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Architectural photographer Gerard van Beek has sent us some images of a college in Bolsward, Netherlands, designed by dutch studio Wind Architecten Adviseurs. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This university library in Paris by French practice Beckmann-N’Thépé Architectes has a knobbly concrete facade that looks like blocks of earth. (more…) View the full article

A shade of teal inspired by the landscape surrounding Scotland has been named the World's Favourite Colour, following an international survey carried out by paper company GF Smith. Read more View the full article

Robots could be sent to Mars to build caves for later habitation by humans, according to a proposal for the colonisation of the planet by German firm ZA Architects (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Mars One, the Dutch company that held an open call for volunteer astronauts to settle on Mars, has gone into liquidation. Read more

A set of roaming artificial islands designed by Marshall Blecher and Studio Fokstrot are set to be built in Copenhagen's harbour. Read more View the full article

Digital art collective Marshmallow Laser Feast marks the opening of the Kengo Kuma-designed Odunpazari Modern Museum with two virtual reality installations that comment on humanity's dependency on nature. Read more

Milan 2010: international designers including James Irvine, Konstantin Grcic and Jasper Morrison have created a collection of marble furniture for Italian stone company Marsotto, unveiled this week in Milan. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Spanish architect Marta Armengol has created a collection of lights and vases called the Four Folds, which are made of borosilicate glass that has been blown into imperfect shapes. Read more View the full article

Spanish designer Marta Colmenero has created a set of illustrations that capture the concrete forms of brutalist architecture across the globe. Read more View the full article

Models were joined with trains of fabric in fashion graduate Marta Jakubowski's collection during the Royal College of Art catwalk show yesterday. (more...) View the full article

Japanese designer Reiichi Ikeda has built a wire mesh box in the middle of a fashion boutique in Osaka. (more…) View the full article

A twisted cube clad in zinc armour forms the State Gallery of Lower Austria, designed by Marte Marte Architecten in the town of Krems. Read more

Austrian studio Marte.Marte Architects has revealed its design to convert the building where Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn into a police headquarters. Read more View the full article

Leather-bound blades displayed against chunky wooden blocks adorn the walls of a Finnish knife shop in Helsinki by designers Suunnittelutoimisto Amerikka. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch Design Week 2014: Rotterdam designer Martijn van Strien has launched his own fashion brand with a collection of unisex garments that are laser cut into shapes based on architectural structures. (more...) View the full article

Dutch designer Martijn van Strien's Makersleeve device cases are designed for production on-demand in any makerspace in the world. Read more View the full article

Dezeen and MINI World Tour: graduate designer Martijn Van Strien explains that his range of coats made from single sheets of black tarpaulin are designed for an imagined future world where money and resources are in short supply. (more...) View the full article

Barcelona designer Martin Azua has created a table that plays on the contrast in properties between wood and stone (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Pink bathrooms covered in silk flowers and a hanging unicorn sculpture are among the host of fanciful features Martin Brudnizki Design Studio has included in its overhaul of infamous London members' club Annabel's. Read more View the full article

A fluorescent orange staircase spirals up through the centre of this house that architect Martin Dulanto has completed in Lima, Peru (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Expanding a remodelled bungalow in Los Angeles and connecting it to an adjacent commercial building has allowed architect Martin Fenlon to create more living spaces for his family and offices for his studio. Read more View the full article

US architect Martin Fenlon cites the Gehry House as inspiration for the renovation and expansion of his own home – a cedar-clad bungalow in Los Angeles (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Czech designer Martin Jakobsen has created a globe-shaped cocktail glass that keeps liquids contained with a giant silicone stopper (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Czech designer Martin Jakobsen has created glowing uranium-glass tumblers, adding to his output of unusual glassware. (more…) View the full article