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Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in the second part of our interview with Rachel Armstrong, the senior University of Greenwich lecturer explains how a synthetic "limestone-like" support structure could be grown underneath Venice to prevent the city's foundations being eroded. (more...) View the full article

New buildings and spaces by Tadao Ando and Annabelle Selldorf feature at the Clark Art Institute in Massachusetts, which reopened to the public this week after a 10-year renovation. (more...) View the full article

This Copenhagen playground building surrounded by road markings was designed by Danish architects MLRP to provide a place where children can learn about road safety and test skills on-site (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dutch designer Piet Boon has renovated a former office building in New York to create luxury apartments that borrow aesthetics from interiors in his home country (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: the typeface used on the recently unveiled Apple Watch has been made available to download alongside a kit of tools for developers who are customising apps for the device. (more...) View the full article

As we head closer to Christmas with our A-Zdvent list of iconic seats, S is represented by Danish designer Arne Jacobsen's Swan Chair. (more…) View the full article

Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde has created a lighting installation that resembles the aurora borealis above a flood channel of the Netherlands' River IJssel (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: electronics company Samsung has launched two smartphone models at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, including one with a display that curves at the edges (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

With the 2015 Venice Art Biennale kicking off next month, architecture firm Denton Corker Marshall has unveiled the new pavilion Australia will now use for its exhibitions – an austere black box looming over a canal (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Broad white piers and a colonnade suggest a Classical aesthetic on the facade of this small residence near Stockholm by architecture firm Hermansson Hiller Lundberg (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

American firm SOM has completed a new tower in Nanchang, China, which features an exterior diagrid system that helps to shade the glass building. (more…) View the full article

Chinese studio Neri&Hu has designed the interior of fashion brand Comme Moi's first flagship store, installing custom-made metal rails and cage-like cabinets (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The World Trade Center Transportation Hub, designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, is scheduled to partially open next week in Lower Manhattan, more than a decade after work began. (more…) View the full article

These lamps by London design studio Industrial Facility feature rounded shades modelled on the shape of street lights, designed to cast pools of light. (more…) View the full article

To celebrate Earth Day, we've put together some of the best examples of green and eco-friendly projects on Dezeen – from a vertical garden covering the side of a five-storey Parisian block, to a bikini designed to absorb pollution from the sea. See more sustainable design » View the full article

Clerkenwell Design Week 2016: with Clerkenwell Design Week just around the corner, Dezeen reporter Alice Morby has picked out the things to look forward to, including a Tom Dixon installation inside a church and a timber temple in a historic archway. (more…) View the full article

Canadian firm Ian MacDonald Architect has completed a family retreat in southern Ontario that cantilevers over a rocky hillside and is designed to be mostly hidden from view (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Czech designer Martin Jakobsen has created glowing uranium-glass tumblers, adding to his output of unusual glassware. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: featuring mid-century-inspired dials and a slender face, the latest watch from Hong Kong lifestyle brand Squarestreet is now available at Dezeen Watch Store. (more…) View the full article

Schemata Architects and KHA Studio have transformed a space in Tokyo to create a minimal fashion boutique that is entirely visible from the street (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Architect Bing Thom, designer of several major buildings in Vancouver, has died aged 75 following a brain aneurysm. (more…) View the full article

American studio El Dorado has completed a residence in Kansas City that is organised around a sunken central courtyard. Read more View the full article

Plant-lined courtyards separate the three single-storey volumes that form this family home designed by MIA Design Studio for a coastal city in Vietnam. Read more View the full article

Another skyscraper is set for San Francisco's SoMa district, this time by Italian architect Renzo Piano. 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