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We’ve teamed up with publishers Fiell to offer our readers the chance to win one of five copies of Cult-ure by graphic designer Rian Hughes. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: the Royal Institute of British Architects‘ think tank, Building Futures, have published a report predicting dramatic changes in architecture practice by the year 2025. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Italian design company Alessi will present this folding chair by British architect David Chipperfield in Milan next month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Rotterdam studio 24H architecture have completed this office building in the Netherlands that has a solid concrete and asphalt south facade and a patterned timber north facade. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: the VOID V02 watch by Hong Kong designer David Ericsson is back in stock in brushed stainless steel at Dezeen Watch store. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

American architect Daniel Libeskind has completed a media centre for the City University of Hong Kong. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

 Dezeen Space: Victoria Spruce and her sculptural shoes are the stars of our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space today. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We found this Thai canteen furnished with construction materials a few streets away from Dezeen Space, which was open in Shoreditch until 16 October. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: the next Thailand International Furniture Fair will take place from 14 to 18 March 2012 in Bangkok. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Stockholm studio Form Us with Love has launched a range of lighting for Swedish company Design House Stockholm featuring blown-glass pendants in circular, square and triangular shapes. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Slideshow: Madrid studio Exit Architects designed this concrete sculpture museum behind the retained facade of an old house in southern Spain. (more…) View the full article

Architects Carmody Groarke and graphic designers A Practice For Everyday Life used Bauhaus-style colours and typography for the design of an exhibition about the celebrated art school at the Barbican gallery in London. (more…) View the full article

Our most popular story this week featured a plant-covered house in Vietnam, so we’ve compiled a new Pinterest board featuring all plants, flowers and gardens from the pages of Dezeen. Over 20,000 people now follow us on Pinterest – join them here. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest » See more stories featuring plants on Dezeen » View the full article

Budding novelists will lust after this writer’s hideaway in upstate New York designed by New York City architects Cooper Joseph Studio (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This concrete bungalow on a remote Japanese island is built to protect its occupants from both extremely bright sunshine and destructive typhoons (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

World Architecture Festival 2012: Murat Cengiz of Tabanlioglu Architects says that Turkey has one of the fastest-growing economies in the world because they have ”learnt how to be in a crisis,” in this interview we filmed about the firm’s airport project that topped the transport category at this year’s World Architecture Festival. (more…) View the full article

A Tokyo townhouse fronted by a stack of gardens (above) and a conceptual extension to the Guggenheim Museum in New York lead Dezeen Mail issue 137, which also features the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 137 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

This virtual library shelf would let New York subway passengers read the first 10 pages of a book on their smartphones before directing them to the nearest library to pick up a hard copy (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

News: architects and critics have called for the earthquake-damaged Christchurch Cathedral in New Zealand to be restored to its original gothic appearance after rejecting two contemporary proposals as "bizarre" and "architecturally illiterate". (more...) View the full article

Dezeen and MINI World Tour: as digital technology changes the way we work and relax, Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa discusses its impact on furniture design in this movie filmed in Milan last month. (more...) View the full article

Interview: German industrial designer Richard Sapper has launched a new website chronicling his work dating back to the 1950s. In an interview looking back on his career he tells Dezeen how he turned down the chance to work at Apple, how design has been "degraded" by commercialism and how 3D printing could help solve unemployment (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: Google is suspending sales of its controversial Glass augmented reality headsets in order to "graduate" the product, which is being given its own research division. (more…) View the full article

News: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has revealed his architectural taste by inviting a Hong Kong firm to design a new airport for Pyongyang. (more...) View the full article

Business news: luxury brand B&B Italia could be sold to a major American furniture group, Dezeen understands. (more…) View the full article

Following our story about the extension of fashion designer Paul Smith's Albemarle Street store, here are some more images of its new cast iron facade by London studio 6a Architects. (more...) View the full article