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An exposed concrete frame supports this 4.2-metre-wide skinny house in Melbourne designed by Oliver du Puy Architects to feature meditation spaces. Read more

Oliver Leech Architects has extended a house in south London, adding a kitchen that pairs natural wood and brick with a muted colour palette. Read more View the full article

These sets of kitchen utensils by Kingston University graduate Oliver Richardson stack into totem-pole arrangements in the order they are likely to be required (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Guardian architecture and design critic Oliver Wainwright explains seven highlights from his recently published book Inside North Korea to Dezeen. Read more View the full article

French designer Olivier Vadrot has created an open-air playground made of geometric structures that encourage children to socialise, in the northeastern suburbs of Paris. Read more

Eindhoven designer Olivier van Herpt has developed a machine that uses a piston-based extruder to 3D-print complex functional objects using clay (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This all-black house in the Yucca Valley desert was designed by Los Angeles office Oller & Pejic to look "like a shadow" (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeenwire: former Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo has been appointed as chairman of the committee for World Design Capital Helsinki 2012. See press release below. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

San Francisco studio fuseproject have unveiled the OLPC XO-3, a tablet computer for the next generation of the One Laptop Per Child project to distribute robust, cheap, self-powered computers for education in the developing world. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The rounded forms of this house near Stuttgart by German studio J. Mayer H. conjure up images of a dinosaur's head with big eyes and bared teeth (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Seattle studio Olson Kundig Architects has produced visualisations imagining the fictional scenes before and after a freight train carrying toxic chemicals haphazardly plunged into a lake where artist Jack Daws was building a house on stilts (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Design Miami 2014: Seattle studio Olson Kundig Architects used stacks of timber beams to form the collector's lounge at this year's Design Miami fair (+ interview + slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The Space Needle observation tower in Seattle has reopened to the public following an extensive overhaul by American firm Olson Kundig Architects, which involved adding "the world's first and only revolving glass floor". Read more View the full article

Design Miami/Basel 2015: a blackened-wood structure by Seattle studio Olson Kundig Architects houses the VIP lounge at this year's Design Miami/Basel fair (+ slideshow). (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

Seattle architecture firm Olson Kundig included pivoting doors and sliding shutters in this waterfront home in the Pacific Northwest, designed for a resident with a large art collection. Read more

American firm Olson Kundig Architects has completed a three-storey nature retreat in Costa Rica, featuring local teak wood, slatted walls and columns made of tree trunks. Read more

Retractable walls and numerous terraces feature in this expansive California home designed by US architecture firm Olson Kundig. Read more View the full article

Seattle architecture firm Olson Kundig has unveiled a proposal for a museum dedicated to American musician Bob Dylan in Tulsa, close to a substantial archive of his belongings. Read more View the full article

A board-marked concrete chimney raises this house designed by US architecture firm Olson Kundig to "hover" above its surrounding in the Brazilian rainforest. Read more View the full article

US firm Olson Kundig Architects has created a family cabin with a compact footprint and a tall profile, enabling it to serve as an "intimate gathering place in the trees". Read more View the full article

American firm Olson Kundig Architects has revealed plans for an after-death facility in Seattle where human bodies will be composted and turned into soil. Read more View the full article

Oslo-based design studio OlssønBarbieri has created the visual identity and bottle for water brand Snåsa, which is made from materials that are easy to recycle. Read more

Music: a plasticine depiction of Radiohead singer Thom Yorke is "stuck in a plastic reality" for this new video created to accompany the British band's 1992 track Creep. (more…) View the full article

Reflective, ribbon-like rings form a border around the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic medals by Junichi Kawanishi, which are made from old electronic devices donated by the public. Read more

Dezeen Wire: the London 2012 Olympic medal design unveiled yesterday “fails to impress branding experts,” reports Sam Jones for the Guardian. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article