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London Design Festival 2016: print studio Eley Kishimoto has applied its graphic Flash pattern to a number of pedestrian crossings in Brixton, south London. (more…) View the full article

World Architecture Festival 2012: this slideshow of images features the Plaza Espana, a public square above an underground museum in Tenerife by Menis Arquitectos, which won the award in the new and old category at the World Architecture Festival this week. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: new technologies mean the design process is becoming akin to "creating a Hollywood film," says designer Francis Bitonti, who created a seamless 3D-printed dress for burlesque dancer Dita von Teese. (more...) View the full article

The latest edition of Dezeen Weekly includes the world's biggest database of protest posters and The Twist art gallery by BIG, which bridges the river dividing Kistefos sculpture park in Norway. Subscribe to Dezeen Weekly >

The lower floor of this long narrow house by Dutch studio 123DV is mostly buried beneath two grassy mounds (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: journalist Kieran Long has been appointed senior curator of contemporary architecture, design and digital at the V&A museum in London. (more…) View the full article

Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola has revamped Cassina's showroom in Midtown Manhattan for her first major project since joining the Italian furniture brand as art director (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

We’ve just added a new board to Pinterest compiling all the best photos of libraries from the pages of Dezeen. We now have over 2000 followers on Pinterest – join in here. See all of our stories about libraries. View the full article

Business news: design brand Tom Dixon has been sold by its Swedish owners to a British investment company, it has emerged. (more…) View the full article

Chinese studio Neri&Hu has designed a long communal table and suspended lighting that creates a "canopy" in the atrium of Shanghai's Chi-Q restaurant. Read more View the full article

London firm Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has revealed details of a concept for a bamboo-framed vertical farm that could provide an alternative to traditional land-intensive farming. (more…) View the full article

After three rejected planning applications, British architect David Chipperfield has been given the go-ahead for a residential building in New York's West Village. Read more View the full article

Los Angeles architecture firm wHY has completed an expansion of the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, featuring facades of fritted glass and corrugated metal panels. (more…) View the full article

This tall, gabled house by Bernardo Bader Architekten is covered in lengths of blackened timber and stands on the edge of a small stream in Lochau, Austria (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Brazilian studio Casa 100 Architecture has packed a kitchen and a wardrobe into a thin alcove to make the most of space at a tiny apartment. Read more View the full article

This movie by filmmakers Stretch documents the ongoing work by Cape Town studio Noero Architects to create a cultural centre within the barracks of Port Elizabeth that were once used as a concentration camp. (more…) View the full article

Menswear designer Craig Green's latest contribution to the Moncler Genius project are voluminous puffer ensembles that can be deflated for travelling. Read more View the full article

Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto was in the spotlight this week, first for the opening of his Serpentine Gallery Pavilion and then for saying that unpaid internships in Japan are a "nice opportunity". Read on for more of the week's architecture and design news, plus Dezeen Music Project track of the week. (more...) View the full article

These back-to-front shoes by designer Leanie van der Vyver force the wearer to walk in an unnatural way (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Italian architect Renzo Piano has completed his 565 Broome Soho – a New York condominium development comprising two identical glass towers. Read more View the full article

This apartment block and art gallery in Beirut combines traditional timber and stone cladding with a vertical garden and a bright-red balcony that cantilevers from one of its facades. Read more View the full article

This London house extension features a red brick exterior thought to look like a profile of a fox and a multi-hued interior that references Adolf Loos' Modernist houses of the 1920s (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A house with a climbing wall up one side and a home wrapped around a giant boulder both feature in this Wyoming-focused edition of our series about residential architecture from different US states (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This week we've selected five roles for architectural assistants in London on Dezeen Jobs, including positions at British firms Emil Eve Architects and Theis + Khan. Read more

An elaborate facade comprising curved edges, deep recesses and sliced windows wraps this 135-metre skyscraper by Dutch office UNStudio in Singapore (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article