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News: Thomas Heatherwick has released images of a proposal for a garden to span the River Thames on a new pedestrian bridge (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Two red cement-clad domes are connected by a long set of steps to form the Rong Cultural Centre, overlooking the Persian Gulf on the island of Hormuz in Iran. Read more

Dutch studio SeARCH has created a dome-shaped pavilion covered in grass and filled with plants, as part of the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam that opened to the public today. (more...) View the full article

Drawings by seven designers have been transformed into 3D glass works by master glassmaker Massimo Lunardon for an exhibition at London design store Silvera curated by Fabrica. Read more View the full article

London agency Spacemakers has brought together design studio Silo and a group of young people to create a range of public seating. Read 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

This elliptical chapel near Oxford by London studio Niall McLaughlin Architects contains a group of arching timber columns behind its textured stone facade (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Geneva Motor Show 2015: British car manufacturer Rolls-Royce worked with a pair of textiles graduates to design a bespoke interior for its Phantom model using silk, cherrywood and bamboo (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Modernist architects working in tropical climates are increasingly designing homes where you can't tell if you're indoors or outdoors. In this special feature we explore the trend and speak to a Brazilian architect responsible for a series of spectacular homes that blur the distinction between home and garden (+ slideshow + interview). (more...) View the full article

Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with the Webby Awards to offer three pairs of tickets to an evening with musician Imogen Heap in London next Tuesday. (more…) View the full article

Taiwanese studio HAO Design installed a play area in the kitchen of this family home so the children could spend more time with their parents. (more…) View the full article

The latest outlet of Japanese cheese tart shop Bake displays its wares on a Lego counter made by designer Yusuke Seki. Read more View the full article

The latest project by Japanese studio Torafu Architects may look like a standard floating shelf, but it actually contains a slim secret drawer that can be opened with magnets. (more…) View the full article

News: British firm Foster + Partners has unveiled plans for two residential skyscrapers as part of a mixed-use development in north London. (more...) View the full article

Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld has been chosen to design the interior for New York's The Four Seasons restaurant when it relocates from its iconic Seagram Building home. (more…) View the full article

A ladder-like seat inspired by a biblical tale and an armchair that appears to have been swallowed by a rug are some of the pieces to appear in this installation curated by designer Gitta Gschwendtner. Read more

News: Herzog & de Meuron has unveiled designs for its fourth extension to the headquarters of insurance company Helvetia in the Swiss city of St Gallen. (more...) View the full article

Competition: Dezeen are giving readers the opportunity to win one of ten Pin World or Pin City wall maps by designers Emanuele Pizzolorusso and Alessandro Maffioletti for Palomar. (more…) View the full article

This hanging acoustic panel system by Swedish design student Johanna Jacobson Backman has LEDs set into the underside to provide lighting for desks positioned below. (more…) View the full article

Swedish firm Rotstein Arkitekter ripped out the walls of this compact Stockholm apartment to create an open-plan, monochrome living space (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: architect David Adjaye has topped a list of Britain’s most influential black people, ahead of Olympic athlete Mo Farah, the shadow business secretary and the Archbishop of York. (more…) View the full article

This renovated family home in Japan by designer Yasunari Tsukada features large internal windows and a mezzanine loft, creating apertures and vantage points for looking into different rooms (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This wooden folly cantilevers across a garden lake to create a meditation room and children's play den for a family living in Hampshire, England (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

New York startup Moonshine Crea's MoonWalker trainers use layers of magnets to replicate the feeling of walking in low-gravity environments. (more…) View the full article

Kickstarter has changed the way designers get their products to market and shifted the balance of power between individuals and corporations, according to the crowdfunding website's co-founder and CEO Yancey Strickler (+ interview). (more...) View the full article