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Both the Modernism Week celebration of mid-century modern buildings and the opening of the inaugural Desert X art festival recently took place in Palm Springs, California, so our latest Pinterest board celebrates the most extravagant architecture and design from the state. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › View the full article

Architectural photographer Carlos Ayesta captured these unusual views of Paris by abseiling down the sides of skyscrapers with his camera slung over his shoulder (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

German photographer Roland Halbe has taken new photographs of Casa Klotz, a rural beach house in Chile by architect Mathias Klotz (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dutch designer Daniel Hulsbergen created this intricate lamp from materials similar to those he used as a child to make model gliders. (more...) View the full article

Pale bricks are arranged in a herringbone pattern on the outer walls of this compact house in north-east London that local architect Zoe Chan designed and built for herself (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Gustaf Holtenäs based his animated video for Russian musician Mitya's track Fabula Spatium on surreal sci-fi art from the 1970s (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: register here to attend Interiors UK 2013, taking place Sunday 20 January to Wednesday 23 January in Birmingham, where the winners of the New Design Britain awards will be announced. (more...) View the full article

Folded steel staircases lead to elevated rooms atop freestanding metal towers inside this old industrial building in Brussels that adn Architectures has converted into an open-plan apartment (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: architect Frank Gehry has today unveiled proposals for a major new art gallery and university complex at the centre of Toronto’s entertainment district. (more…) View the full article

Lödige Industries' automated car park has been installed beneath a library in Denmark, which was designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

3D-printing guru Janne Kyttanen has designed a kit of clothes and accessories that can be printed in one go from a single computer file, removing the need for travellers to pack a bag for their holiday (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

French artists Christophe Berdaguer and Marie Péjus have converted an old house in France into a visitor centre by giving it a ghostly cloak of polystyrene and paint. (more…) View the full article

Comments update: readers are reflecting on the life and work of Zaha Hadid after the Pritzker Prize-winning architect died suddenly aged 65 last week. (more…) View the full article

Hans J Wegner's Wing and Oculus armchairs have been updated with black frames by Danish brand Carl Hansen & Søn. Read more View the full article

The upper floor of this Japanese mountain home is twice the size of the base, creating a dramatic overhang that appears to be supported by nothing but a pair of angular stilts (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A pinewood stud wall encloses this Aesop store in Sydney, which Mlkk Studio has furnished with domestic items to evoke 1960s Australian homes. Read more

Dezeen Mail issue 139 features the Messe Basel extension by Herzog & de Meuron (above) and Sou Fujimoto's design for this year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, plus all the latests news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 139 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Following the popularity of a collection of mass-produced glass items reformed into sculptural vessels this week, we've collected together glassware projects from the pages of Dezeen, including a curvaceous wine bottle by Zaha Hadid and pill-like vases by Fabio Novembre. See our new Pinterest board » Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See all our glassware stories View the full article

This table by Dutch designer Frederik Roijé has one top on three levels. (more…) View the full article

A boxy wooden staircase twists up through the floors of this design store in Shanghai by architects Neri&Hu. (more…) View the full article

This house by Japanese architects a.a.+H has two roofs and four more tiny houses inside (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: a concept for rooftop housing built from foam blocks and steel cables (above) is one of the winners of the RIBA President’s Medals Student Awards, announced last night. (more…) View the full article

Exposed concrete walls and a set of "hit-and-miss" stairs add character to this formerly lacklustre apartment in east London, which has been overhauled by Merrett Houmøller Architects. Read more

This house in Toronto by Drew Mandel Architects features pale grey stone walls and an overhanging top storey (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

We've created a new Pinterest board showcasing a range of Swiss architecture from this grey-tiled home in the Alps by JM Architecture to Peter Zumthor's famous Therme Vals spa, recently photographed by Fernando Guerra. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › View the full article