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The tables at these offices for Arts Council England by Moxon Architects can be hoisted out of the way to lie flat against the walls when not in use (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Architecture firm Grimshaw has completed an ecological park in South Korea where tropical plants, waterfalls and penguins are housed within huge glass and steel biomes (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Slovenian designer Nika Zupanc has referenced an essay by English writer Virginia Woolf to create a latticed writing room and furniture for French fashion house Dior. (more...) View the full article

New images of Thomas Heatherwick's Garden Bridge proposal for London lead this week's Dezeen Mail newsletter, which also includes news, jobs and competition highlights plus reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 177 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

News: the Australian Institute of Architects has announced 38 winners of this year's National Architecture Awards, including a pointy artists' studio in Japan, a bright blue stadium in Perth and a Melbourne university building covered in scales. (more...) View the full article

News: architect Frank Gehry is designing new offices for social network Facebook in London and Dublin. (more...) View the full article

News: 3D-printed human cells could replace the need for animal testing of new drugs within five years, according to a pioneering bio-printing expert at the 3D Printshow in London, which opens today. (more...) View the full article

A spiralling stack of chunky wooden blocks forms this staircase designed by architecture studio QC for an apartment in Poland. (more...) View the full article

Movie: show director Deborah Spencer and creative director Michael Sodeau take us through their highlights of designjunction 2013 in this movie Dezeen filmed during London Design Festival. (more...) View the full article

Berlin practice Sauerbruch Hutton has renovated and extended a former Prussian military uniform factory to accommodate its own offices and an artist's studio. (more...) View the full article

News: trainers with rubber loops on the soles to give extra spring have won the product design prize at a Swiss design awards (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Patients at this health centre on the outskirts of the French town of Selles-sur-Cher can look in towards a small landscaped garden or out at the surrounding fields while they sit in the waiting room (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Spanish designer Jorge Penadés has devised a chair made from simple wooden boards that collapses into a backpack (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This labyrinth-like fashion store in Hangzhou, China, by 3Gatti Architecture Studio features a rotating toilet and a hidden love room "equipped with bar and condoms" (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Sinuous balconies surround a multipurpose space at the centre of this language school in the town of Ikast, Denmark, by Scandinavian firm C.F. Møller. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: we're now stocking all four variations of the popular 251 Series by Uniform Wares. (more...) View the full article

This Greek olive oil comes in simple circular bottles and stripped-back packaging. (more...) View the full article

Italian architect Fabio Ferrillo has transformed a derelict blacksmith's workshop into the headquarters of a Milanese fashion brand. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: registration is now open to attend this year's Sleep hotel interior and design event, taking place in London on 20 and 21 November. (more...) View the full article

This mixed-use complex in Rotterdam by Mei Architecten en Stedenbouwers features a tower with protruding storage areas that look like welding masks bolted onto the facade. (more...) View the full article

This lapel pin by Israeli designer Omer Polak incorporates a miniature vase to hold tiny blooms (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A capsule that will float passengers to the edge of space and offer views of the Earth's curvature has been designed by British studio Priestmangoode (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

News: a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1939 but never built has been realised 74 years later at the campus of Florida Southern College. (more...) View the full article

British designer Tom Dixon has launched a tea set made of spun brass. (more...) View the full article

These shoes by Australian design studio Sibling allow the wearer to instantly erect a temporary shelter by unfurling a tent from round their ankles and pulling it over their head. (more...) View the full article