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The widely criticised design of the public water fountains that are set to be installed across London was decided by focus groups, says Thames Water, which oversaw the design process. Read more

World Heritage Corb: next up in our series on the 17 buildings by Le Corbusier that have been added to UNESCO's World Heritage List is the architect's Notre Dame du Haut, the small chapel in Ronchamp, France, that has become one of his most iconic designs. (more…) View the full article

Architecture studio Bo-Daa has designed Treehouse, a co-living complex in Seoul that is a stack of micro-apartments surrounding a planted atrium in a triangular concrete block. Read more

Central Saint Martins graduate Chiara Tommencioni Pisapia has proposed a method for improving the textile recycling process by using moths to break down the natural fibres in discarded clothing. Read more View the full article

Dutch designer Wouter Biegelaar used blocks of ice to sculpt a single piece of furniture for lounging, sleeping and dining inside a suite at the Icehotel in Lapland (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Royal College of Art graduate Jeongwon Ji has made her own bioplastic from crab shells. (more...) View the full article

White-wash walls and greenery are intended to create a relaxing atmosphere at this doctor's office and clinic in New York, designed by Alda Ly Architecture for a startup company that takes an alternative approach to healthcare. Read more

Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld designed this apartment block in São Paulo as 62 "houses with yards", which are stacked on top of one another like the blocks of a Jenga game (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The exhibition of work by fashion's late enfant-terrible Alexander McQueen first shown in New York has been expanded for London's V&A museum (+ slideshow). (more…)

News: two Portuguese architects want to transform Porto's iconic Maria Pia Bridge, built in 1877 by Gustave Eiffel, into a monument by moving the disused structure from its present location on the River Douro to the city centre. (more...) View the full article

Milan 2014: the latest collection from Dutch design brand Moooi, including furniture and lighting by Marcel Wanders and Studio Job, will launch at this year's Milan design week (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

See the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Grimshaw, Foster + Partners and OMA, whose industrial headquarters for Dutch denim brand G-Star RAW is pictured. This is also the last chance to apply for roles with Wilkinson Eyre Architects, Herzog & de Meuron, MAD Architects and more... (more...) View the full article

A giant illuminated disk hung above a set of circular steps to form the set for designer Anya Hindmarch's collection during this season's London Fashion Week (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: the Whass office chair, created by Item Designworks for Spanish brand Actiu, is designed for flexible use. Read more

From John Pawson's minimally styled London house to the skinny Rotterdam residence of architect couple Gwendolyn Huisman and Marijn Boterman, we've rounded up 10 of the best self-designed homes by architects and designers. Read more View the full article

Dutch design office Rietveld Landscape has built an arched foam screen with hundreds of building-shaped holes inside a disused chapel at the Centraal Museum in Utrecht (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Floatation devices, signalling flags and weapons are all incorporated into this apocalypse survival coat by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Marie-Elsa Batteux Flahault. (more...) View the full article

California firm Schwartz and Architecture has completed a minimal and self-contained residence that looks out over the Sonoma Valley (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: UK design show designjunction will bring together showrooms across central London to form the West End Design Quarter during this year's London Design Festival. (more...) View the full article

News: Norman Foster has become the latest architect to design a Maggie's Centre offering support to cancer sufferers and has unveiled plans for a timber-framed structure and flower garden in his home town of Manchester. (more...) View the full article

A street-facing window replaces a rolling shutter at the front of this former garage in a Dublin mews building, which local architecture office TAKA has converted to create extra space for an existing house. (more…) View the full article

Algae would produce energy and clean water for a conceptual skyscraper proposed for London by British architect Dave Edwards. (more…) View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Marcel Wanders (pictured), Harrods and Universal Design Studio, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Herzog & de Meuron, Frieze, The Royal College of Art and more... (more...) View the full article

New York City firm Rockwell Group has inserted a grassy hill scattered with deckchairs and hammocks into the Great Hall of Washington DC's National Building Museum. Read more

This X-shaped house by architects Cadaval & Sola-Morales hangs over the edge of a hillside on the outskirts of Barcelona (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article