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News: a fighter jet incorporating 3D-printed parts has successfully completed a test flight, making it the first combat aircraft produced using additive manufacturing. (more...) View the full article

Italian office Studio Galantini has upgraded the wooden structure of a 1970s chapel in north-west Italy so that it can be used for summer services, music recitals and theatrical performances. (more...) View the full article

Dutch designer Richard Hutten has created a conference table that can easily be converted for a game of ping pong. (more...) View the full article

News: a survey of UK design and digital agencies has revealed annual increases in salaries and bonuses that indicate a recovery from the financial crisis affecting the design industry, though unpaid internships and free pitches are still on the rise. (more...) View the full article

Anemone tentacles moving beneath the surface of the ocean influenced the latticed facade of this student housing block by French studio Atelier Fernandez & Serres at an oceanic observatory in the eastern Pyrénées (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek has created a collection of furniture made by meticulously gluing together tiny squares of wood, which are cut from the waste material of his famous scrap wood furniture. (more...) View the full article

A diagonally stacked arrangement of cardboard shoe boxes covers the back wall of this footwear store in Santiago, Chile, by Move Architects (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

One of this week's most popular stories was a house in Spain featuring a cantilevered rooftop swimming pool, so we've collected together all the Spanish houses that have appeared on Dezeen in a new Pinterest board. See our Pinterest board of Spanish houses » Follow Dezeen on Pinterest » View the full article

London architecture studio ShedKM used walls of locally quarried red sandstone to help this concrete house in north-west England fit in with its coastal surroundings (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Almost everything is pristinely white inside this dental clinic in Sicily by architecture studio Bureauhub, from the walls and floors to furniture, equipment and staff uniforms (photos by Roland Halbe + slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: the owners of an observation deck on the 94th storey of Chicago's John Hancock Center are considering adding a glass box into which visitors would be strapped and tilted forward to experience a bird's eye view of the city below. (more...) View the full article

French studio TVK has overhauled the Place de la République in Paris to create an even larger pedestrian plaza that includes a new cafe pavilion, water features and over 150 trees (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This week we started the year with news that Norman Foster has proposed a network of elevated cycle routes on top of London's railways. Read on for more architecture and design stories from the past seven days, plus our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. (more...) View the full article

Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Annemiek van der Beek has designed a collection of makeup that's packaged to appeal to men (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Architecture firm OMA has designed a temporary auditorium for the basement of London department store Selfridges (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen has teamed up with London department store Selfridges to present a futuristic concept store, featuring an augmented-reality watch store and a walkaround digital model of Zaha Hadid’s £300 million superyacht (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A rooftop swimming pool with a glass floor cantilevers out beside the entrance to this house in Marbella, Spain, by Dutch office Wiel Arets Architects (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This floor lamp by Japanese designer Yasutoshi Mifune leans backwards to cast light at an angle. (more...) View the full article

Here's a full set of images showing the Jazz superyacht Zaha Hadid is designing for German shipbuilders Blohm+Voss, including new interior shots (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: architect Santiago Calatrava is facing legal action from his home city of Valencia because parts of the opera house roof at his City of Arts and Sciences complex are falling off just eight years after completion. (more...) View the full article

This black house by German studios Fabian Evers Architecture and Wezel Architektur is raised up over a translucent base where the client's truck can be stored (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: British architect Norman Foster has unveiled a concept to build a network of elevated pathways above London's railways to create safe car-free cycling routes, following 14 cyclist deaths on the city's streets in 2013. (more...) View the full article

South Korean designer Jinil Park has created a range of furniture from intersecting wires that has the appearance of a two-dimensional sketch. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: we're offering up to 25% off selected watches in the winter sale at Dezeen Watch Store, with all sale purchases over £60 eligible for free worldwide shipping. (more...) View the full article

Metal pipes and lightbulbs previously used on squid fishing boats are used to make a sculptural light that hangs from a double-height space in the centre of this Aesop skincare store in Kyoto (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article