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Our second story this week about Japanese architects no.555 features a low-budget house inspired by animals’ nests beside a rice field in Matsumoto (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

American firm Un.Box Studio has used low-maintenance materials to create a simple, lakeside cabin in Texas surrounded by cypress trees and a verdant lawn. Read more View the full article

Slovenian firm Studio 360 built walls of modular white shelving inside every room of this L-shaped apartment in Ljubljana to maximise space whilst removing clutter (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

China's rush to build thousands of new museums is leading to cultural buildings "with no vision and mediocre collections", according to architects and curators in the country (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Tech giant Apple has been granted a patent for a keyboard that abandons traditional keys in favour of a "force-sensitive" sheet that could function like an oversized trackpad. (more…) View the full article

The extension to this refurbished house in Australia includes a covered outdoor space built around the trunk of a large lemon-scented tree (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Foster + Partners has won planning approval for a pair of faceted glass skyscrapers in San Francisco, which will be among the tallest buildings in the city. (more…) View the full article

Interview: the former head of two Parisian fashion houses has discouraged students from setting up their own brands because the industry is overwhelmed by too many new names. (more…) View the full article

Maison&Objet 2013: French design duo Colonel present furniture inspired by camping at Maison&Objet design fair in Paris, which concludes tomorrow. (more...) View the full article

New copyright laws in the UK have come into effect, effectively banning replicas of some of the most-copied icons of 20th century furniture design – including pieces by Arne Jacobsen, and Charles and Ray Eames (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Items are displayed upon a series of pine structures inside this accessories store in Ansião, Portugal. (more…) View the full article

American stoneware and ceramics company Walker Zanger has collaborated with New York-based Robert A M Stern Architects to create a collection of tiles inspired by the firm's Postmodern buildings. (more…) View the full article

Spanish lighting designers Luzinterruptus scattered 10,000 glowing books across the ground at Federation Square in Melbourne this summer for a lighting festival dedicated to reading. (more…) View the full article

A glazed reading room appears to float over the still waters of a shallow pool at this town library in Maranello, Italy, by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki and Italian architect Andrea Maffei (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Set back from the beach behind a row of houses, this Mexican villa has terraces and a swimming pool raised up so residents can relax outdoors with a view of the ocean (photos by Edmund Sumner + slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This house in Belgium by Ghent studio Graux & Baeyens Architecten is broken down into cubic volumes that are staggered to let more light into each room (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Brexit: without free movement of international stage designers and students, the UK risks losing its status as a world leader in theatre, according to the Society of British Theatre Designers. Read more View the full article

A team of Canadian designers and artists has created an installation in Montreal consisting of 30 illuminated seesaws. (more…) View the full article

An assortment of building typologies appear to be stacked on top of one another at this housing block in Middlesborough, England, by London architects FAT (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Architecture firm OMA is one of four firms shortlisted to design the FAB Civic Center Park in Los Angeles, with a proposal that includes mirrored canopies and shaded bleacher seating under a cantilevered cafe (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Virgin Galactic has unveiled an updated version of its commercial SpaceShipTwo craft, the Virgin Spaceship Unity, which will begin renewed testing in California and New Mexico following a fatal crash in 2015. (more…) View the full article

World Architecture Festival 2012: ”No one’s ever seen anything like it before,” director of Wilkinson Eyre Architects Chris Wilkinson tells Dezeen in this movie we filmed overlooking the Gardens by the Bay tropical garden in Singapore, which was named World Building of the Year at the World Architecture Festival earlier this month. (more…) View the full article

Department store John Lewis has released a textile range featuring floral and abstract archive patterns by British designer Lucienne Day. Read more View the full article

Swiss designer Reto Togni has developed a cling-film-like temporary window to make damaged houses in conflict zones habitable. Read more

Dezeen promotion: Tequila Don Julio asked the Dezeen team to put together a last-minute Christmas gift guide. Here's a selection of designerly items that have impressed us over the past year and will be buying for our friends and families. (more...) View the full article