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Thick green brush nearly conceals the slanted roof of this house near Melbourne, which architecture studio Lovell Burton has created for a retired couple and their extended family. Read more

As Europe's largest Ferris wheel is set to be built in Newcastle, Owen Hatherley questions why the giant wheels are still being built in cities across the world. Read more

Acoustic panels and other architectural elements can be made in complex 3D forms using a robotic needle felting process developed by researchers at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning in the US. Read more

Public Works has built a water-heating system powered by compost that warms a bench at the Oslo Architecture Triennale to demonstrate the potential of the system. Read more

The three levels of this house by Santiago firm Hsü Rudolphy step down a sloped site to Rapel Lake, creating multiple terraces and access to the water. Read more View the full article

This year's Global Grad Show in Dubai illustrated how "many small actions come together to create a total picture". Curator Eleanor Watson selects five innovative projects that make a positive global impact. Read more View the full article

The Ocean Cleanup has revealed plans to turn the plastic it has collected from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch into "beautiful, sustainable products". Read more View the full article

Moving walls and decked terraces connect the four interlinked pavilions of a holiday home in Point Lonsdale on Australia's southern coast by Edition Office – Dezeen's Emerging architect of the year. Read more View the full article

A prefabricated hospital with capacity for 1,000 patients has been built in nine days in Wuhan, China, which is the epicentre of the deadly coronavirus outbreak. Read more View the full article

The organisers of Milan's Salone del Mobile furniture fair are discussing how to respond to Italy's coronavirus outbreak, as fashion and eyewear events in the city were impacted by the virus. Read more View the full article

New York architect Marc Thorpe has developed a prototype house made from earth bricks, to house the makers of Moroso's M'Afrique furniture collection. Read more View the full article

The Design Museum, Dutch Design Week, Design Indaba, Ventura Projects and The World Around are among cultural partners who will be contributing to Virtual Design Festival, which launches on 15 April. Read more View the full article

Canadian studio Odami has used wood from a 130-year-old red oak tree to design furniture and lighting. Read more View the full article

Architects working in Morelia, Mexico are choosing to make bold additions in eye-catching white. Here are five striking projects, including a house punctured by trees and a food market. Read more View the full article

Architecture studio Smartvoll has preserved an old cottage in Klosterneuburg, Austria, enveloping it in three more buildings to create a spacious family home. Read more View the full article

Judd Lysenko Marshall Architects of Melbourne have completed a Corten steel-clad house in Smokey Town, Australia. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

VDF products fair: The New Classic is a collection of sanitaryware and accessories designed by Marcel Wanders for Swiss manufacturer Laufen, which hopes to bring a "poetic experience" into bathroom interiors. Read more View the full article

Milan 2010: Swarovski Crystal Palace present installations by designers including Tokujin Yoshioka, Yves Behar and Gwenael Nicolas in Milan this week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Every room in this Japanese house by architect Tetsuo Kondo leads to a little garden (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

British brand MARK will launch this series of wooden tables and desks by Dylan Freeth at 100 % Design in London next month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Aric Chen has been appointed creative director of the inaugural Beijing Design Week, to take place in 2011. See press release below. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2010: designers including Richard Woods, Tord Boontje, Committee and artist Gavin Turk each created an installation in one day at the Established & Sons gallery during the London Design Festival last month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The homes of three families are contained behind the smooth stone facade of this building in Kuwait by local architecture studio Massive Order. (more…) View the full article

Dezeenwire: Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs will interview designers Axel Hildenbrand and Shay Alkalay, and Barbara Friedrich of Architektur & Wohnen live on stage from 12.30 in the The Ramazzotti D3 Lounge at imm Cologne today, as part of our Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents series. The interviews will be broadcast on Dezeen at a later date. More info plus the full schedule in our earlier story. See films of all the Dezeentalks at last year’s fair here. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designer Moritz Waldemeyer created the laser effects for pop star Ellie Goulding‘s music video Lights. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article