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Dezeen Book of Interviews: with Design Miami kicking off in a few days, this week's extract from our new book is an interview with the fair's co-founder Craig Robins, who explained his role in helping transform Miami from a run-down resort into a major cultural centre. (more...) View the full article

Studio Ramoprimo based its design for the interior of this Beijing bar on brick walls traditionally found in Italian wine cellars (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Each of the rooms of this irregularly shaped family house in Kobuchizawa, Japan, were planned by architect Kawashima Mayumi to face a different mountain or patch of woodland (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Tidal Arc House by Woods Bagot has an arcing limestone facade with full-height openings looking out towards the sea on the coast of Victoria, Australia. Read more

A garden snakes between the cedar-clad walls of this house in Osaka by Japanese architects Arbol Design (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A scale model of architect Kenzo Tange's now-demolished house and a full-size replica of a 16th century tea house feature in a blockbuster exhibition of Japanese architecture at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo. Read more View the full article

Charred Japanese cedar clads the exterior of this split-level house in Izumo, Japan, by Kanazawa studio Harunatsu-Arch (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Chinese studio RIGI Design has placed a dining table and kids' play area in the waiting room of a dental clinic intended to be warm and welcoming (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Clean white walls contrast with the stripped-back columns and beams of these offices inside a former factory in Turin (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Graduate shows 2016: Bartlett student Matt Lucraft has proposed an evolving self-built housing co-operative based on a mishmash of English vernacular and historic Japanese architecture as a solution to London's housing crisis (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

DesignMarch 2015: this textile range by Reykjavik designer Hanna Whitehead is covered with bright flecks and dots based on the coloured glazes from her ceramics collections. (more…)

David Kohn Architects has transformed the ground floor and basement of a 1970s office building in London into a gallery space for auction house Sotheby's that exposes the existing concrete ceiling beams (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Rhode Island studio 3six0 has created a geometric wooden cabin "cut like a gemologist shaping a stone" to serve as a retreat for an artist from Providence (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dutch designer Marcel Wanders has created an ultra-lightweight carbon fibre chair formed around party balloons. (more...) View the full article

Motion graphics designer Al Boardman celebrates five Chicago skyscrapers in this short animation. (more...) View the full article

News: the Australian Institute of Architects has announced 61 projects in the running for this year's National Architecture Awards, including a rainforest home in Malaysia, a plant and seed research facility and a restaurant inside an old Sydney police station. (more...) View the full article

Penis girth, thrust counts and sexual health are all measured by the i.Con smart condom ring, as wearable technology moves into the bedroom. Read more View the full article

Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in this exclusive preview, Alexandros Tsolakis of lighting studio United Visual Artists explains their dramatic laser installation for MINI that opens tomorrow in Milan. (more...) View the full article

Design Miami: Dezeen is in Miami Beach this week for Design Miami 2012, which opens to the public today and runs until 9 December. See our photos from the press day on Facebook or see all our stories about this year’s edition of the design fair, including artist and architect Vito Acconci’s plans for a playground in the Miami Design District after receiving the Designer of the Year Award. Above image: Glithero’s installation for Perrier-Jouët at Design Miami View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Marcel Wanders, the Museum of Islamic Art and Martha Schwartz Partners, whose faceted metal structures in the Chinese city of Chongqing are pictured. This is also the last chance to apply for roles with Starbucks, Populous, Skandium and more... (more...) View the full article

Hong Kong studio Rural Urban Framework covered this new primary school toilet block in mirrored tiles so that it reflects its surroundings, helping to camouflage the building (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Vogue Italia has opened its office this week to a host of designers including JW Anderson and Rafael de Cárdenas, who have given the Milan headquarters a temporary makeover for the city's annual design festival. Read more

Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza will present plans to build a new entrance and visitor centre for historic Granada palace the Alhambra at an exhibition opening later this month in Berlin. (more...) View the full article

Music: inky illustrations based on Japanese comics wash across the frame during the music video by Tokyo animator Que for DJ Vague's track Freakout. (more…) View the full article

New York-based firm Roger Ferris + Partners has built an artist's studio and residence clad with bright red siding on a Connecticut estate (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article