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Kingston University graduate Aaron Dunkerton has designed an enclosed cavity brick fitting that allows endangered birds to nest in new buildings and garden walls. (more...) View the full article

Interview: in this exclusive interview designer Tom Dixon tells us why he decided to design his first watch - and how he wanted to make it easy to read the time (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Japanese studio FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects has completed a family house in Shiga, Japan, that is 27 metres long but only 2.7 metres wide (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The latest version of the affordable XO tablet, designed by Yves Behar for the One Laptop Per Child Association, goes on sale this week (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with publishers Thames & Hudson to give readers the chance to win one of five compendiums of work by Zaha Hadid (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The curved plasterwork of typical Mediterranean architecture influenced the smooth white interior of this store for skin and haircare brand Aesop in London's Covent Garden. (more...) View the full article

News: London architect Zaha Hadid has unveiled plans for an 11-storey apartment block that will be constructed beside New York's popular High Line park. (more...) View the full article

News: a human-powered helicopter by Canadian startup AeroVelo has become the first winner of a 33-year-old aviation prize, after hovering for 64 seconds and reaching an altitude of 3.3 metres. (more...) View the full article

This boxy house in Kyoto by Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Atelier (YYAA) has a narrow body intended to recreate the proportions of Japanese government-built apartments of the 1950s, 60s and 70s (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Design graduate Joe Buttigieg has created a tubular steel chair that can be easily stored over the surface of a desk or table. (more...) View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with John McAslan + Partners who designed the Western Concourse at King’s Cross Station (pictured), OMA and Platform 5 Architects plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Priestmangoode and Foster + Partners and more... (more...) View the full article

In this movie we filmed in New York, French designer Philippe Starck explains how his Organic tap for bathroom brand Axor dramatically reduces water consumption by combining it with air. (more...) View the full article

Hong Kong-based architecture photographer Edmon Leong has sent us a set of exclusive photos of Zaha Hadid's nearly-completed Innovation Tower at Hong Kong Polytechnic University (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Clothing can be tucked away behind the textile skins of these storage units by German designer Meike Harde. (more...) View the full article

Israeli architect Pitsou Kedem has renovated a 1950s house in Tel Aviv with a roughly hewn sandstone mosaic wall inside it (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Our new Pinterest board features an extensive selection of Australian houses, including the timber-framed beach house, periscope-shaped extension and sand dune-shaped residence all published on Dezeen this week. See our new Australian houses board » Follow Dezeen on Pinterest » See all our stories featuring Australian houses » View the full article

Dutch architect Bastiaan Jongerius was commissioned by six families to design this group of houses around a communal courtyard in Amsterdam (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Coastal walkers in south-west England can now detour through a historic naval supply yard thanks to this dramatic staircase that cuts through formerly impregnable walls (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Zaha Hadid purchased London's Design Museum building this week, as her cultural centre in Azerbaijan nears completion. Scroll on for more architecture and design highlights from the past seven days, plus our track of the week from Dezeen Music Project. (more...) View the full article

Beijing architecture studio MAD has designed an artificial island with an art museum set in caves in its three dune-like forms. (more...) View the full article

An ancient archeological excavation determined the layout of this public library in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta by Madrid architects Paredes Pedrosa. (more...) View the full article

Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for an architect with East China Architectural Design & Research Institute in Shanghai, who collaborated with Dutch firm OMA on the CCTV Headquarters in Beijing (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

In this movie filmed at Clerkenwell Design Week, French designer Erwan Bouroullec tells Dezeen he believes offices need new dividing systems now there is much less storage for paper and books. (more...) View the full article

This plastic maternity vest by design graduate Alice Kim allows people to carry young plants like babies (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Product news: these pendant lamps by German designer Oliver Schnick have raised collars that direct light up to the ceiling as well as down to the floor. (more...) View the full article