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Plastic extruded from this robotic 3D printer solidifies instantly, allowing it to draw freeform shapes in the air extending from any surface (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

New York designer Stephen Burks filled the Milan showroom of Italian brand Calligaris with colourful ropes and columns of plastic chairs lashed together last month (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

News: British firm Wilkinson Eyre Architects has won a competition to design a $1.5 billion hotel skyscraper on the harbourfront in Sydney, Australia. (more...) View the full article

Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for an industrial designer in London with British designer Ross Lovegrove, who unveiled his concept car for Renualt at the Triennale Design Museum in Milan last month (pictured). See more stories about Ross Lovegrove on Dezeen here. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

This renovated family home in Japan by designer Yasunari Tsukada features large internal windows and a mezzanine loft, creating apertures and vantage points for looking into different rooms (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A house-shaped shop window frames the interior of this renovated beauty salon in Osaka Prefecture by Japanese office Tsubasa Iwahashi Architects. (more...) View the full article

Swedish design studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has come up with a stove for the developing world that uses a two-thirds less wood than a traditional cooking fire (+ movies + slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This glazed garden hideaway by Italian studio act_romegialli is disguised inside a dense thicket of bushy plants and blossoming wildflowers. (more...) View the full article

The battle between BIG and OMA to redesign the Miami Beach Convention Center leads Dezeen Mail issue 152, plus all the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 151 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

News: work has begun on the OMA-designed headquarters of Denmark's national centre for architecture in Copenhagen. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: online design retailer Fab is calling for entries to its Disrupting Design competition in New York on 21 May. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: the new collection of furniture by Arper will be on show at the Italian design brand's London showroom during Clerkenwell Design Week from 21 to 23 May. (more...) View the full article

News: British inventor James Dyson has donated £4 million towards building a new cancer centre in Bath, UK, based on the principles underlying his successful redesign of a neonatal ward at the same hospital. (more...) View the full article

Opinion: a pizza crust stuffed with a hot dog could be the ultimate expression of contemporary design culture, suggests Sam Jacob in this week's opinion column. (more...) View the full article

News: Zaha Hadid Architects has won a competition to design a metro station for Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our second film recorded at the MINI Paceman Garage in Milan last month, MINI head of design Anders Warming describes the centrepiece installation in the space and Joseph Grima, editor-in-chief of Domus magazine, reflects on a difficult period for Italian design. (more...) View the full article

French practice AWP has remodelled a water-treatment plant outside Paris to reveal its industrial processes to the public. (more...) View the full article

London designer Benjamin Hubert has created a chair that looks like it's wrapped up in a cloak for Italian brand Moroso. (more...) View the full article

This two-storey extension by French architect Loïc Picquet converts an old farm building into a rural guesthouse in the Alsace region of France (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: Saint Laurent has opened the doors to its new flagship store in Paris, the first to be designed by Hedi Slimane since he became creative director of the fashion house last year. (more...) View the full article

News: British firm Foster + Partners has unveiled plans for two residential skyscrapers as part of a mixed-use development in north London. (more...) View the full article

Warsaw studio Moko Architects has unveiled plans to build a diving and indoor skydiving centre outside Warsaw by surrounding a pair of abandoned cement silos with a tower of shipping containers. (more...) View the full article

Architecture studio Spaceworkers has inserted a house-shaped cultural centre inside a nineteenth-century schoolhouse in Parades, northern Portugal. (more...) View the full article

News: the architectural principles behind the Prince of Wales' controversial Poundbury development (above) will be exported to Bahrain in a move that has angered human rights campaigners. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: the latest version of Record by architect and designer Achille Castiglioni comes with a striking black face, and both yellow and purple interchangeable leather straps. (more...) View the full article