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London pop-up store Pass on Plastic was decorated floor to ceiling with wallpaper depicting plastic waste to serve as a visual reminder to consumers of the growing problem of ocean plastic. Read more

Sliding barn-style doors inside this pared-back studio space and guesthouse by Seattle-based Shed Architecture and Design hint at the building's past life as a horse stable (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

An early 1950s dwelling in the Pacific Northwest that was originally built for cartoonist Irwin Caplan has received a sensitive refurbishment by American firm SHED. Read more View the full article

Residents were invited to plan the layouts of these new homes in Manchester, England, as part of a pioneering housing project by property developer Urban Splash and architecture office ShedKM (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Birch plywood and linoleum are among the cost-effective materials used by design-build firm Sheet/RockLA to update a collection of rustic cabins on a forested site in the San Bernardino Mountains. Read more

B+P Architects has used swooping swathes of paper to form a temporary exhibition design in a former military building in Taiwan. Read more

Dezeen Watch Store: new to Dezeen Watch Store this week is the simple Sheffield Classic, the second watch in our collection by Swedish watch brand Daniel Wellington. (more...) View the full article

Photographer Roland Halbe has sent us some new images of the Sheikh Zayed Bridge in Abu Dhabi by Zaha Hadid Architects. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Slideshow feature: Zaha Hadid's Sheikh Zayed Bridge in Abu Dhabi is pictured in these new images by London photographers Hufton+Crow (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Sheila O'Donnell of O'Donnell + Tuomey has been named Woman Architect of the Year 2019, with DnA founder Xu Tiantian winning the Moira Gemmill Prize for Emerging Architecture. Read more

Rather than design a run-of-the-mill skyscraper for a new hotel in Xian, China, architects 3Gatti decided to put lots of smaller buildings on a gigantic set of shelves. (more…) View the full article

This house by Kazuya Morita Architecture Studio in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, is completely lined with with pine shelves to display the owners’ extensive collection of books. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These shelf boxes by London designer Bahbak Hashemi-Nezhad can be hung from the wall by a single pin. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Fashion designer Julia Krantz has created this collection of garments comprising translucent fabrics draped over metal frames. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Stuttgart architecture studio Metaraum has completed a bus station in the German city of Pforzheim, featuring curving canopies that swoop up and over waiting areas (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Four designers from the Royal College of Art and Imperial College have developed a series of machines that turn seafood waste into a biodegradable and recyclable bioplastic. Read more

German architectural engineer Gregory Quinn has developed SheltAir, domed bio-containment pods erected using inflatable cushions that could help coronavirus patients isolate. Read more View the full article

These tree house-like cabins by Thai designer Worapong Manupipatpong are built up around the column of a building rather than over the branches of a tree. (more…) View the full article

Canadian firm RAW Design has created a series of shelters that look like giant pompoms to keep skaters warm on a frozen river in Winnipeg (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dutch Design Week 2015: fashion designer Bas Timmer has used abandoned tents to create jackets that turn into waterproof sleeping bags for homeless people. (more…) View the full article

Chinese designer Sheng-Hung Lee has created a concept for a new kind of sea defence that also functions as a set of giant plant pots. Read more View the full article

When tasked with designing a water bottle for 100 year’s time, Tokyo designers Takram instead came up with artificial organs to help the body use water more efficiently as drinking water becomes scarce. (more…) View the full article

This skyscraper with a zig-zag channel cut into the facade is the winning design by Italian architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas in a competition to design a new office building for Shenzhen. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: the Shenzhen Stock Exchange building by OMA topped out today – see press release below. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: construction on Shenzhen’s tallest tower – and eighth tallest in the world – the Kingkey Finance tower, designed by international architecture firm Farrells, is almost complete. Due to be finished in August, the 441.8m tower will comprise accommodation, offices and retail spaces and a cinema. See press release below. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article