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Dutch architect Antonia Reif has renovated an early 20th-century townhouse in The Hague, laying herringbone-patterned parquet and installing a bath tub overlooking the garden (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Romanian architect Vlad Rusu has resurrected a "cultural palace" that was originally built in the 1930s but has sat in ruin for 20 years after being ravaged by fire (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: Australian brand Stock's popular range is now available in a variety of new monochrome and brushed steel combinations. (more…) View the full article

Vienna Design Week 2016: a pendulum swinging back and forth for a week crafted the colourful recession in this table, designed by Austrian studio Mischer'Traxler. (more…) View the full article

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a French-speaking urban designer at OMA in Rotterdam, where the Dutch firm recently completed the pixellated steel and glass Timmerhuis. Read more stories on OMA or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Dezeen has teamed up with Laurence King Publishing to give away five copies of This is Frank Lloyd Wright, an illustrated biography of one of the world's most iconic architects. Read more View the full article

Canadian design studio EMarchitecture has renovated one of the homes in Habitat 67, the iconic brutalist complex in Montreal by architect Moshe Safdie that celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Read more View the full article

Spanish designer Unai Rollan has created a chair that is delivered in 11 same-sized self-assembly pieces to teach children the basics of furniture construction. Read more View the full article

Persimmon Hills Architects has transformed an illegal sex shop into a a dramatic wedge-shaped micro-studio and gallery space in Japan's Kanagawa Prefecture. Read more View the full article

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has revealed plans to use rockets as a form of transport on earth, and he claims they will allow people to travel from "any city to any other city in under one hour". Read more View the full article

Bent metal, embossed glass and carved wood all feature in this lighting collection from New York design studio Allied Maker. Read more View the full article

Sri Lankan practice Zowa Architects has used bamboo canes to shroud the glazed walls of this boutique hotel in Uttarakhand, India, which cantilevers out to give optimal views of the Himalayas. Read more View the full article

Latvian designer Arthur Analts has created a €5 coin with a tessellating honeycomb shape, to highlight the abundant natural resources of his home country. Read more View the full article

Chinese studio People's Architecture Office is using a pop-up pavilion to show how a prefabricated home designed for China's hutongs could be used by cities in the US to help tackle the housing crisis. Read more View the full article

The ruins of Casa Sperimentale, an experimental concrete treehouse built by Giuseppe Perugini and Uga de Plaisant, have been digitally recorded for a new exhibition. Read more

A "raincoat" designed to protect pavements during harsh weather is among a series of design prototypes that Alphabet company Sidewalk Labs has revealed for its new city in Toronto. Read more

A plant-filled courtyard and a long swimming pool feature behind the board-marked concrete walls of this residence in La Plata, Argentina, designed by local architect Felipe Gonzalez Arzac. Read more

Curving galleries plastered with earth characterise Ghana Freedom, the country's national pavilion at the 58th Venice Art Biennale, designed by architect David Adjaye. Read more

Central Saint Martins fashion student Fredrik Tjærandsen has presented giant balloons that deflate to form dresses on the catwalk. Read more

Japanese architects Geneto has hollowed out a geometric void in the base of a four-metre-wide house in Osaka that doubles as a garage and communal space. Read more

Henning Larsen designed tech white angular volumes of Hangzhou Yuhang Opera, which visitors can climb up, to look like "floes of ice" on a lake. Read more

Dezeen promotion: Norm Architects' founding partner Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen explores the heritage and influence of Danish design in a short film presented by tap manufacturer Vola. Read more

Northern California's coastal landscape and foggy weather influenced the design of the latest office by Canopy, a co-working company founded by designer Yves Behar, developer Amir Mortazavi and entrepreneur Steve Mohebi. Read more

A thick thatched roof covers the top of this house with ceramics-filled interiors in Ukraine, which was built by architect and designer Sergey Makhno for his own family. Read more View the full article

The Chicago Architecture Biennial has defended its sponsorship deals with petroleum giant BP and energy company Exelon, amid a growing backlash over arts sponsorship from companies that contribute to climate change. Read more View the full article