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Yves Behar's San Francisco studio Fuseproject has designed a machine for a biotech company that will be used for genetic testing experiments (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

We've updated our Japanese houses Pinterest board to include 141 examples that have been published on Dezeen since May 2013. See our updated board » Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more Japanese houses View the full article

The letter Y in our festive A-Zdvent calendar is represented by Hans J Wegner's CH24 chair, which is also known as the Y Chair because of its characteristically shaped back. (more…) View the full article

Photo essay: for the last four years Hannes Coudenys has been photographing houses across Belgium but, instead of selecting the best examples, he only shoots those he deems ugly. (more…) View the full article

Cladding a building with perforated metal is an easy way for architects to enliven the facade of an otherwise simple structure, like this honeycomb-patterned office in Germany. Other examples on Dezeen include a truck-driving school in Paris, a water-cooling facility in Ohio and a parking garage in Miami. See all our stories about perforated metal facades » View the full article

This moulded concrete cinema by Irish studio dePaor Architects is built on the site of a Georgian merchant's house in Galway, west Ireland (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

London startup Onomo has launched a Kickstarter campaign to support the release of its Haize compass, which uses flashing and colour-changing lights to direct cyclists to their destination (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava's science museum with a skeletal roof that projects over a public plaza has opened in Rio de Janeiro (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Virgin Galactic has unveiled an updated version of its commercial SpaceShipTwo craft, the Virgin Spaceship Unity, which will begin renewed testing in California and New Mexico following a fatal crash in 2015. (more…) View the full article

French architect Jean Paul Viguier has won a competition to design a new housing and office complex in Bordeaux, proposing a trio of timber-framed towers that will be among the tallest of their kind in the world. (more…) View the full article

A trio of gridded glass blocks forms this new campus for a Glasgow college, which contains facilities for nautical and engineering students, including a replica of a ship's engine room (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

New York 2016: Brooklyn company Calico Wallpaper has used the salts in Mast Brothers' new chocolate range to create marbled packaging for the bars (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Technology company Mona has designed cotton goggles that incorporate a wearer's smartphone to function as a virtual reality headset (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Hundreds of reflective "pennies" form this spherical sculpture, created by Giles Miller's London design studio for Devon's Broomhill Sculpture Park (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Music: a boy is seduced and then poisoned by a "beautiful mutant flower" that turns him into a tree and forces him to leave his girlfriend in Péter Vácz's video for James' Dear John track (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Business news: German publishing house Gestalten has entered into voluntary insolvency after losing money on a concept store in Berlin. (more…) View the full article

French architect India Mahdavi has used bubblegum-pink and mustard-yellow velvet panels for the interior of this London fashion boutique for RED Valentino. (more…) View the full article

Chimney-shaped skylights spotlight dinosaur eggs inside this museum with craggily textured concrete walls at China's Qinglong Mountain Geopark. Read more View the full article

This apartment block and art gallery in Beirut combines traditional timber and stone cladding with a vertical garden and a bright-red balcony that cantilevers from one of its facades. Read more View the full article

This week on Dezeen, Diébédo Francis Kéré was revealed as the first African architect to design the Serpentine Pavilion, while the Australian equivalent of the commission went to OMA. Read more View the full article

More than 20 Italian companies produced custom furniture for the Casa Flora holiday apartment, which aims to bring contemporary design to the canals of Venice. Read more View the full article

There are only three days left to buy Dezeen Book of Interviews for just £5! Order your copy now before the sale ends on Sunday 2 July. Read more View the full article

This week's roundup of images that have been popular on Pinterest showcases 10 unusual buildings that have been adapted into homes, including a coal crane, a post office and a church. Read more View the full article

MIT scientists have unveiled a nimble robotic fish containing a camera, which can swim alongside real fish to capture close-up footage. Read more View the full article

The most significant works of the late couturier Azzedine Alaïa are displayed against backdrops created by designers including the Bouroullec brothers and Marc Newson for an exhibition at London's Design Museum. Read more View the full article