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Urban house, residential rebirth and cultural building are among the five new categories architects can enter now for Dezeen Awards 2019. Read more

Interview: architectural education is too expensive and too lengthy while the profession is underpaid and under-appreciated, according to the head of a new school due to open in London later this year. Dezeen spoke to London School of Architecture's Will Hunter about his plans to overhaul the way architecture is taught. (more…) View the full article

News: the Barcelona Design Museum will open in December with newly curated collections that represent Catalonian design history from the third century to present day (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Paris 2012: Brussels designer Alain Berteau presents a series of oak products including this simple iPad dock at Maison & Objet in Paris this week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

British designer Thomas Heatherwick has co-designed the replacement for London’s iconic Routemaster bus, mayor Boris Johnson and Transport for London announced this morning. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Awards 2020 opens for entries next week, with eight new architecture, interiors and design categories to enter. Read more View the full article

These rings by jewellery designer Galit Barak of Israel create rectilinear frames around the wearer’s fingers. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

New Habitat creative director Polly Dickens has unveiled her first full collection, 18 months after the household furnishings chain went into administration and closed all but three of its UK stores (+ slideshow + interview). (more...) View the full article

Sunken cruise ship the Costa Concordia would be transformed into a watery memorial garden in this competition-winning conceptual design by London architecture graduates Alexander Laing and Francesco Matteo Belfiore. (more...) View the full article

News: the University of Minnesota has launched a new programme that will halve the time it takes for students to gain a licence to practise architecture in the United States. (more...) View the full article

The OMA-designed headquarters for the Rothschild Bank in London is one of the six buildings shortlisted for the 2012 Stirling Prize (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The auditorium of this Madrid cultural centre by Spanish studio Fündc is contained in a bulky concrete cantilever. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Paranoid parents can remotely track their child's temperature using this lightning bolt-shaped thermometer that connects to a smartphone app by San Francisco studio New Deal Design (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

San Francisco studio New Deal Design has devised a small copper-coloured device that allows users to make purchases by swiping its textured surface, as "a modern replacement for cash" (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dutch entrepreneur and former Moooi co-founder Casper Vissers has launched a new furniture and lighting brand called Revised. Read more View the full article

Milan 2014: design brand TOG launches in Milan this evening and will unveil a range that includes customisable outdoor furniture by British designer Sebastian Bergne. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: register here to attend Interiors UK 2013, taking place Sunday 20 January to Wednesday 23 January in Birmingham, where the winners of the New Design Britain awards will be announced. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: past winners of the New Design Britain awards will show a retrospective of their products at this year's May Design Series in London. (more...) View the full article

The winners of the UK graduate exhibition New Designers Part 2 awards were announced at the opening of the show on Wednesday night, with Tortie Hoare being awarded the New Designer of the Year prize for her boiled leather furniture (above). (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: London graduate exhibition New Designers 2012 will showcase the work of over 3500 graduate designers from 27 to 30 June and 4 to 7 July, and Dezeen readers receive a special discount on tickets to attend the show. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: the second part of London graduate exhibition New Designers will showcase industrial, graphic and spatial design projects from today until 6 July. (more...) View the full article

The part of Oslo's government quarter damaged during the 2011 terrorist bombing will be replaced by one of two proposals – one by a team including Haptic and Nordic, and another by a team featuring A-Lab and LPO Architects. Read more View the full article

These renderings offer a full look at Álvaro Siza's luxury condominium tower in New York, which marks the Portuguese architect's first project in the US. Read more

Dezeen Watch Store: Swedish designers Alexis Holm and David Ericsson have released eight new styles of their popular Minuteman watch, including six eye-catching one-handed models. (more...) View the full article

Two of the UK's leading architecture magazines have announced a reshuffle with the appointment of new editors for the Architects' Journal and the Architectural Review. (more…)