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Following a two-year hiatus, the Google Glass augmented-reality headset has made a comeback, and is being targeted exclusively at businesses. Read more View the full article

This series of hand drawings by Bartlett School of Architecture graduate Ned Scott presents a science-fiction world in which London grows a jungle of crops for fuel and food next to Buckingham Palace. (more…) View the full article

Angled stone surfaces create zigzags across the facade of this hospital building in Copenhagen by Danish firm 3XN (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The outrage over New York's Hudson Yards is not really about ugly glass towers or bad urbanism – although it features both – but an unspoken disquiet that foreign ideas have overtaken a chunk of Manhattan, argues Aaron Betsky. Read more

A proposal for an observation deck that slides up and down two new skyscrapers above Grand Central Terminal (bottom left) was one of our most popular stories this week, so our latest archive features moving buildings that roll, spin, twist and even flap. See all our stories about moving buildings » See all our archive stories » View the full article

Product news: a collection of kitchenware by Danish designer Ole Jensen is now in production with design brand Room Copenhagen. (more...) View the full article

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is hosting an exhibition of products by Swiss brand Vitra to celebrate the company's American ties (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Form Us With Love has designed the exhibitions for the new IKEA museum in Älmhult, including a giant marble run and a rainbow-hued retrospective of the company's most famous products. Read more View the full article

The government's House of Commons committee has announced plans for an inquiry that will focus in part on employment within the creative industries post Brexit. (more…) View the full article

Hong Kong-based Greyhours has created six new iterations of its bestselling Essential timepiece, which are now available to pre-order from Dezeen Watch Store. Read more View the full article

Fem Architects has completed a cross-laminated timber house clad in sheets of Corten steel in a twist on the traditional row house in Amsterdam. Read more View the full article

Dutch Design Week 2013: designer Daan Roosegaarde has unveiled a "Lego from Mars" installation consisting of hundreds of wireless LED crystals that light up when placed on the floor (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Angular volumes clad in timber and metal step down the side of a sloping site to form this house near Melbourne with ocean views (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Photographer Dan Tobin Smith used footage of more than 100 gemstones, blown up to 60 times their size, to create an immersive installation in the basement of Collins Music Hall for London Design Festival. Read more

A large tree grows through the centre of this Amsterdam cold pressed juice shop, which local practice Standard Studio designed to reflect the city's hidden green spaces (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A series of light-filled living spaces feature inside this Barcelona apartment, which Raúl Sanchez Architects has stripped back to highlight the building's sloped facade. Read more

Work at home with fewer distractions behind the misty screen of this desk by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Thijmen van der Steen. (more…) View the full article

This shed-inspired house in rural Victoria, Australia, features a low-maintenance fire-resistant facade of corrugated steel that also helps to reflect heat, keeping the building cool in summer (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Researchers in Canada have designed a family of prosthetic musical instruments, including an external spine and a touch-sensitive rib cage, that create music in response to body gestures (+ interview + slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Charred larch slats now cover the exterior of this Modernist house in north London, thanks to a "macabre" upgrade intended by architecture studio Denizen Works to reference the nearby Highgate Cemetery (+ slideshow) (more…) View the full article

Australian practice Ritz & Ghougassian used the worn red brick facade of this cafe in Melbourne as the reference point for the design of its interiors. Read more View the full article

News: Italian architect and designer Gae Aulenti, best known for the interior design of Paris art gallery the Musée d’Orsay, has died at the age of 84. (more…) View the full article

Rooftop seal pools and a sloping plinth that meets the tide will feature in Dorte Mandrup's visitor centre for the UNESCO-protected Wadden Sea in the Netherlands. Read more View the full article

News: ecommerce giant Amazon has selected an office building by Foster + Partners for central London as its new UK home. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen has won Best Content Studio at the Digiday Publishing Awards in New York, beating The New York Times to the honour. (more…)