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Architecture studio Office Kersten Geers David Van Severen designed the new Tim Van Laere Gallery in Antwerp as five raw concrete boxes with pink shuttered doors. Read more

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

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

Undulating branches emerge from the centre of a dining table at this Swiss natural foods restaurant by Ippolito Fleitz Group (+ slideshow + photographs by Zooey Braun). (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

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

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

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

French design duo Cauboyz built a wall of illuminated words to make this typography-inspired music video (+ movies). (more...) View the full article

Spanish architect Carles Enrich has inserted a plywood box beneath the vaulted ceilings of an early 20th-century apartment in Barcelona to create a new bathroom and kitchen unit. (more...) View the full article

Architecture firms Dorte Mandrup, Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Weiss Manfredi have revealed their competition proposals to redevelop the park and museum accompanying Los Angeles' historic La Brea Tar Pits. Read more

Stockholm 2013: Oslo designers StokkeAustad and Andreas Engesvik will present blown-glass trees as part of Stockholm Design Week, which begins on Monday. (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

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

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

Dezeen promotion: Berlin furniture company EAJY has launched its first product on crowdfunding website Indiegogo – a wooden chair with legs inspired by structural steel beams (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

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

Dezeen promotion: Beijing Design Week is returning to the Chinese capital this month to present design, art and creativity from across the country (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A cantilevered storey projects from the side of this house in Gifu, Japan, to create a sheltered alcove on the edge of the garden (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Maryland is the next state in our series of roundups focused on residential architecture across the US. A house sheathed in a wooden brise-soleil and a home with walls that look like pixellated blocks are among our top five in the region (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Toronto firm Reigo and Bauer has created a three-bedroom home in the city, which features a hot pink entrance and is otherwise clad in black shingles (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Trees line the protruding balconies of this concrete house in Nagoya, Japan, by Tokyo studio Ryo Matsui Architects (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article