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Architecture firm BIG has designed a concept for a floating city of 10,000 people that could help populations threatened by extreme weather events and rising sea levels. Read more

Selfridges has collaborated with mobile phone company HTC to create a temporary 1,700 square metre skatepark replete with ramps, rails, benches and banks, in the middle of London's West End. (more...) View the full article

Important examples of Postmodern architecture in the UK are under threat, warns heritage campaign group the Twentieth Century Society, which is holding a conference this weekend to kickstart a wider movement to protect them. (more…) View the full article

Soho House has turned part of the BBC's Television Centre in west London into its nineteenth private members' club, which features a rooftop pool overlooking White City. Read more View the full article

Kiruna Town Hall, designed Danish studio Henning Larsen, is the first building completed as part of the £1 billion relocation of Sweden's northernmost town. Read more

News: British industrial designer Kenneth Grange has become Sir Kenneth Grange after receiving a knighthood for services to design in the New Year Honours. (more...) View the full article

Interior designer Jessica Helgerson has overhauled a home in Portland, Oregon to include decorative ceilings, floral wallpaper and shades of green and grey that evoke its rainy, cool climate. Read more View the full article

Coca-Cola's London headquarters has relocated to a space designed by UK studio MoreySmith that includes a wall of 5,000 recycled drink bottles (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Steel reinforcing bars are used for shelving and partitions at this coffee shop in Dublin by VAV architects. (more...) View the full article

Google has presented the latest designs for its new Mountain View office campus, designed by BIG and Heatherwick Studio, ahead of a public hearing next week. Read more View the full article

Jony Ive became the world's most influential designer at Apple, says Owen Hopkins. His revolutionary products rescued the company from its decline and have ensured his legacy. Read more

A new camera from American company Lytro will allow users to take pictures and adjust the focus after the image has been taken using a technique called light field photography. (more...) View the full article

This week's Dezeen Mail includes a simple handset designed by Jasper Morrison as an alternative to smartphones (pictured), the Bouroullec brothers' first television for Samsung and a Foster-designed drone port. There's also the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 271 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Panoramic Pacific views can be enjoyed from terraces created by the tiered levels of this hillside house in Chile by architects Elton + Léniz (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Do you have a favourite Aesop store design? Browse our new Pinterest board to view every one of the Australian skincare brand's outlets featured on Dezeen, including the boutiques that made it into our top ten roundup. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more Aesop store designs View the full article

French firm Dominique Perrault Architecture has completed a 220-metre skyscraper with a folded glass facade in Vienna, which has now become Austria's tallest building. (more...) View the full article

A colonnade, a group of light wells and perforated brickwork allow light and air to reach the prayer hall of this mosque in Dhaka, which is one of winners of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2016. Read more View the full article

Kickstarter has changed the way designers get their products to market and shifted the balance of power between individuals and corporations, according to the crowdfunding website's co-founder and CEO Yancey Strickler (+ interview). (more...) View the full article

New York designer Gabriel Scott has created a version of his Myriad light based on the signature drink served at Bar Basso, the hub for late-night frivolity during Milan design week. Read more View the full article

Graduate shows 2016: Royal College of Art graduate Ted Hunt has designed a search engine that allows users to search the web using principles based on the Socratic method. (more…) View the full article

Russian designer Anna Lotova slotted two layers of foam beneath the surface of this wooden desk to create squishy spaces for storing stationery and other objects. (more...) View the full article

Business news: UK architecture firm BDP has been bought by Japanese firm Nippon Koei for £102.2 million. (more…) View the full article

The first major exhibition of fashion by French designer Thierry Mugler, presented at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, examines his visions for "metamorphoses, superheroines and cyborgs". Read more

Make-up looks seen online could be downloaded and printed directly onto the face, using a gadget concept imagined by UK studio Seymourpowell. Read more

Milan 2014: Danish brand Gubi will be launching a side table and updates of existing stool and chair designs by Copenhagen studio GamFratesi at the Urban Stories exhibition during Milan design week. (more...) View the full article