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German studio KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten's glass-covered design for the Shenzhen Art Museum and Library complex in China beat proposals from a number of star architects. (more…) View the full article

Spanish firm GRAS arquitectos has extended a traditional detached house in Mallorca by adding a series of contrasting Corten steel boxes. (more...) View the full article

Kubo Tsushima Architects gave a curved form to this public toilet in Japanese town of Nakanojo, to avoid creating spaces for dust to collect or spiders to lurk (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Three L-shaped structures with wafer-thin edges wrap around concrete and glass walls at this house in the Japanese city of Shunan. Read more View the full article

A steel-framed vertical garden cuts through the centre of this brick warehouse-style block in Oberhausen, Germany, topped by a translucent urban greenhouse for agricultural research with a zigzagging roofline. Read more View the full article

Milan 2013: Zaha Hadid folded a round sheet of plastic to create this chair for Italian brand Sawaya & Moroni (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Slideshow: this art gallery in Seoul by New York architects SO-IL is draped in a veil of chain mail. (more…) View the full article

Cologne 2014: this day bed by young designer Stefanie Schissler is intentionally lumpy to encourage users to snuggle into it. (more...) View the full article

Pool Leber Architekten and Bleckmann Krys Architekten have combined 14th and 16th century structures, with modern concrete and brick volumes to create the Kult museum. Read more

Here are the latest images of UK architects drdh’s design for a new cultural quarter in Bodø, Norway comprising a library and culture house. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The tongue-in-cheek livery of South African airline Kulula includes a "This way up" sign on one plane and points out the locations of key components on another (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

New Zealand architects Studio Pacific have created public toilets shaped like headless dinosaurs in Wellington (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Our Virtual Design Festival collaboration with The World Around for Earth Day kicks off with a series of conversations with designers including Nelly Ben Hayoun and Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi. Read more View the full article

Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi has been awarded the Silver Lion for bringing his floating school to the Venice Biennale, as part of his ongoing research into building for flood-prone regions (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Today is Earth Day! To mark the occasion, VDF has collaborated with The World Around to host a series of talks, interviews, short films and essays exploring ideas that could "shape the future of our relationship with the planet". Read more View the full article

Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi has confirmed reports that his award-winning Makoko Floating School has collapsed. (more…) View the full article

A row has broken out over architect Kunlé Adeyemi's award-winning Makoko Floating School following its collapse earlier this week, with a community leader in Lagos claiming pupils were evacuated three months ago over safety concerns and architecture critics questioning its credentials. (more…) View the full article

A white concrete extension flows over the top of a former brewery in Zurich to give Swiss arts organisation the Kunsthalle Zürich its first permanent home. (more…) View the full article

Finnish architects Lassila Hirvilammi have completed this slate-clad church with a separate steeple in Jyväskylä, Finland. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Californian start-up Mayfield Robotics has revealed its first domestic robot, which responds to its user with facial expressions, head movements and sounds. Read more View the full article

Japanese architects Maker have completed a Hiroshima restaurant where timber slats on the ceiling descend around the dining tables. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French graphic designers Julien Sens and Nicolas Damiens have transformed the handwriting of musicians David Bowie, John Lennon, Kurt Cobain, Leonard Cohen and Serge Gainsbourg into free-to-use typefaces. Read more View the full article

Amsterdam architects UNStudio have designed a new international airport for Kutaisi, Georgia. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

One corner of this airport terminal in Kutaisi, Georgia, by Dutch firm UNStudio is coloured bright red to aid orientation (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Foster + Partners have unveiled designs for an new international airport in Kuwait. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article