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American studio Pugh + Scarpa have completed a mixed-use building in Los Angeles clad in perforated metal panels, which open to reveal balconies and glimpses of the brightly-coloured building. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

3GATTI Architecture Studio of Rome and Shanghai have won a competition to design an automobile museum in Nanjing, China. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Former European skateboarding champion and architect Matthias Bauer of MBA/S Associates has designed a skatepark and youth club in Stuttgart, Germany. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

New Swedish brand RVW will present their inaugural collection during the London Design Festival next month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London studio FAT have completed the womenswear department of London department store Selfridges using angular structures and painted floor patterns in clashing colours. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve just launched our online watch store at www.dezeenwatchstore.com. The store specialises in watches by named designers and boutique brands and our collection will grow over the coming months. Click here to visit the store! </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Austrian architects Sandra Janser and Elisabeth Koller have painted streets in Graz, Austria to resemble a running track as part of a regeneration project (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s a roundup of our most popular stories from March this year. In first place was Jesolo Magica, a retail and business centre near Venice by Zaha Hadid Architects. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Rain falls inside parts of this house in Tokyo by Japanse studio Takeshi Hosaka Architects. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Horizontal layers of colour protrude out from the facade of this bank branch in Tokyo by Japanese architects Emmanuelle Moureaux. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

German designer Kilian Schindler has created this adaptable modular kitchen system for German kitchen accessories brand Naber. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Naked mannequins sit on the walls and ceiling of this MC Escher-inspired clothes store in Shanghai. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Skincare products at Aesop‘s latest store in Paris are displayed on 427 steel caps that would normally be used in the city’s plumbing network. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This Hong Kong boutique has an undulating ceiling of woven cables and a checkout inside the changing rooms. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Want to work on those biceps at home but embarrassed to have the dumbbells lying around? Like the idea of carrying a cane but feel less self-conscious with an umbrella? Think a pocket mirror would be handy but not sure it will go with your suit? (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Portuguese architects Cerejeira Fontes inserted this slatted timber chapel inside a school for friars in Braga, Portugal (photos: Nelson Garrido). (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: The Portland Public Service Building by Michael Graves & Associates has been added to the USA’s National Register of Historic Places. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designer Dominic Wilcox has expanded his series of sculptures featuring tiny characters balanced on watch hands with three new scenes tackling protest and surveillance. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The VOID V01 LED watch is now reduced by £50 as part of the Dezeen Watch Store summer sale. You can now get the V01 LED design by David Ericsson in selected colours for only £95 (UK and EU) or £79.17 (rest of the world). Buy now » Don’t forget you can get 10% off any product at Dezeen Super Store at 38 Monmouth Street, London WC2 with this flyer. View the full article

Dezeen Wire: the ArcelorMittal Orbit tower and other areas of the Olympic Park in Stratford are now likely to be kept open to paying visitors after the end of the Paralympic Games, reports The Independent. (more…) View the full article

Designer Hugo Passos’ yellow side table inspired by the paintings of Dutch artist Piet Mondrian will feature in the Stepney Green Design Collection curated by Dezeen. (more…) View the full article

This weekend fishing retreat by Ian Shaw Architekten hangs over the edge of a lake in Siegen, Germany (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Polish studio Ingarden & Ewý has slotted a theatre and library around the nineteenth century structure of a former horse-riding arena in Kraków (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Continuing our review of the year, the restoration of the Cutty Sark tea clipper by Grimshaw was our most-read story in April, plus we set up Dezeen Studio in Milan. (more...) View the full article

Italian studio Park Associati has overhauled a 1960s office block in Milan and added new glass and burnished aluminium facades (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article