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Italian designer Luca Nichetto has created furnishings, including tables, sofas and benches, to be used in workspaces, residences and museum galleries. Read more View the full article

News: the Museum of Modern Art in New York is to raze the former American Folk Art Museum next door just 12 years after its completion by US architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien. (more...) View the full article

The Design Museum Collection App for iPad is available to download from the app store and features interviews filmed by Dezeen, such as this one in which Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic describes the evolution of telephone design. (more…) View the full article

Kingston University graduate Marie Cunliffe has used copper-foiled lace and satin woven with metal to imitate colours and patterns from aerial photography for this fashion collection. (more...) View the full article

Philippe Starck has unveiled a prototype for his latest series of prefabricated low-energy wooden homes – a glazed and aluminium-clad structure outside Paris that he and his wife Jasmine plan to move into (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

As the UK goes to the polls to decide whether it should stay a member of the European Union, we've rounded up all of our stories looking at how the outcome will affect the architecture and design industries. See Dezeen's coverage of the EU referendum » View the full article

Vancouver studio Alyssa.Marcela presents Peel Vase Series, a range of vessels for cut flowers made of paper, as part of the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration. Read more View the full article

Milan 2014: Swiss design studio Big-Game will present an oak chair for Japanese brand Karimoku New Standard in Milan next week (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Tasked with building a treehouse in a garden without a tree, French studios Saperlipopette Les Architectes and Martial Marquet Architecture have created a wooden structure that instead perches on a wall (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The Bio-Integrated Design Lab at the Bartlett School of Architecture has created a modular system of tiles inlaid with algae that can filter toxic chemical dyes and heavy metals out of water. Read more

News: German sports car manufacturer Porsche has turned to its 5 million fans on Facebook to crowd source designs for a unique 911 car. (more...) View the full article

It's only possible to create ethical fashion if you pay attention to all elements of the business says Amy Powney, creative director of Mother of Pearl, which is collaborating with Net-A-Porter to make clothes from vegan peace silk. Read more

Chinese studio MAD has unveiled its design for a kindergarten enshrouded beneath a cloak of asphalt shingles, which is now under construction in Japan's Aichi Prefecture. (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

This wearable cocoon of quilts and blankets by Slovakian architecture graduate Danica Pistekova is just right for people who wish they could take their bed with them in the morning. (more…) View the full article

UK minister for housing Kit Malthouse has defended the Building Better Building Beautiful Commission, calling on architects to work with him to resist bland, developer-led housing. Read more

Dezeen Watch Store: the latest tactile timepiece by inclusive design company Eone is available to pre-order at Dezeen Watch Store, two years after the launch of the acclaimed Bradley. (more…) View the full article

This monolithic concrete house in an affluent area of Porto presents a largely closed and robust facade to the street, but opens up on its side towards its garden. Read more View the full article

Zaha Hadid's concrete university building in Beirut, an apartment with a rooftop swimming pool, and Dezeen columnist Kieran Long's reaction to the Venice Architecture Biennale feature in this week's Dezeen Mail newsletter. Read on for the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 206 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Wesleyan House Methodist International Church is a 21-storey high-rise church in Hong Kong, topped with a Sky Chapel with views across the city and its harbour. Read more View the full article

Seoul studio ArchiWorkshop has completed a luxury camping facility near the South Korean capital, which comprises three wooden cabins and a cluster of membranous sleeping pods raised above the rocky terrain on stilts (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Minimal, open-air eco urinals by design studio Faltazi have been placed across central Paris, prompting protests from local residents and businesses. Read more View the full article

An expansive green roof, bird-friendly glass and copper accents are among the design elements that architecture firm FXCollaborative incorporated into an angular museum on Liberty Island in the New York Harbor. Read more

The American Institute of Architects has launched a task force to consult on how to adapt buildings into healthcare facilities during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more View the full article

Four rows of sculptural concrete fins make up the brazenly brutalist facade of Preston Bus Station in Lancashire, England – the next project in Dezeen's series. (more...) View the full article

Floating architecture is becoming more common as architects explore ways to make the most of picturesque locations, deal with rising floodwaters, and alleviate pressure on available land. Examples range from tiny cabins to entire cities, and include the UK's "first amphibious house". See more stories about floating architecture » View the full article