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Dezeenwire: the latest RIBA Future Trends Survey signifies a greater confidence in UK architects’ workload levels. See press release below. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve teamed up with publishers Phaidon to offer readers the chance to win one of five copies of their new monograph about Dutch designer Hella Jongerius. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Fashion designer Julia Krantz of Sweden has created this costume for a fictional guerrilla protestor. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: a Chinese firm is planning to build an exact replica of the Austrian village of Hallstatt in the Chinese province of Guangdong - Spiegel Online </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A ring of mesh thorns crowns the roof of this convention centre in Zlín, Czech Republic, by London studio Eva Jiricna Architects. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The roof and upper walls of a house in Tübingen, Germany, are covered in rubber, like a fisherman’s hat pulled low over his eyes. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this third movie in our series of interviews with OMA co-founder Rem Koolhaas he talks about his new book Project Japan, Metabolism Talks… written in collaboration with curator Hans Ulrich Obrist. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese architect Jo Nagasaka of Schemata Architecture Office has completed another Tokyo store for skincare brand Aesop, this time in an old shoe shop. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen archive: following our stories on Burger King’s rustic refit in Singapore and McDonalds’ new look in France, here are some more designer interiors for restaurant chains including Little Chef, Pizza Express and Austrian chicken shops. See all the stories » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Portuguese designer Inês Aia has inserted a coffee shop and restaurant inside a nineteenth century townhouse in Porto (photographs by José Campos). (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Charcoal inserts purify tap water in these blown-glass containers by Italian designers Formafantasma (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

This lamp by German designer Hayo Gebauer falls over when it’s turned off (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

This week five years ago our readers were all talking about goldfish, as designer Roger Arquer presented a series of unusual bowls including one with a plug (above) and another that makes a fish share water with a plant (below). (more…) View the full article

Danish design studio KiBiSi have created a sofa that looks like a rolled-up mattress for furniture company Versus. (more…) View the full article

A line of clerestory windows in the middle of the roof brings mid-morning sunshine into the north-west facing rooms of this wooden house in Slovenia by architects Kombinat (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This tower with a rippling facade of faceted concrete piers is the new Berlin headquarters for French oil giant Total, designed by German architects Barkow Leibinger. (more…) View the full article

London and Tbilisi firm Architects of Invention has completed a public services building on stilts for a city that doesn't exist yet in Georgia. (more...) View the full article

These new shots by photographer Ty Cole document the scene at Louis Kahn's Four Freedoms Park in New York, which opened to the public in autumn 2012 almost 40 years after it was designed (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Product news: these mirrors by London designer Mathias Hahn can be swivelled up and down with wooden handles sticking out the sides. (more...) View the full article

The rounded forms of this house near Stuttgart by German studio J. Mayer H. conjure up images of a dinosaur's head with big eyes and bared teeth (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

An exhibition showcasing 15 years of design by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec has opened at Les Arts Décoratifs museum in Paris. (more...) View the full article

Renzo Piano has become the latest high-profile architect to add a building to the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, Germany, by completing a tiny wooden cabin with room for just a single inhabitant. (more...) View the full article

We love a castle on Dezeen so here's a roundup of all the modern additions to fortresses we've featured. See all castle architecture » See all our archive stories » View the full article

Stockholm 2015: Oslo designer Andreas Engesvik has expanded his seating collection and added a new table to the range offered by Swedish design brand Fogia (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

An asymmetric tunnel leads through an all-black facade to a bright and spacious interior at this house in Chiba Prefecture, Japan (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article