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Drivers crossing the border from Canada into the USA at Calais, Maine, would never know that there’s a tranquil rock garden sandwiched between the checkpoint buildings designed by New York firm Robert Siegel Architects. (more…) View the full article

News: there aren't enough opportunities in Europe for talented young architects, according to Sheila O'Donnell and John Tuomey, winners of this year's RIBA Royal Gold Medal (+ interview). (more…) View the full article

Yves Behar has become the latest designer to open a co-working space, with a members-only facility in San Francisco. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: The interiors of the Scope Langsuan residential building have been designed by Thomas Juul-Hansen, his first project in Thailand. Read more

Architecture firm In Situ Studio used concrete blocks and warm-toned wood to form the exterior walls of this family residence, which occupies a sloped site dotted with trees. Read more View the full article

German designer Philipp Weber's glassblowing pipe with valves like a trumpet won the New Talents Award at DMY Berlin last week (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

News: Apple has trademarked the design and layout of its retail stores, nine years after the first Apple Store opened in Virginia, USA. (more...) View the full article

News: Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron have revealed designs for the first eight buildings of their 35-hectare masterplan for La Confluence, an extension of the city centre in Lyon, France (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: woven textiles provides a tactile backrest for this chair that Milan-based designer Monica Armani has designed for Italian brand Varaschin. Read more View the full article

News: architect Renzo Piano has unveiled designs for a museum of movie history for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles. (more…) View the full article

Chilean architects 2DM twisted the upper volume of this blackened timber house away from its stilted base to offer a variety of views to the sea in Chile's Cardenal Caro Province. Read more View the full article

This multipurpose drinking fountain, designed by ÉCAL industrial design graduate Dimitri Nassisi, can be used for fighting fires, quenching thirst, filling bottles and refreshing pet dogs. Read more View the full article

Stockholm 2015: Sweden's Note Design Studio and Denmark's Norm Architects have collaborated to design a collection of tables with mixed-and-matched marble tops for furniture brand Menu. (more…) View the full article

Architect Frank Gehry has revisited the rippled form of his recent New York skyscraper for the design of a 22-storey tower in his hometown of Santa Monica, California. (more...) View the full article

Visitors to this lakeside concrete tower in the Netherlands can scale its walls, jog up to an observation deck on its roof, or sail a zip wire across the water from a balcony (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The rise of coronavirus means a growing number of people are required to work remotely from their homes. Dezeen has selected eight inspiring home offices, including one that's lined entirely with plywood and another that's hidden inside an artichoke-shaped room. Read more View the full article

Interview: Ikea's design manager Marcus Engman explains how a team of just 20 designers oversees the creation of 2,000 affordable products each year at the world's largest furniture company, in the second part of this exclusive interview. (more…) View the full article

Comments update: when Apple's Jonathan Ive took to the stage at London's Design Museum, he probably didn't expect his comments on education to become the most hotly debated topic in design this week. (more...) View the full article

Texas firm Official Design has refreshed a two-bedroom home in Dallas, Texas, focusing on the building's original details and ensuring plenty of natural light inside. Read more View the full article

Product news: Dutch designer Frederik Roijé has added to his series of candle holders with a design that looks like a bent pipe poking through a wall. (more…) View the full article

The fact that Norman Foster wants to start building social housing again after 40 years is a sign that a lot of it may be about to be built, says Owen Hatherley. Read more

London studio APA Architects has created a set of collaborative offices for credit card company Barclaycard at its headquarters in Northampton, England, which are designed for a specific way of working (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A timepiece by French designer Mathieu Lehanneur for Lexon that pays homage to the traditional pocket watch is now available in six different colours (+ buy now from Dezeen Watch Store). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen and MINI World Tour: Amsterdam designer Pieke Bergmans explains that she used a process similar to glass blowing to create the plastic lighting she exhibited during Dutch Design Week 2013 in Eindhoven. (more...) View the full article

Sue Architekten has converted a 1930s outhouse near Vienna into a writing studio, guest room and playhouse, accessed via a trapdoor (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article