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A red brick wall spans the gap between two crumbling facades on a street in Catalonia, hiding a home by H Arquitectes with two courtyards and a central garden (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Maison&Objet 2015: Italian research studio Fabrica has designed a tableware collection to reflect the fusion of different cultures, customs and traditions in current dining trends (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

As advances in technology put space travel back on the agenda, we've rounded up some of the best interstellar design from the pages of Dezeen. (more…) View the full article

Visitors to this restaurant near Shanghai can enter by crossing a bridge over a lily pond or ascend onto its plant-covered roof to enjoy views of the adjacent lake (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Toronto design studio Jacknife has developed prototypes for a range of recreational ice skates inspired by traditional leather models. (more…) View the full article

Snøhetta unveiled its design for the new Paris headquarters of French newspaper Le Monde this week, so we've collected together the multidisciplinary design firm's best projects from the pages of Dezeen and pinned them to a new Pinterest board. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more projects by Snøhetta View the full article

This trapezoidal house in Toronto by LGA Architectural Partners features stark white interiors to frame its owner's art collections and create a projection screen for a light installation (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Hungarian design student Zsanett Szirmay has transferred folk embroidery patterns onto strips for a punched card music box, which plays the traditional motifs as sounds (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: charitable organisation Architecture for Humanity has closed its San Francisco headquarters and laid off its staff after apparently being unable to continue funding humanitarian projects. (more…) View the full article

Music: a selection of the UK capital's most prominent Brutalist buildings are featured in the video for post-punk band Omi Palone's track Architecture. (more…) View the full article

German studio Franken Architekten milled a pattern of squiggly lines into the outer surface of this house and studio in Frankfurt's old town, replicating the outline of timbers from the building it replaced. (more…) View the full article

Orange tubes bend and twist to suggest the outline of a living space in a set created by Spanish studio Stone Designs for presenting Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake's latest Homme Plissé collection (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

This wooden chair by British designer Jasper Morrison was created for use in a Tanzanian orphanage and will be sold to fund the centre's development. (more…) View the full article

Muka Arquitectura's ribbed concrete residence completes the "first piece of the urban puzzle" for a largely undeveloped area of the Spanish city Ciudad Real (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This week details were revealed of Antoni Gaudí's first project outside Spain, Google unveiled a potential rival to Apple's iPhone and the Sky Garden opened at the top of Rafael Viñoly's Walkie Talkie building (pictured). Read on to catch up with the latest architecture and design news. (more…) View the full article

Movie: photographer Paul Rafferty and filmmaker Dan Lowe have produced a timelapse documentary showing the construction of Rogers Stirk Harbour's recently completed Leadenhall Building in London, also known as the Cheesegrater. (more…) View the full article

Italian design brand Driade has officially opened its new Milan showroom by David Chipperfield – one of the British architect's first projects as the company's artistic director (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Danish designer Simon Legald's seating range for furniture brand Normann Copenhagen draws inspiration from hundreds of chair designs throughout history (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a retail designer/architect for the perfume branch of fashion house Dior, whose glass fragrance tester is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

This cylindrical timber pavilion topped by a large flat roof was self-built by Australian architect Max Prichard as a tiny studio for his treetop residence (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dutch costume designer Lisa Louwers turns unwanted fur coats into soft toys as a tribute to the animals that the material was taken from (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: Google is suspending sales of its controversial Glass augmented reality headsets in order to "graduate" the product, which is being given its own research division. (more…) View the full article

Portuguese architect Camilo Rebelo installed this wooden egg large enough for several people to hide inside beneath the vaulted ceilings of the Porto city hall atrium (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Architecture studio Sevil Peach has overhauled a house once owned by Victorian painter and illustrator Frederick Barnard to create an artist's residence boasting period features and a patio-side bathtub. (more…) View the full article

Stockholm studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has teamed walnut with maple to create a chair, bookshelf and side table with bold graphic stripes for Japanese manufacturer Matsuso T. (more…) View the full article