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Behind the white walls of this house in Mexico, architect Abraham Cota Paredes has carved out a courtyard and added a huge window to offer views of a tree planted inside. Read more View the full article

News: Spanish design brand BD Barcelona Design has commissioned designer Jaime Hayon to hand-paint 40 unique vases in celebration of its 40th birthday. (more…) View the full article

Design March 2015: French and Icelandic design collective Iiif has designed Petits Volcans, a glassware collection comprising five vessels that represent different types and stages of volcano. (more…) View the full article

This stepped timber bridge was designed by a team of architecture students from the University of Hong Kong to provide a meeting place for residents of a rural community in southern China (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Danish architecture studio CEBRA has revealed a proposal for a snowflake-shaped ski dome that would be the biggest in the world, with three kilometres of slopes arching over a river in the Danish city of Randers. (more…) View the full article

We've updated our Japanese houses Pinterest board to include 141 examples that have been published on Dezeen since May 2013. See our updated board » Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more Japanese houses View the full article

Koichi Suzuno and Alicja Strzyzynska of Torafu Architects have designed a children's seat that splits in half to reveal a dolls' house inside (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Fungal flowers coated in metal and a sofa upholstered with fake grass are among the pieces in a solo show of work by Japanese botanical artist Makoto Azuma in New York (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

To celebrate Earth Day, we're looking at ways you can be sustainable beyond the grave. We've picked out five eco-friendly designs for the deceased, including an egg-shaped burial pod and a cremation urn made of sewage water. Read more

Design critic Alice Rawsthorn has launched a scathing attack on the Apple Watch and the tech company's collaboration with fashion house Hermès, as Apple cuts the price of its controversial smart watch. (more…) View the full article

Pale grey bricks are arranged to create a herringbone pattern across the facade of this housing and studio block in New Cross, southeast London. (more…) View the full article

Tech news has dominated Dezeen this week, as Google unveiled its Android Wear operating system for smartwatches and Imogen Heap launched a campaign to produce her gloves that manipulate sound. Read on for more architecture and design news from the past seven days, plus our Dezeen Music Project featured track. (more...) View the full article

Stockholm 2015: furniture giant Ikea has collaborated with London designer Ilse Crawford to launch a range of cork and natural-fibre homeware products. (more…) View the full article

Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for project architects at O'Donnell + Tuomey, the firm behind the Lyric Theatre in Belfast (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Milan 2014: Japanese architect Jo Nagasaka has created a collection of spongy seats by tying up blocks of foam and dipping them in rubber. (more...) View the full article

An Italian winery with terracotta vaults (above), 3D-printed guns and a skyscraper for bees all feature in Dezeen Mail issue 151, plus all the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 151 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Pete Oyler of American design studio Assembly has created these stacking candle holders from aluminium and brass. (more…) View the full article

As we count down to Milan next week, we take a quick look back at the key themes and Dezeen's projects from the last three years at the design world's most important festival. (more...) View the full article

Fluted concrete walls punctured by stone entrances and window frames characterise this minimal Italian house, which LCA Architetti has completed for an archeologist in Varese, Italy. Read more

Swedish studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has fitted out this Japanese showroom selling European ceramics using pale wooden display furniture and potted plants (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Japanese studio Nendo and Spanish shoe brand Camper have collaborated to create a range of sunglasses that feature overlapping coloured lenses. (more...) View the full article

The interior of Dutch fashion house Viktor & Rolf's first flagship store in Paris has been covered in grey felt by French studio Architecture & Associés. (more...) View the full article

Architecture firm OMA has revealed the design of its first cultural building in California: a pavilion featuring tilted walls and patterned openings that will accompany a Jewish temple in Los Angeles. Read more View the full article

Tabletops melt into bowls in Nendo's new furniture collection, which will make its debut at Milan design week. Read more View the full article

Melike Altınışık Architects' 369-metre-high Çamlıca TV and Radio Tower has almost completed in Istanbul, with only the engineered facade left to install. Read more