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News: Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas has released more details of the Venice Architecture Biennale he is curating this year and revealed his aim to disconnect the exhibition from the current state of architecture, which he says "is not in good health". (more...) View the full article

A burger containing mealworms and a hot dog made from dried carrots and algae are among the latest futuristic foods developed by Space 10, the research and innovation lab led by IKEA. Read more View the full article

A long, thin extension clad in bricks by WE-S Architecten cuts diagonally through the plan of this bungalow in Pittem, Belgium. Read more

Dezeen promotion: new lighting brand Voltra has launched a range of minimal cordless lamps, designed to "recreate the intimacy of candlelight". Read more

Graduate shows 2015: University of Westminster graduate Freddie Jackson has designed a tidal barrage that can produce energy from the sea, but also incorporates a community of 20,000 new homes. (more…) View the full article

Veld has clad a former blacksmith's workshop in zinc panels and whitewashed its blackened interior to convert it into a home extension in Belgium. Read more

Patrik Schumacher has hit out at architecture education, accusing schools of being disconnected from the real world and claiming that many teachers use their positions to promote their own agendas. Read more

Here's a look at eight of the buildings that will make up the BIG-masterplanned EuropaCity district, set to be built on the outskirts of Paris. Read more View the full article

GKMP Architects has extended a 1930s residence in Dublin, Ireland, using the same material palette – which even includes pebbledash. (more…) View the full article

Steel arcs curve across the glass facade of this Portuguese marina complex by local architects Barbosa & Guimarães (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Takt Studio has added an extension with a steel exoskeleton and sloping roof to a 1950s brick bungalow in the foothills of the Illawarra mountains in Australia. Read more

Hungarian designer Krisztina Czika's cups might resemble familiar IKEA mugs but they're actually made from human hair embedded in wax. Read more View the full article

Swedish collective Note Design Studio has created a collection of poufs called Arkad, which are designed to look like architectural arches. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Folding geometric lampshades by Italian furniture brand Artemide and Japanese designers Miyake Design Studio are among the products to be showcased at office furniture trade fair Orgatec 2012, taking place from 23 to 27 October in Cologne, Germany. (more…) View the full article

Competition: continuing our series of features on new publishing ventures, Dezeen are giving readers a chance to win a copy of Useless: Critical Writing in Art and Design written by Royal College of Art graduates. (more…) View the full article

The latest edition of Dezeen Weekly includes Es Devlin's sales gallery for BIG's latest towers in New York, and Patrik Schumacher's comments on capitalism and the housing crisis. Subscribe to Dezeen Weekly › View the full article

Reflecting on last week's climate summit, we're showcasing alternatives to concrete in this week's new Pinterest boards. Branch out with our spruced-up boards featuring cross-laminated timber high rises, bamboo structures and enclosures with rammed-earth walls. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › Read more

The latest Dezeen competition offers five readers the chance to win one of these concrete vases and plant pots, which design studio Tiipoi has modelled on urban infrastructure in India. Read more View the full article

San Francisco company Scribble Technology has revealed a prototype for a writing device that can scan specific tones and then write in the same colour (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A three-lane running track weaves around this office for a football app company, by architects TKEZ, leading to goals for penalty shootouts during work breaks (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Canada's Alleles Design Studio has developed a collection of prosthetic leg covers designed to add a human silhouette and a variety of patterns to mechanical artificial limbs (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Zaha Hadid has revealed images of her addition to the Messner Mountain Museum, a string of buildings dotted through the Dolomites of northern Italy. (more...) View the full article

Slovenian firm 3biro Arhitekti designed underground rooms and cantilevers to create the impression that this family house "only slightly touches the sloping terrain". (more...) View the full article

This Tokyo five-storey townhouse by Japanese architect Ryue Nishizawa is fronted by a stack of gardens. (more...) View the full article

Vibrant green stripes and angular roofs add character to the exterior of this school that architecture firm CEBRA has completed in Aabybro, Denmark (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article