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Purple amethyst crystals formed inside rocks provided the inspiration for this ambitious hotel design, proposed by Dutch studio NL Architects for an island off the south coast of China (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

World-famous nightclubs including Berlin's Berghain and London's Fabric are illustrated in this series by Barcelona-based graphic designer Pablo Benito (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto aimed to create "crystallised showers of sunlight" with the blue glass fins that front his shopping centre in the Miami Design District (+ interview + slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: British manufacturer McLaren has launched a limited-edition coupé designed to reference the iconic car that won the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in 1995. (more…) View the full article

The breeze flows through the centre of this funeral chapel that Tria Studio has completed at a village cemetery in Slovenia's picturesque Tuhinj Valley (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: Amsterdam designer Maurizio Montalti explains how biological organisms such as fungi could be harnessed to create new sustainable materials in this movie filmed in Eindhoven. (more…) View the full article

Northmodern 2015: Danish design company Menu has released a range of homeware accessories in pale oak and pastel colours intended to "stay classy for generations" (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Photographer Tarek Mawad and animator Friedrich van Schoor have used projection mapping to create a dream-like forest where trees and mushrooms glow and twinkle (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

An ivy motif spreads across the exterior of this bookstore in Japan by Klein Dytham Architecture, while the interior presents books and magazines on a "street" that also includes a cafe and a hair salon (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Photo essay: Montpellier-based photographer Mary Gaudin has created a series of images documenting mid-century residential architecture in New Zealand, her home country. (more…) View the full article

Maison&Objet 2015: French designer Matali Crasset has paired concrete and metal to create four faceted objects, each for displaying different items. (more…) View the full article

News: British car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover has unveiled a concept for an in-car warning system it says could reduce the number of cyclists killed on the roads, using a headrest that "taps" the driver (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Opinion: despite significant improvements last year, architecture's archaic equality problems haven't gone away. The American Institute of Architects' decision to award its 2015 Gold Medal to another mature white man isn't helping, says Alexandra Lange. (more…) View the full article

Comments update: could Google's modular smartphone prototype topple the market dominance of Apple's iPhone? (more…) View the full article

News: Taichung mayor Lin Chia-lung has temporarily halted development of Sou Fujimoto's tree-inspired 300-metre tower for the city, which he says is "problematic" in terms of structure and safety. (more…) View the full article

Cologne 2015: Chinese studio Neri&Hu has installed its vision for the home of the future – overfilled with furniture – at the imm Cologne trade fair (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

These five houses in Córdoba, Argentina, each feature two wings that stretch away from the hillside to seek out the best light and views (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Northmodern 2015: stackable vases with a rubberised coating and geometric-patterned textiles are among homeware items by Danish brand Ferm Living on show at the Northmodern design fair in Copenhagen. (more…) View the full article

Chinese studio Naturalbuild has created an office and event space in a Shanghai warehouse that previously belonged to Huang Jinrong – a notorious 1930s underworld figure (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This timber-clad casino by a lake in eastern France is one of three that Data Architectes designed to offer an alternative to the "locked universe" typically favoured for this type of building (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Wooden ceiling beams extend beyond the walls of this boxy black house in Japan by Apollo Architects & Associates, creating a canopy above a secluded entrance courtyard (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Maison&Objet 2015: Basque designer Jean Louis Iratzoki has moulded the shell of a chair from a plant-based polymer that is fully recyclable and biodegradable (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Visitors to an office-themed installation by Aberrant Architecture were invited to take a spin on an office chair below a ceiling suspended just 1.5 metres above the ground (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

A row of aluminium ribs curves away from the serrated glass facade of this research laboratory in England to help shelter occupants from the sun (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dutch designer Richard Hutten shaped this circular seat to mimic the way architects denote chairs on floor plans (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article