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San Francisco studio New Deal Design has devised a small copper-coloured device that allows users to make purchases by swiping its textured surface, as "a modern replacement for cash" (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A folded timber roof adds drama to the interior of this school swimming pool in Buckinghamshire, England, by Duggan Morris Architects, but also helps to prevent echoes (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Architects Stanton Williams and Asif Khan have been selected over teams including BIG and Caruso St John to design a new building for the Museum of London, after being described by competition judges as "a clear winner" (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A website that offered free-to-use typefaces based on the handwriting of famous musicians has been closed down following legal issues over intellectual-property rights. Read more View the full article

News: a TU Delft graduate has presented an unmanned aerial vehicle with built-in defibrillation equipment, which could fly to a patient suffering from a heart attack in a fraction of the time it would take an ambulance to drive. (more...) View the full article

This theatre at a Dutch holiday camp features a pair of differently sized gables and patterned brick cladding that harmonises with the tones of its woodland site. Read more View the full article

This small showroom by Taylor and Miller for a Brooklyn-based candle and fragrance company is defined by suspended walls made of wood and steel (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Sou Fujimoto's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion opens in London next week, so our latest Pinterest board brings together all twelve of the temporary pavilions from over the years by architects including SANAA, Jean Nouvel and Frank Gehry. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest » See all our stories about Serpentine Gallery Pavilions » View the full article

Mexican firm Estudio 3.14 has visualised the "gorgeous perversity" of US presidential candidate Donald Trump's plan to build a wall along the countries' border. Read more View the full article

The European Union has awarded its annual architecture prize to Transformation of 530 Dwellings, a renovation of 1960s housing in France by Frédéric Druot Architecture, Lacaton & Vassal Architectes and Christophe Hutin Architecture. Read more

How would you display your trophy if you won a Dezeen Award? We asked some of the 2018 winners to share their "shelfies". Read more

Narrow slices of log are set into the concave walls of this Michigan college campus building, designed by Studio Gang to accommodate human rights and social justice studies (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This week’s job of the week is a position at Marcel Wanders for a graphic/pattern designer. See Dezeen Jobs for more roles in architecture and design. (more…) View the full article

ASH NYC co-founder Ari Heckman explains how The Siren Hotel recalls Detroit's glamorous past in this video produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD Awards. Read more

Startup fashion brand The Atelier YUL has designed a range of minimal cases for architects transporting their papers and models. Read more View the full article

Monolithic volumes against gradated backgrounds and staircases that lead to nowhere are depicted in the architectural paintings of Iranian artist Mehdi Ghadyanloo, which are set to go on show in London next month. Read more View the full article

Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a call for architects at Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects in Copenhagen, Denmark. Update: this position has now been filled and the ad has been removed. Sorry! However you can browse more architecture and design jobs on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Luxury watch brand Hublot has released its first smartwatch, which will be worn by referees at the FIFA World Cup in Russia this June. Read more View the full article

A rippled table and a crackled mirror feature in this new series of work by Brooklyn designer Fernando Mastrangelo. Read more

A grid of timber louvres screens either end of this house in Japan, which is the letter M in our daily A-Zdvent calendar. Read more about House M » View the full article

Berlin-based designer Uli Budde placed a flat disc above the bulb of this lamp so that it looks like a hot air balloon taking flight. (more…) View the full article

Nimtim Architects created a steeply terraced garden to accommodate this extension to a 1960s house in southeast London, which features parquet flooring and blue-stained woodwork (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

British artist Damien Hirst has created the interiors for his own restaurant inside the Caruso St John-designed Newport Street Gallery in Vauxhall, London – 13 years after his last restaurant closed (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Lauded as a "pioneer of quality public housing", the 2018 Royal Gold Medallist Neave Brown is best known for his housing schemes in north London. Here's a look at five of his key residential projects at home and abroad. Read more View the full article

Clean white buildings with identical doors and windows are arranged around a courtyard at this social housing complex in Mallorca by Spanish architects RipollTizon (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article