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Dezeen Wire: “we’re advocating other UK architects to design on water,” architect Alex de Rijke told Dezeen at the Venice Architecture Biennale this week, where his firm dRMM are exhibiting proposals for floating housing at the British Pavilion. (more…) View the full article

Today we are awarding medals to the designs and architecture of the London 2012 Olympics that received the most likes on Facebook, and Zaha Hadid’s Aquatic Centre takes the gold medal with over 5000. (more…) View the full article

Chunky concrete pillars support the upper storey of this university building in Lebanon, which rises above its sloping site to offer views of a nearby walnut grove and the Mediterranean Sea. Read more View the full article

We’ve got together with publisher Prestel to give away five copies of Salt Bridges: Changing Perceptions of Art, Architecture and Science, a detailed study of London architects Hawkins/Brown’s new scheme for the Oxford University campus. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Luftwerk and designer Iker Gil have projected a grid of red lasers onto Mies van der Rohe's seminal Barcelona Pavilion to create the Geometry of Light installation. Read more

Competition: we’ve teamed up with London designer Max Lamb to give readers the chance to win one of five signed copies of his new book China Granite Project II. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architects Bell Phillips created this folded stainless steel staircase for a south London home. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

New York studio hanrahanMeyers have completed the interior of a chapel in New York with curved walls. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Stockholm 2011: London designer Benjamin Hubert presented this task lamp with a perforated tubular casing at Stockholm Furniture Fair last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2010: designer Shin Azumi of London and Tokyo presented a collection of wooden furniture including this horned chair for Danish brand Fredericia at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Cologne 2011: this branching ceiling light by Dutch designers Ontwerpduo was presented at imm cologne last week as part of [D3] Design Talents. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Check out the latest issue of Dezeen Mail for all the best stories and comments from Dezeen, including two unusual transport options: float around at random on an inflatable cloud or jet off from the world’s first space tourism port. There’s also an update from Dezeen Wire, the latest movies on Dezeen Screen and all our new competitions and jobs. Take a look at it here. Dezeen Mail is sent out every couple of weeks and you can subscribe here. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This white rectangular box with an array of windows on three sides is a family retreat located in the mountains in Pernink, Czech Republic, designed by Czech studio FAM Architekten. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Audio tracks and soundscapes submitted by Dezeen readers will play this week at JamScape, an experimental audio installation in Milan developed by Jawbone and Yves Béhar of fuseproject. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2010: at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last month London designers Shay Alkalay and Yael Mer of Raw Edges launched a collection of seats for Cappellini made of wooden veneer filled with expanding foam. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Rotterdam research agency Arch-Vision have released a report on how European architects use trade journals. See the report below. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Slate roof tiles extend down the exposed north facade of this house in Wales by London studio Feilden Fowles. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Danish firm Holgaard Arkitekter have refurbished an industrial building in Copenhagen harbour to create a housing complex, building a new glass facade framed in bronze aluminium. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Interior designer Elle Kunnos de Voss of American studio The Metrics has created the interiors for a restaurant in New York that will change every 30 days. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architects Teka Studio have converted an old tannery store house in Bergamo, Italy into a family home. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Foster + Partners have completed a new shopping centre that combines high-end boutiques with independent local food and craft markets on the site of a historic city marketplace in Abu Dhabi. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

American toy designer Cas Holman advocates "open-ended play". She tells Dezeen that with children's lives becoming increasingly regimented, we need to let them play more freely. Read more View the full article

The latest video up on Dezeen Screen is this interview we filmed with car designer Nader Faghihzadeh of car brand BMW at the launch of the new 6 Series Convertible in Spain last month. Faghihzadeh, who created the vehicle’s exterior, explains the design concept and talks about the process of designing a car. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These photographs by Julien Lanoo show a French driving-test centre by Samuel Delmas Architectes, which is camouflaged to look like a fence. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Henn StudioB, the Berlin design and research studio of Henn Architectkten, have won a competition to design a new business district in Wenzhou, China. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article