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French photographer Julien Lanoo has sent us some images of this extension to a house in Paris by French studio Bang Architectes. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Cologne 2011: designer Karim Rashid launched this 3D-printed lamp for Dutch brand Freedom Of Creation at imm cologne in Germany last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Stockholm 2011: ECAL graduate Vanessa Hordies has created this bedside lamp that works like an hour glass to gradually dim the light by covering it in sand. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Peter Barber Architects have produced these drawings as part of a planning application for 25 terraced family houses in London’s East End. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch designer Maarten Baas presented these new versions of his Clay furniture at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan last month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: here’s a movie by photographer Luke Hayes that shows the making of Carmody Groarke‘s Indian Ocean Tsunami Memorial, which was quarried in France installed outside London’s Natural History Museum. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A stainless steel net takes the place of a banister around the staircase and first floor corridor of this apartment in Prague. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2011: Eindhoven couple Kiki van Eijk and Joost van Bleiswijk share a studio but usually work on independent projects. During the London Design Festival they present a chaise for Bernhardt Design that combines her textiles with his metal furniture. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Kapilux glass, manufactured by German firm Okalux, contains tiny tubes to reduce glare and transmit light deep into a room. It was recently used on Steven Holl’s Cité de l’Océan et du Surf in Biarritz, France. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: David Chipperfield is to curate the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale, becoming the first British architect to take on the role - The Guardian The official announcement has been delayed because of Chipperfield’s reservations over working with Giulio Malgara, who was expected to become the director of the biennale and is a friend of Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi. Following Berlusconi’s decision to stand down it is expected that current director Paolo Baratta will retain the role as biennale director. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch architects UNStudio have unveiled designs for a Singapore skyscraper with chunks missing from its facade. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Steel crossbeams divide the triple-height living room of this Tokyo townhouse into modular sections. (more…) View the full article

This family house by architect Naoko Horibe features a traditional Japanese-style room with tatami mats inside a protruding, timber-clad mezzanine. (more…) View the full article

A tall and narrow entrance slopes down to a low and wide living space at this triangular house in Japan by Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates. (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival: we’re hosting the last in our series of live shows at 100% Design today from 2:45pm, including talks with designer Clemens Weisshaar, restaurant founder Shamil Thakrar and trend forcaster Li Edelkoort (above). (more…) View the full article

Japanese studio UID Architects often place gardens inside buildings and this house in Fukuyama is no exception (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

East London designer Hugo Passos talks about making his modernist Piet side table without machinery in an “old artisanal way” in this movie filmed by Dezeen. (more…) View the full article

Interiors and products will need more tactile designs as the use of computers and screens makes us crave a sense of touch, trend forecaster Li Edelkoort predicts in this last movie filmed at Dezeen Live. (more...) View the full article

Troika founding partner Eva Rucki explains the studio's large-scale immersive light installations in this movie filmed by Dezeen at our Designed in Hackney Day. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Mail issue 142 features a pavilion woven by a robot (above) and twisting auditorium seats by Zaha Hadid, along with all the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 142 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Archi-Union (whose Shanghai Tea House is pictured above), Calvin Klein, and MAD Architects, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Foster + Partners, Heatherwick Studio, ICON magazine and more... (more...) View the full article

The watchtowers, walls and pathways of a historic fort were repaired and rebuilt as part of this restoration project in the 2000-year-old city of Thula, Yemen, one of 20 projects shortlisted for the 2013 Aga Khan Award. (more...) View the full article

News: Scandinavian firm C. F. Møller has revealed proposals that could see the world's tallest timber-framed building constructed in Stockholm. (more...) View the full article

Dutch designers Iris van Herpen and Jólan van der Wiel collaborated to grow these dresses with magnets. (more...) View the full article

Perforated yellow cupboards and drawers resemble slices of Swiss cheese inside this apartment in São Paulo by Brazilian architects Zoom Urbanismo (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article