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Here’s a movie showing the concept animations, construction and testing of the London 2012 Olympic cauldron by British designer Thomas Heatherwick. (more…) View the full article

Japanese studio Nendo has designed an eighteen-piece metal furniture collection to mimic the bleeding effect of watercolour paint on paper surfaces. Read more View the full article

New York's Architecture and Design Film Festival founder has picked out five screenings to get in the diary ahead of the event's opening next week, including movies that explore the lives and works of architect Denise Scott Brown, Bauhaus educator László Moholy-Nagy and 20th-century architect Bruce Goff. Read more

A flamethrower drone attachment that can shoot a seven-metre long stream of fire for 100 seconds is being sold online in the US by Throwflame. Read more

The top floor of this glazed housing complex in New York's Lower East Side, by architecture firm ODA, has a footprint twice the size of the ground level. Read more View the full article

Italian designer Gaetano Pesce has accused feminist protesters of misinterpreting his most iconic chair design, created 50 years ago in the image of a woman's body. Read more

Photographer Arjan Bronkhurst has created a book that aims to expose under-the-radar projects by revered Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld. Dezeen has picked out seven of the most intriguing. Read more

Product news: Swedish design duo Mattias Ståhlbom and Gabriella Gustafson of TAF have created a table with an upside-down underframe for Danish producers Hay. (more…) View the full article

Royal College of Art graduate Louise Nissen has suggested converting an abandoned lido in the British seaside town of Margate into a respiratory clinic for Londoners suffering from pollution-related maladies. Read more View the full article

Architecture practice All(zone) used distinctive criss-crossing of concrete blocks to provide breeze and shade to Phra Pradeang House in Bangkok. Read more

Slices taken from a concrete column cast inside a flexible fabric mould form the centrepiece of this exhibition in Vancouver showcasing designer Omer Arbel's material experiments. Read more

Watch Extinction Rebellion, Haworth Tompkins, Maria Smith, Adrian Lahoud deliver presentations on climate change at the Architecture of Emergency summit in London's Barbican Centre. Read more

London hotelier Ennismore has designed an outpost of The Hoxton within an old meatpacking facility in Chicago, including a co-working lobby space and rooftop pool. Read more

British architect David Adjaye has revealed plans for a museum in San Antonio, Texas, with a red concrete skin based on a dream of its patron, philanthropist Linda Pace. (more…) View the full article

An insect provided the inspiration for this office building in Leiria, Portugal, which comprises a concrete block raised off the ground on 16 triangular feet (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Danish designer Thomas Bentzen has created a dining table and bench series for Muuto, with the same design details as the picnic-bench-inspired furniture he created for the brand's outdoor range. Read more

San Francisco firm Terry & Terry Architecture has transformed a century-old brick building into a design agency's headquarters, adding a second level that features a folding glass wall and roof terrace (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: French designer Jean-Marie Massaud has created a collections of taps and shower fittings called Axor Edge that are produced using a diamond-tipped cutting machine more often seen in the aerospace and laser industries. Read more View the full article

Design studio Sasaki has completed a minimalist white pavilion and a glazed library for a growing university in Monterrey, with terraces that offer generous views of the city. Read more View the full article

This week on Dezeen: the architecture community paid tribute to Zaha Hadid this week after the Pritzker Prize-winning architect died unexpectedly. Read all our stories about the passing of Zaha Hadid. (more…) View the full article

Parasitic structures, 3D-printed homes, floating architecture and even flying houses feature on the Dezeen x MINI Living Future Urban Home competition shortlist, which is unveiled today. Read more

Illuminated glass droplets full of bubbles appear to fall from the ceiling in this installation by Japanese studio Torafu Architects (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This film created for design video channel Nowness gives a tour around legendary Mexican architect Luis Barragán's last house – a bachelor pad turned family home in Mexico City. Read more View the full article

This staircase concept by Canadian architect Andrew McConnell is based on a whale's backbone (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Competition: Dezeen is giving readers the chance to win one of 20 pairs of tickets to the Global Design Forum 2014 talks, which take place over five days during the London Design Festival with speakers including designers Tord Boontje (pictured) Gadi Amit and Ab Rogers. (more...) View the full article