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This forest-like beauty salon in Osaka has birch trees wedged between the floor and ceiling (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: an American company has built and successfully fired the world's first metal 3D-printed gun. (more...) View the full article

Belgian architect Karel Verstraeten has transformed an abandoned construction-site trailer into a quiet retreat at the end of a family garden in Ghent. (more...) View the full article

K11 Musea is a shopping centre on the Tsim Sha Tsui harbour-front in Hong Kong, designed by an architecture team led by Kohn Pedersen Fox. Read more View the full article

London studio Future Facility has designed a countertop filtration system that can create Alpine mineral water at home, for Swiss drinks company Lang. Read more View the full article

Australian architect Christopher Polly has converted a small Sydney bungalow into a two-storey house by adding extra rooms behind and underneath. (more...) View the full article

Product news: Swedish design consultancy Veryday picked up a Gold Award at the iF Design Awards last week for this wooden chair created for an art and design centre in Stockholm. (more...) View the full article

In our latest competition, we're offering a reader the chance to win a Miami lounge chair designed by British furniture brand Morgan. Read more View the full article

This asymmetric Alpine cabin by Austrian architect Peter Jungmann has been named Ufogel because its owners think it looks like a cross between a UFO and a "vogel" - the German word for bird (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

These brass plates, small vases and containers by Sheffield designer Daniel Schofield are mirror-polished on one half and untreated on the other. (more...) View the full article

London office Rick Mather Architects has completed an extension to the city's Lyric Hammersmith theatre, adding a new wing that houses facilities including studios for film, dance and theatre (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: the UK has become the most powerful nation in the world in terms of cultural influence following the success of the London 2012 Olympics, according to Monocle magazine’s annual Soft Power Survey. (more…) View the full article

Hikers can stay overnight for free at this elevated shelter on the outskirts of Bordeaux, designed by London-based Studio Weave to reference the form and materiality of traditional water towers. Read more View the full article

This board-marked concrete holiday house by Luciano Kruk steps over a sand dune in a coastal town near Buenos Aires, offering its summer residents views of a pine and acacia forest beyond. Read more View the full article

Product news: the lids of these pans by New York designer Karim Rashid have large, brightly coloured hooks for handles. (more...) View the full article

Danish firm C.F. Møller likens its completed art and craft museum in Norway to a “block of ice that has slid down from the surrounding mountains” (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

American firm SOM has completed a new tower in Nanchang, China, which features an exterior diagrid system that helps to shade the glass building. (more…) View the full article

Foster + Partners' Comcast Technology Center skyscraper in Philadelphia contains "Silicon Valley-style" work spaces topped with a 12-storey Four Seasons hotel. Read more View the full article

The sounds of the countryside are amplified when you place your ear towards one of these four enormous trumpets built by architects Studio Weave (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Digital-only bank Starling has launched a debit card with a vertical design to align with the way people usually make payments. Read more View the full article

Two commercial buildings in Winnipeg have been converted into an apartment block with mirrored balconies that stick out like open drawers. (more...) View the full article

Brooklyn studio Snarkitecture has used pink-hued steel and floor-to-ceiling mirrors to transform an industrial space in Los Angeles into a pop-up store for fashion brand COS (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The 486 Mina El Hosn project conceived by LAN Architecture will offer the city of Beirut a new vision of itself.

This ceramic vase by French designer Paul Menand can be stood upright or laid horizontally to adapt to the size of flowers it holds. (more...) View the full article

From waterfront properties with uninterrupted views to gabled homes nestled among pine trees, we've rounded up 10 black cabins that provide hideaways in unique places around the world. Read more View the full article