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An angular wooden staircase ascends the lobby of this office renovation in the Dutch town of Hoofddorp by Amsterdam architects Studioninedots (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Product news: British designer Jasper Morrison has created a family of outdoor furniture for Spanish design brand Kettal. (more…) View the full article

The buildings of Lyon are pulled apart in these impossible photographs by Norwegian artist Espen Dietrichson. (more…) View the full article

Japanese firm Torafu Architects renovated this auto repair shop in Tokyo to make it look as sleek as a car showroom (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The top of this Australian house by architect Michael Ong of M O D O is a timber box that sits at an angle on top of the ground floor walls. (more…) View the full article

Architecture firms Dorte Mandrup, Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Weiss Manfredi have revealed their competition proposals to redevelop the park and museum accompanying Los Angeles' historic La Brea Tar Pits. Read more

An open-sided shelter made from railway sleepers provides a stable on the roof of this house by CC Arquitectos, which is partially embedded in a slope overlooking a Mexican valley (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Furniture by the late Flemish designer Maarten van Severen was presented against the backdrop of a tromp l'oeil installation developed by Dutch studio OMA at Milan design week earlier this month (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an interior designer at London's Heatherwick Studio, which recently revealed designs for a honeycomb-like staircase at its Hudson Yards development in New York (pictured). Read more stories on Thomas Heatherwick, or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

This glazed garden hideaway by Italian studio act_romegialli is disguised inside a dense thicket of bushy plants and blossoming wildflowers. (more...) View the full article

Wire baskets cradle balls of light to create these lamps by Barcelona designer Martín Azú. (more...) View the full article

Architect Terry Farrell has spoken out against Renzo Piano's 72-storey skyscraper proposed for London's Paddington and has drawn up a rival scheme. (more…) View the full article

A group of London-based industrial designers have created an edible water bottle using algae and a technique popularised by El Bulli chef Ferran Adria. (more...) View the full article

Our job of the week on the new and improved Dezeen Jobs is for a brand architect with the international sportswear company Nike at its European headquarters in the Netherlands. Visit the ad for full details or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Dezeen promotion: judges in the Samsung Mobile Design Competition have revealed their pick of the top three accessory designs, whose creators have shared their inspiration in interviews with Dezeen. Read more View the full article

Ark4Lab of Architecture has used an assortment of red tones and clashing materials to create a "mosaic" of spaces inside this bar in northern Greece. Read more

News: Architectural Association graduate John Naylor has won this year's Foster + Partners Prize with his proposal to introduce bamboo to the construction industry in Haiti, which is still struggling to recover from the 2010 earthquake. (more...) View the full article

Danish studio Henning Larsen's extension to Hotel Tórshavn will be characterised by a cave-like foyer that is a nod to the coastal grottos of the Faroe Islands. Read more

Bjarke Ingels recently revealed that his qualifications are not recognised in the US, yet the Danish architect's firm still has projects springing up all over New York. We've rounded up five set to alter the city's neighbourhoods and skyline. Read more View the full article

Dutch Design Week 2013: a Dutch fashion textile brand that has a huge following in Africa but which is virtually unknown in Europe has announced a series of collaborations with contemporary designers (+ interview + slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: exhibitors have been announced for this year's Clerkenwell Design Week, taking place from 21 to 23 May in London. (more...) View the full article

This Vancouver house by Canadian studio Splyce Design comprises a stack of glazed boxes set into a hillside, designed to maximise ocean views and create terraces on all three levels (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This trio of mammoth timber funnels is designed to magnify the natural sounds of a forest in southern Estonia, and to double up as a space for ramblers to contemplate and rest. (more…) View the full article

London department store Selfridges has opened concept retail spaces free from gender directives, created by designer Faye Toogood (+ slideshow). (more…)

News: after commissioning landmark museums by Frank Lloyd Wright and Frank Gehry in the 20th century, the Guggenheim has shortlisted six little-known practices for its latest outpost in Helsinki. (more…) View the full article