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This skateboarding ramp floating over the clear waters of Lake Tahoe was put together in just four days by design-and-build team Jerry Blohm and Jeff King for Californian skater Bob Burnquist (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: a manipulated photo showing Foster + Partners' Gherkin skyscraper as a flaccid phallus has been used by a UK pharmacy chain to advertise erectile dysfunction treatment. (more...) View the full article

Dutch designer Lex Pott has created a collection of cylindrical vases from oxidised metals for his first collaboration with Danish design brand &tradition. (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

Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic was filmed by Dezeen for the Design Museum Collection App and in this compilation he talks about electronic products including the Jim Nature TV with a chipboard case by Philippe Starck. You can download the iPad app free from the app store here. (more…) View the full article

American artist Doug Aitken has created a mirrored hot air balloon to travel across rural landscapes of Massachusetts this summer. Read more

News: social network Facebook has paid $2 billion to acquire Oculus VR, the technology company behind the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. (more...) View the full article

You can get up to 30% off selected clearance lines in the winter sale at Dezeen Watch Store. The sale runs until 2 January so there is one week left to shop our fantastic deals. Included in the selection is the colourful Grow by Andrea Morgante for Alessi (above). Was £84, now £58.80. (more...) View the full article

Israeli designer Dor Tal has designed a set of gadgets that monitor data generated on social networks to help users predict the future and take action ahead of time (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Ini Archibong presented the second instalment of his Beyond the Heavens furniture for Sé during Milan design week. In this interview, the designer says his aim is make objects that help you "escape your mundane reality". Read more

The latest edition of our newsletter Dezeen Weekly features a hotel in Tuscany that began life as a group of ruined buildings, Bjarke Ingels' Game of Thrones cameo and the demise of Welbeck Street car park. Sign up to Dezeen Weekly ›

Stockholm 2014: Swedish designer Anya Sebton has created a storage system that doubles as display units for magazines and plants. (more...) View the full article

The Non-Pavilion is a London Design Festival installation that barely exists, to make a statement that the world needs to produce less. Read more

The green-tiled facade of this Lisbon townhouse by Camarim Arquitectos has varying textures and opacities designed to reference the building that previously stood on the site (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Seattle studio Olson Kundig Architects has produced visualisations imagining the fictional scenes before and after a freight train carrying toxic chemicals haphazardly plunged into a lake where artist Jack Daws was building a house on stilts (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: Norwegian studio Snøhetta has won a competition to design a waterside opera house in Busan, South Korea. (more…) View the full article

Monolithic white blocks and handmade bricks feature inside London Spa, which Richard Bell Architecture has constructed under a home in the west of the city. Read more

Our job of the week is a position for a 3D visualiser at UXUS in Amsterdam, known for their interior design collaborations with well-known brands such as K-Swiss, Nike and H&M (shown above). Visit the ad for full details or browse many other architecture and design job opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

US firm Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects has completed an academic facility on the Berkeley campus in California that is topped with an expansive, overhanging canopy made up of solar cells (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Walls are peeled back to reveal meeting rooms at this office in Yokohama by Japanese design studio Nendo (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A glazed ramp spirals around a courtyard at the centre of this house in the Portuguese town of Estoril, connecting the various living spaces and a garden roof terrace. Read more View the full article

An American startup has installed a tent-like structure in California that aims to provide users with a luxury off-grid camping experience (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Arched windows stretch across the brick walls of this three-pronged house by Belgian architect Dieter De Vos, in a municipality just outside Ghent (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Architect Norman Foster has shared his tribute to Zaha Hadid, following her unexpected death yesterday at the age of 65. (more…) View the full article

Plastic extruded from this robotic 3D printer solidifies instantly, allowing it to draw freeform shapes in the air extending from any surface (+ movie). (more...) View the full article