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News: rebuilding the World Trade Center site has revitalised the architectural scene in New York according to architect Craig Dykers of Snøhetta, who designed a recently opened pavilion on the memorial site (+ interview). (more...) View the full article

Japanese studio FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects has completed a family house in Shiga, Japan, that is 27 metres long but only 2.7 metres wide (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Japanese architect Ryue Nishizawa has teamed up with design studio Nendo to create a hillside pavilion, filled with stools designed to look like troops of wild mushrooms (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The German postal service has released a postage stamp, designed by visual artist Thomas Mayfried, to commemorate the 200th birthday of Karl Marx. Read more View the full article

Italian fashion house Fendi has moved into its new headquarters at Rome's Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana – a building commissioned by dictator Benito Mussolini in 1943 that has been renovated by local architect Marco Costanzi (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

London-based designer Oscar Diaz launched this industrial looking stainless steel bottle opener at the Project No. 8 shop in New York this week. (more…) View the full article

Canadian firm Moriyama & Teshima Architects has designed an underground visitor centre in Ottawa with gothic-style details that echo historic government buildings nearby. Read more

British architect Will Alsop says there are more opportunities for ideas-driven architecture projects in China – like his Gao Yang development, which features a four-storey hanging restaurant – in this movie filmed in London (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

British designer Bethan Gray has teamed up with natural surface specialist Nature Squared to create a collection of iridescent furniture clad in leftover materials from the seafood and farming industries. Read more

Dutch Design Week 2015: Tilburg's TextielMuseum has worked with Dutch designer Hella Jongerius to launch a collection of plaid throws developed by Simone Post and Studio Truly Truly (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with What Design Can Do to offer readers the chance to win one of five tickets to the annual design conference in Amsterdam. (more…) View the full article

Stockholm 2015: Swedish designer Stefan Borselius has designed a globe-shaped outdoor light for streets and parks. (more…) View the full article

Italian designer Eugenia Morpurgo has set up a high-street micro factory, which uses digital manufacturing to produce her range of customisable shoes that wearers can assemble and repair themselves. (more...) View the full article

This week on Dezeen: nominations for awards including the UK's Carbuncle Cup, London Design Museum's Designs of the Year and Finland's most important architecture prize were all unveiled this week. (more…) View the full article

Snøhetta has designed both physical and digital retail spaces for Oslo-based fashion label Holzweiler, featuring a muted colour palette and gridded elements. Read more

Dezeen Music Project: our featured music video this week is an animation for techno producer Max Cooper's track Numb, which depicts the pressures of modern life in the style of an infographic. (more...) View the full article

Exposed concrete surfaces are paired with brass details at this children's footwear boutique and small apartment in Belgium by Antwerp studio ONO Architectuur (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Apple has advised customers of its recently launched Apple Card to keep the titanium card in a soft bag where it won't touch other credit cards, keys or loose change, and to gently clean it with a microfibre cloth. Read more

Our new Pinterest board features all the winning projects of this year's World Architecture and Inside festivals, including the Auckland Art Gallery voted as the World Building of the Year and a tiled Barcelona apartment named as the World Interior of the Year. See our new WAF and Inside Festival 2013 Pinterest board» Follow Dezeen on Pinterest» View the full article

News: a yacht built for Apple's late co-founder Steve Jobs has been impounded in Amsterdam following a dispute over an unpaid bill to French designer Philippe Starck. (more...) View the full article

The booming market for luxury apartments in New York "is an issue" that could damage the city, according to hotelier and real-estate developer Ian Schrager – and micro apartments could be the solution. (more…) View the full article

Swedish designer Richard Lindvall has converted a car park near Stockholm into a restaurant and nightclub with copper pipes stretching across its walls and ceiling. (more...) View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Herzog & de Meuron, The Design Museum, Design Academy Eindhoven and Priestmangoode (whose high-speed train concept is shown above) plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Wilkinon Eyre Architects, Form Us With Love and more... (more...) View the full article

Brooklyn's first supertall skyscraper by New York studio SHoP Architects has received the go ahead for construction. (more…) View the full article

News: the world's vainest skyscrapers have been revealed in the latest report from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, which reveals the unnecessary "vanity space" added to the top of the world's tallest buildings. (more...) View the full article