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This concrete staircase into the air by Lisbon architecture studio Ateliermob functions as a riverside amphitheatre on the banks of the Tagus in central Portugal (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Models at a Norwegian fashion event walked along this looping wooden catwalk designed by Oslo studio Gartnerfuglen Architects (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: social network Facebook has paid $2 billion to acquire Oculus VR, the technology company behind the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. (more...) View the full article

Product news: this pine cabinet by Stockholm design studio Snickeriet has a rough surface that resembles choppy ocean waves. (more...) View the full article

A cast concrete bathtub, a walnut-lined office and translucent walls that move at the touch of a button all feature inside this renovated London apartment by The Klassnik Corporation. Read more View the full article

Dezeen has teamed up with Aram Store to offer our UK readers a chance to win a lounge chair designed by Le Corbusier, a side table by Eero Saarinen or a table lamp by Achille Castiglioni. Read more View the full article

Outdoor spaces are sheltered beneath the flat roof of this house in Argentina, designed by architects office Celula Urbana to take advantage of its scenic riverside setting (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Artist James Bridle has teamed up with architecture studio TDO to build a rooftop hangar on a south London car park, from which a military surveillance balloon makes a daily flight to snoop on the area (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

This week on Dezeen: artist and political activist Ai Weiwei accused China's government of restricting architectural discussion this week, while architect Jacques Herzog declared his support for the administration's plans to curb "weird" buildings in the country. (more…) View the full article

Louis Vuitton has launched versions of two of its monogram handbags with built-in flexible OLED digital screens at its Cruise 2020 show. Read more

Architect Johan Sundberg has borrowed elements from traditional Japanese houses to create Sommarhus T, a holiday home on Sweden's south coast. Read more

News: the UK has unveiled a self-driving "pod" and announced regulations for testing automated vehicles on British roads later this year. (more…) View the full article

This concert hall in Poland by Spanish studio Barozzi Veiga features ribbed glass cladding and a spiky roof, giving it the appearance of an icy crown (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dutch designer Nienke Hoogvliet used a byproduct from the wastewater treatment process to create the dyed pattern on this kimono, which is intended to be passed down through the generations. Read more

This vase by Rhode Island School of Design graduate Jiwon Choi is made from a thin curl of synthetic paper. (more...) View the full article

This long and narrow brick house outside Budapest, by Foldes Architects, integrates a 17-metre-long library wall that accommodates the owners' expansive book collection (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: the second proposal from Danish architecture firm BIG to extend the Kimball Art Center in Park City, Utah, has been thrown out by planning authorities for failing to meet strict local preservation guidelines. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: there are just two weeks left to enter Samsung and Dezeen's competition to create new accessory and wallpaper designs for Galaxy mobile devices. Read more

3D printing dominated Dezeen again this week with the news that Foster + Partners is exploring the possibilities of 3D printing buildings on the moon using lunar soil. Scroll on for more highlights of the week in architecture and design plus track of the week from Dezeen Music Project. (more...) View the full article

An art gallery designed by David Chipperfield Architects to showcase the largest private art collection in Latin America opened this weekend in Mexico City (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

An aluminium canopy speckled with triangular perforations shelters the space between old and new buildings at Mexico's National Film Archive and Film Institute, recently renovated by Rojkind Arquitectos (+ slideshow). (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

The top floor of this hillside house in Argentina extends out over the treetops to offer residents a vantage point over the surrounding town (+ slideshow). (more…) 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

London architect Dingle Price has revamped a warehouse in Hackney to create a bright spacious home and studio for a painter and his family. (more...) View the full article