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American firm Silo AR+D has included multicoloured LEDs that are controlled by a smartphone on the exterior of this Arkansas home (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: a prototype packaging product made from seaweed instead of plastic has been named as the Grand Prix winner of this year's Lexus Design Award for emerging designers. (more…) View the full article

Business news: American furniture brand Emeco has accepted an out-of-court settlement from Ikea after accusing the Swedish giant of copying the design of one of its chairs. (more…) View the full article

This lagoon-side residence featuring a green copper exterior and a warm cherry-wood interior is part of a series of architect-designed houses built in the grounds of Steven Holl's Nanjing Sifang Art Museum in China (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Haworth white papers: sophisticated sensors could contribute to a healthier and happier workforce by tracking the way offices are used and adjusting them automatically, according to new research by US furniture giant Haworth. (more…) View the full article

Cruciform windows are carved through the bush-hammered stone walls of this marble-lined church on Mount Lebanon, designed by Paris-based architect Maroun Lahoud (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Snøhetta has won a competition to design the headquarters of Banque Libano Francaise in Beirut, the firm's first project in Lebanon. (more…) View the full article

London Design Biennale 2016: fragments of recycled ocean plastic are inlaid to achieve the terrazzo effect of the Gyro table, designed by Brodie Neill for Australia's entry into the first London Design Biennale (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

American firm Rapt Studio has designed the interiors for tech company Ancestry's new office, which features comfy lounge areas, communal dining tables and art installations that refer to genealogy (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

An autonomous truck filled with 50,000 cans of beer has completed a 120 mile-long journey in the USA, something the company behind it is claiming to be a world first. Read more View the full article

R2 Studio has renovated a 1960s home on a London council estate, creating a playful interior for a family with two young children. Read more View the full article

Stockholm designer Thomas Bernstrand has created an outdoor stool that locks up like a supermarket trolley to keep parks and public spaces tidy. Read more View the full article

A huge, round opening is carved above the outdoor dining area of this house in southern France by Pascual Architect, which also features large glass doors that swing open to the garden. Read more View the full article

Wedge-shaped chunks are carved out of the marble-clad volume of this house in Bangkok, Thailand, which was designed by local studio Openbox Architects. Read more View the full article

Bjarke Ingels' firm BIG has unveiled its new visitor centre for toy company Lego – a stack of huge building blocks, featuring brightly coloured patios that are home to a submarine, a shark and a camel. Read more View the full article

New York branding and graphics firm Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv has pared back the "complicated" flaming ball logo of the US Open Tennis Championships to just three yellow stripes and lower-case text. Read more View the full article

Pink, purple and yellow walls divide up the Casa TEC 205 residence in Monterrey, which architecture studio Moneo Brock designed as an "homage" to the work of the country's legendary architect Luis Barragán. Read more View the full article

US firm Salmela Architect has completed its second commission for a family in Duluth, Minnesota: a single-storey residence overlooking Lake Superior that is dotted with geometric skylights. Read more View the full article

See inside the Foster + Partners Bloomberg HQ, which won the 2018 Stirling Prize, in this movie created by RIBA. Read more View the full article

The Lookout on the English seaside, designed by Hampshire County Council, has a slender mono-pitched roof and concrete fins that shelter it from the "beautiful and brutal" elements and rising sea levels. Read more

To celebrate The 91st Academy Awards, we've chosen five of our favourite set designs from this year's nominees, from the afrofuturist cityscapes of Black Panther's Wakanda to the meticulous detail of Roma. Read more

Moshe Safdie's 40-metre-tall Rain Vortex – the world's tallest indoor waterfall – is the centrepiece of Singapore's soon-to-open Jewel Changi Airport. Read more

Spring is here, and with it a slew of architecture and design events around the world. Check out the highlights for April, May and June in our comprehensive guide to 2019 events include the big Milan design week next week, Copenhagen Architecture Festival, Design Miami/Basel plus design weeks in Bucharest and San Francisco. More ›

Simple timber divisions and bright colours define architecture studio RCKa's conversion of a 19th-century London church hall into The Granville, a community centre with workspaces. Read more

Our new Pinterest board is dedicated to the best cultural buildings, including a gallery in China that doubles as a pedestrian bridge and a community facility for Los Angeles' LGBT+ community. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›