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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

News: American brand Emeco has reached a settlement in its legal dispute with Restoration Hardware after claiming the fellow US company's Naval Chair (below) is a rip-off of its classic Navy Chair (above). (more...) View the full article

Stairs and bookshelves wrap around a triple-height atrium inside this university library, which Danish architecture studio Adept describes as a "spiral of knowledge" (+ slideshow). (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

The consecutive pitched roofs of this church community centre in Germany were designed by Netzwerkarchitekten to make the building resemble a row of terraced houses. (more...) View the full article

Archi-Union Architects has added a slatted timber extension on top of an old concrete and brick factory building in Shanghai, turning it into a showroom and workspace for a ceramic artist (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The three pitched roofs of this bungalow extension in Manchester were designed by Blee Halligan Architects to capture sunlight at different times of the day and frame views of trees in the garden (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Russian artist Alexander Schtanuk has launched a crowdfunding campaign to turn NASA's metallic emergency blankets into an enormous artwork at this year's Burning Man festival. Read more View the full article

Architecture studio Azab has added under-floor storage and bright yellow walls to make this formerly characterless attic apartment in Bilbao, Spain, suitable for a young family of four. Read more

Glazed panels create views between the floors of these two Edwardian townhouses in London that have been renovated by local architects Studio Octopi to accommodate resident artists (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This week details were revealed of Antoni Gaudí's first project outside Spain, Google unveiled a potential rival to Apple's iPhone and the Sky Garden opened at the top of Rafael Viñoly's Walkie Talkie building (pictured). Read on to catch up with the latest architecture and design news. (more…) View the full article

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

Paul Maich and Ted Swift of Maich Swift Architects explain how their open-air Potemkin Theatre will act as a space to engage audiences, in this exclusive video produced by Dezeen. Read more

Each piece in the Folk candle holder range is different but shares the same characteristics, creating a family of objects which work together or individually (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: the company that makes London’s famous taxis, Manganese Bronze Holdings, is going into administration having failed to make a profit since 2007. (more…) View the full article

Dutch studio TomDavid Architecten has won a competition to design a market square in Casablanca, Morocco, with plans for a canopy of leaf-like structures. (more…) View the full article

MVRDV's huge horseshoe-shaped market hall and housing development in Rotterdam is captured in these new images by photographers Hufton + Crow (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Chinese studio Archi-Union has converted an office block in Shanghai into an art gallery with a concrete staircase twisting through its middle (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Italian design studio Alcarol has expanded its collection of furniture made from resin-encased wood to include a bench patterned with holes created by shipworms (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Architecture practice Smart Design Studio and Jacobs have used red brick arches on a "heroic scale" to create the Rail Operations Centre in Sydney, Australia. Read more

Ren Yee's experience in architecture led to him to head up the innovation and strategy team at Dutch firm UNStudio and its technology arm UNSense. He explains his career progression for the Dezeen Jobs careers guide. Read more

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an architect at Amanda Levete's firm, AL_A, whose undulating, tile-covered MAAT Museum (pictured) opened in Lisbon in September. Read more stories about AL_A or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Following the death of legendary musician David Bowie, illustrators and graphic designers are posting their images interpreting his iconic style and flamboyant fashion. (more…) View the full article

Dutch design office Studio Modijefsky has filled an Amsterdam bar with tropical plants and green surfaces to create a rainforest-like feel (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: architect and designer Michael Graves has been appointed by US president Barack Obama to a key administration post and says he will "provide national leadership on accessible design". (more...) View the full article