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Belgian studio De Smet Vermeulen Architecten designed this angular timber-clad cottage to create a music room in the garden of a house it designed over ten years ago near the village of Sint-Martens-Latem (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A harlequin pattern of mirrors enveloped a patch of Hungarian woodland in this installation created by Budapest-based Studio Nomad for a summer music festival (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The letter F in our festive overview of iconic chairs is represented by French designer Jean Prouvé's Fauteuil Direction armchair. (more…) View the full article

This beachside kindergarten in Sweden was designed by Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter with a jagged timber form, intended to be reminiscent of a sand dune (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: work has begun on architect Moshe Safdie's Jewel Changi Airport, which aims to "reinvent what airports are all about" by creating a shared public space under a glass dome with a massive waterfall and garden at its centre. (more…) View the full article

This week we've been reporting on the latest from Design Miami 2014, including Studio Job's "whacked and expressive" furniture pieces, a bike designed for urban commuters and a neon-tubed light installation (pictured). Read on for more architecture and design highlights, plus our featured track of the week. (more…) View the full article

News: the American design scene is enjoying a resurgence, according to Design Miami executive director Rodman Primack, who has used this year's fair to showcase talent from the USA. (more…) View the full article

A factory hall is one of Frank Gehry's three contributions to the Vitra Campus at Weil am Rhein in Germany. Twenty-five years after its completion, Swiss architect Aurélie Blanchard has revamped the building's canteen (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Competition: we're giving away three copies of DesignPOP, the new product design book by My Design Life founder Lisa S Roberts (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

A ribbon of veneered wood fronts this staircase in a refurbished and extended Montreal residence by local office Naturehumaine. (more…) View the full article

Design Miami 2014: Copenhagen studio KiBiSi claims to have designed the first lightweight cargo bicycle tailored to the needs of city commuters, for Danish manufacturer Biomega. (more…) View the full article

This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a 3D architectural visualiser at Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, whose design for four waterfront skyscrapers in Abu Dhabi is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Design Miami 2014: Studio Job has unveiled a series of monumental furniture pieces inspired by architectural landmarks for Carpenters Workshop Gallery (+ interview). (more…) View the full article

Four small blocks fan out from the facade of this white concrete house on a Portuguese island by local studio M-Arquitectos (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The moulded plywood and leather lounge chair by American Modernist designers Charles and Ray Eames is the letter E in our A-Zdvent calendar. (more…) View the full article

White marble panels on the exterior of this commercial building in São Paulo by French-Brazilian office Triptyque were intended to give it an icy aesthetic that contrasts with its subtropical environment (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Design Miami 2014: Viennese design duo Mischer'Traxler has unveiled a kinetic installation for Champagne brand Perrier-Jouët featuring a table covered in plants that disappear as visitors approach (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Criss-crossing concrete beams brace the excavated walls of two new stations that have been added to the metro network in Budapest by local studio Spora Architects. (more…) View the full article

Number four in our festive A-Z of iconic chairs is the birch plywood Domus Chair by Finnish Modernist designer Ilmari Tapiovaara. (more…) View the full article

This clapboard-clad cabin with a curvaceous wood-panelled interior has been perched by Atelier Oslo on a wooded slope high over a Norwegian lake (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: graduate designs for an industrial landscape overlaid with scenes from Winnie-the-Pooh and a bathhouse set into a volcanic quarry are the big winners at the RIBA President's Medals Student Awards this evening. (more…) View the full article

Design Miami 2014: Audi's new head of design has created his first concept car for the brand, which is on display at this year's Design Miami event (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: design company Luminaire is curating an exhibition of contemporary Japanese furniture during Design Miami this week. (more…) View the full article

This simple rack made from just six components, by Swedish designer Karl Mikael Ling, is designed to simultaneously store and show off a bicycle in a small apartment. (more…) View the full article

News: figures released this week reveal that One World Trade Center is now the most expensive skyscraper of all time, having cost more than twice as much as the world's tallest building. (more…) View the full article