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Dezeen archive: do architects make good shoe designers? Or do they merely create buildings for the feet? As Zaha Hadid unveils footwear designs for United Nude, we've brought together more shoes by architects such as Jean Nouvel and Oscar Niemeyer (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: the stalled London skyscraper dubbed the Can of Ham is reportedly back underway at 60-70 St Mary Axe, close to Foster's Gherkin. (more…) View the full article

Canadian studio Naturehumaine has used a palette of raw materials to emphasise the "structural guts" of the building that accommodates this Aesop store in Montreal (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

British inventor Sam Pearce has created a shock-absorbing wheel for bicycles and wheelchairs that is designed to help users negotiate uneven streets and rough terrain (+ movie). (more…)

News: a conductive rug that can detect movement and call for help if someone has fallen over has been developed by German firm Future-Shape. (more...) View the full article

Floor-to-ceiling grids of wooden shelves cover double-height walls inside this luxurious apartment in São Paulo by local studio Studio MK27 (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and architect Raymond Moriyama have launched a $100,000 award to rival the Pritzker and Stirling Prizes, which will be awarded every two years through an open competition. (more...) View the full article

Forensic Architecture, the investigative team shortlisted for the Turner Prize for art, has expressed ambivalence about the accolade, which came in a week when it suffered several setbacks in its cases. Read more View the full article

Japanese houses come in all shapes and sizes, but privacy is always a big concern. Here are 10 that offer their residents complete seclusion, from an angular concrete bunker to a seemingly windowless box. Read more

British furniture brand Heal's has launched a range of furniture aimed at young home-owners with little space – the same target market Ikea identified for its latest PS1 collection – including shelves by legendary designer Kenneth Grange (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Scientists at Australian research centre CSIRO have used graphene to create a simple filtration system that could change the lives of millions in the developing world by making the process of purifying water faster and more effective. Read more View the full article

A hotel in Munich is stretched, twisted, distorted and exploded in this series of 88 manipulated photographs by Spanish photographer Victor Enrich (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

The four Summer Houses built to accompany BIG's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion have been listed for sale through architecture-led estate agent The Modern House. (more…) View the full article

MAD Architects, Michael Maltzan and wHY Architecture are among the studios whose work is showcased in a new exhibition about domestic architecture in Los Angeles (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Our job of the week on the new and improved Dezeen Jobs is for an industrial designer at Benjamin Hubert's studio Layer, which this week unveiled designs for the "world's first" 3D-printed consumer wheelchair. Visit the ad for full details or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Staff don't have designated desks inside the offices of luxury department store Selfridges, which Alex Cochrane Architects has completed with open-plan workrooms and communal seating. Read more

Dutch office MVRDV and French architects de Alzua+ have won a competition to re-masterplan the French town of Villeneuve d'Ascq and are proposing a building that cantilevers over a motorway. (more...) View the full article

Architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has converted buildings in a former industrial district into a public library in Chicago, where original brick walls and bow trusses are on full display. Read more

Six architecture studios present window installations created for stores along London's Regent Street in this movie filmed by Dezeen. (more...) View the full article

This week we've selected the five roles for visualisers on Dezeen Jobs, including vacancies at British architecture studios Caruso St John and Grimshaw. 3D visualiser at Caruso St John Caruso St John is seeking a 3D visualiser to work on client presentations and project reports at its London studio. The architecture firm designed Newport Street Gallery, an exhibition space for artist Damien Hirst in south London. Find out more about this role › CGI visualiser at Grimshaw Global architecture firm Grimshaw was behind the design of the Eden Project, an ecological park contained under geodesic domes in Cornwall. The practice has an opportunity for a CGI visualiser …

Dutch designer Martijn van Strien's Makersleeve device cases are designed for production on-demand in any makerspace in the world. Read more View the full article

Lego bricks could be used to transfer design models into real-time digital files with this prototype system by London studio Gravity (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

This house in London by local studio De Matos Ryan sits within a sunken courtyard, surrounded by a secret flower garden (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Lamps decorated with bacteria cultures, a swarm of drones programmed to mimic a flock of birds and the world's first modular hearing aid are among 261 design projects that made the 2019 longlist for Dezeen Awards. Read more

How would you display your trophy if you won a Dezeen Award? We asked some of the 2018 winners to share their "shelfies". Read more