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A curving metal streamer, mirrored room screen and bulbous fibre chandelier are among the objects in an exhibition hosted by travelling gallery Masa in Mexico City. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Wire: Gijs Bakker, head of the masters school at Design Academy Eindhoven, is leaving the schol after 25 years, the school has announced. His departure this week coincided with graduation week for masters students and was followed by the resignation of the heads of all three masters courses. (more…) View the full article

If the old adage "tidy desk, tidy mind" holds true, then the workers at these 12 minimalist offices are at their mental peak. Read more View the full article

Daniel Libeskind's New York architecture firm has revealed plans to build a museum in Kenya's Rift Valley, comprising tapered and pointed structures that resemble upturned stalactites. Read more

Four terraces are concealed behind the multi-tonal stone facade of this house in Kuwait – the Arab state with an impressive legacy of Modern architecture (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival: in addition to our Dezeen Super Store in the Seven Dials area of Covent Garden, Dezeen Watch Store will be popping up at two different locations from tomorrow: designjunction and 100% Design. (more…) View the full article

Rooflights, pale tiles and glossy flooring are among the tweaks that Apollo Architects & Associates made to a family home in Toyko to give it a light-filled living, kitchen and dining room. Read more View the full article

Students at the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design have designed and built a prefabricated house in Little Rock, Arkansas, from two modules stacked perpendicularly to one another (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The Interieur Foundation’s Designer of the Year Alain Gilles will launch a bed that lets users hide chairs, a desk or even a bath behind its adaptable headboard at design fair Interieur 2012, which opens tomorrow in Kortrijk, Belgium. (more…) View the full article

For those still craving more sport in their life, Vancouver-based design graduate Tom Chung has come up with a countdown clock to speed up daily tasks. (more…) View the full article

OMA's completed Shenzhen Stock Exchange (pictured) and a horseshoe-shaped hotel by MAD lead this week's issue of Dezeen Mail, which also features the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 173 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Nimtim Architects has completed an extension called Hive House in south London, featuring red brick walls that complement an exposed geometric timber structure inside. Read more

News: the creator of an anti-diarrhoea pack for the developing world that was named product design of the year for the way it fits inside Coca-Cola crates has admitted that "hardly any" kits have been shipped this way, and has dropped the strategy in favour of more conventional packaging and distribution. (more...) View the full article

The Royal Academy of Arts has unveiled a series of installations that show how virtual and augmented reality technologies can change the experience of buildings and spaces. Read more

Milan 2013: architect Rem Koolhaas has unveiled a collection of rotating, sliding and motorised furniture for US furniture brand Knoll (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Black metal panels and angled wooden slats cover this pointed house Canadian practice Campos Studio has created for a woman and her dog living in Pacific Northwest rainforest. Read more

The latest edition of our newsletter Dezeen Weekly includes Jean Nouvel's National Museum of Qatar, an exclusive interview with Patrik Schumacher and a roundup of this year's best architecture and design April fools. Subscribe to Dezeen Weekly ›

The only way to watch a film at this unconventional cinema in Guimarães, Portugal, is by manoeuvring your upper body into one of 16 downward-pointing nozzles. (more…) View the full article

Amsterdam designer Quintus Kropholler has created this collection of nine products using asphalt concrete to highlight the impact of diminishing petroleum supplies (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Bathroom furnishing and surfaces expo Cersaie returns to Bologna this September, offering the chance for visitors to meet designers, contractors and retailers in the industry. Read more

This mini-market in the Italian mountain village of Collalbo is topped with an oversized roof that makes it look like a petrol station (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This week, Dezeen was in Venice for the architecture biennale, where we spoke to its curators Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, reviewed the British Pavilion, and had screenings of our drone documentary, Elevation. Read more View the full article

Pitched roof elements reference traditional reindeer herder tents in Twelve Architects' design for Novy Urengoy Airport, in Russia. Read more View the full article

New York studio Alexander Gorlin Architects has completed a Bronx apartment block with small studios for low-income tenants, including those who were once homeless (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This 360-degree movie documents the three-year process of creating Assemble's Granby Winter Garden from two derelict houses in Liverpool, UK. Read more