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News: work has begun on architect Moshe Safdie's Jewel Changi Airport, which aims to "reinvent what airports are all about" by creating a shared public space under a glass dome with a massive waterfall and garden at its centre. (more…) View the full article

Construction is about to commence in Algiers on the third largest mosque in the world, which will only be smaller than the pilgrimage sites of Mecca and Medina. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Behind the sliding doors of a corrugated steel shed near Paris is an artist’s studio with a double-height atrium and translucent rear wall. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Canadian design studio Moss & Lam rediscovered a traditional craft process to create this collection of patterned side tables. (more…) View the full article

Architect Matt Nardella has turned an abandoned bodega in Chicago into his home and studio, arranging spaces around a courtyard he created in the centre. Read more View the full article

These conceptual office units by American designer Victor Vetterlein are designed to be bought up by companies and sent out to employees' back gardens so they can work from home. (more...) View the full article

Swiss designer Fabienne Felder has worked with University of Cambridge scientists Paolo Bombelli and Ross Dennis to develop a way of using plants as "biological solar panels". (more...) View the full article

Oslo architects PUSHAK have installed an indoor terrain of moss arches and screens for the London Festival of Architecture, which opened last weekend. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A mossy "living wall" with the pollution-absorbing power equivalent to hundreds of trees has been installed in London's Piccadilly Circus in a bid to combat the city's unsafe air quality levels. Read more View the full article

Milan 2011: Bozen based designer Simone Simonelli has designed this folding chair from timber rods. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Design Indaba 2015: most furniture and lighting brands "will disappear in five years" as the internet revolutionises the way products are distributed, according to Italian industrial designer Stefano Giovannoni (+ interview). (more…) View the full article

News: design fairs need to be better designed to provide a better experience to visitors, according the curator of the Interieur design biennale in Kortrijk, Belgium, which opened this weekend (+ interview). (more…) View the full article

The pieces in this chess set by American designer Stefan Gougherty are formed from coloured tubes drilled into see-through acrylic blocks (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Product news: the seat of this chair by Venetian designer Luca Nichetto is made of folded felt. (more...) View the full article

News: technology firm mCube has developed an accelerometer small enough to be embedded into clothing or sports equipment – enabling developers to turn almost anything into a piece of wearable technology. (more...) View the full article

Italian design studio Joe Velluto has collaborated with motorcycle company NorthEastCustom to make a bike-shaped piece of furniture that replaces metal and plastic with glass, wood and wool (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Motorola's future phones could be equipped with a self-repair function, which would enable users to fix their damaged screens. Read more View the full article

News: Google-owned communications company Motorola is working with Design Academy Eindhoven graduate and Phonebloks creator Dave Hakkens to develop open-source modular mobile phones. (more...) View the full article

Roughly hewn concrete gives a rocky texture to the walls of this Alpine holiday home by Austrian studio Marte.Marte Architects (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Swiss studio Bureau A has concealed a wooden cabin inside an artificial rock and transported it to a remote site in the Swiss Alps. (more…) View the full article

Norwegian architects Fantastic Norway have designed a mountain lodge with a sloping roof that you can ski over. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This white rectangular box with an array of windows on three sides is a family retreat located in the mountains in Pernink, Czech Republic, designed by Czech studio FAM Architekten. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A glazed cut through a barn-style gabled house set into a hill in rural Poland by Kropka Studio has views of its mountain surroundings. Read more View the full article

This pine-clad cabin by Reiulf Ramstad Architects has two glazed gables that frame views of the Norwegian landscape and a V-shaped plan that follows the slope of the mountainous terrain (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Slideshow: a swimming pool, spa, cinema and games room will be hidden in the rock beneath the main cluster of buildings at this Norwegian hunting lodge and hotel by London architects Haptic. (more…) View the full article