Mike & Maaike wraps around the sitter to create a refuge in busy interiors. (more...) View the full article

This Kevlar rucksack with a built-in protective hood by Israeli designer Hila Raam is perfect for anyone who wants to go backpacking in a war zone. (more...) View the full article

Stockholm 2015: Oslo studio StokkeAustad has combined colourful textiles with a selection of shinier materials to create acoustic panels that feature geometric patterns (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox has unveiled plans to surround the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles in a cloak of steel ribbons as part of major refurbishment. (more...) View the full article

A glazed channel steps around the facade this office block in Rome by Italian firms Modostudio and Sofia Cattinari Studio di Architettura, revealing the ascent of two staircases (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A city for fish modelled on a high-rise development underway in Xi'an, China, has been installed in a gallery next to the construction site (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: registration is now open to attend this year's Sleep hotel interior and design event, taking place in London on 20 and 21 November. (more...) View the full article

News: architect Julien de Smedt has designed a museum to feature at the centre of a plot line in popular Danish television series The Legacy. (more...) View the full article

Stockholm 2015: high backrests surround these upholstered seats by Swedish furniture brand Lammhults (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The bright yellow facade of this cafe in Seoul by local studio Nordic Bros. Design Community references the exterior of a Scandinavian house, complete with small square windows and a roof gable (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Milan 2014: Slovenian designer Nika Zupanc has created a collection of furniture and products for London design label Sé, influenced by Modernism and sporting motifs (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: fire crews are battling to save Glasgow School of Art, the masterpiece designed by Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh, from a fire that is engulfing the building. (more...) View the full article

Lego Minifigures can be hacked to create holders for iPhone charging cables, Sugru users have discovered. (more...) View the full article

UK architecture firm 5th Studio has added a shingle-clad extension to a house in a listed former inn that is raised above the flood level of the River Cam in Cambridgeshire (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Fashion and technology: the digital revolution presents the "biggest challenge for fashion brands" according to digital fashion pioneer Francis Bitonti who asks: "How will an industry where value is communicated by exclusivity and craft cope with this new space?" (+ interview) (more...) View the full article