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The interior of this cycling shop in Athens by React Architects of Greece is clad in bands of oriented strand board and artificial turf. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen archive: since this mask by Didier Faustino that clamps over the faces of a kissing couple (bottom left) was so hotly debated this week, we’ve compiled all of stories from the Dezeen archive about masks and disguises. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese designers Nendo will draw black and white floorboards that appear to flow around plinths for their solo show at the National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute later this month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen in Israel: this chair by designer Ezri Tarazi is formed when a concrete-filled mannequin is dropped onto it from above. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Austrian architect Wolfgang Tschapeller has won a competition to overhaul the University of Applied Arts Vienna with proposals that include facade-climbing staircases and giant balloons. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Movie: this timelapse movie by architectural photographer Paul Raftery and director Dan Lowe shows the final stages of construction for London skyscraper The Shard, designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano. (more…) View the full article

Browse the best cafes from the pages of Dezeen in our latest board on Pinterest. We’ve now got over 11,000 followers on Pinterest and you can follow us here. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest » See more stories featuring courtyards on Dezeen » View the full article

Smell is the most persuasive sense, according to Canadian designers Studio NminusOne, which explains why they’ve designed a mannequin that makes clothes smell of the person looking at them (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The popularity of a staircase designed for dogs (bottom right) we published this week reminded us that pets often creep into architecture and interior photo shoots on Dezeen, so we’ve compiled them all into our latest Pinterest board dedicated to animals. Over 26,000 people now follow us on Pinterest – join them here. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest » See all the stories that feature animals on Dezeen » View the full article

London Design Festival: London design journalist and photographer Barbara Chandler has selected ten of her favourite photographs from this year’s London Design Festival, including portraits of Martino Gamper, Industrial Facility and Tord Boontje. (more…) View the full article

These candle holders by French designer Marie Dessuant come with handy inner compartments and were designed for British furniture brand Another Country. (more…) View the full article

Competition: it's coming up to Valentine's day so we're giving readers the chance to win one of ten packs of Little Romance paperclips by London designer Lee Washington. (more...) View the full article

Dutch firm UNStudio has unveiled images of its first UK project: a 30-storey residential tower on London's City Road. (more...) View the full article

The latest building to feature an indoor slide is this South Korean house by Seoul studio Moon Hoon, where a wooden slide is slotted into a combined staircase and bookshelf (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Following claims that Thomas Heatherwick's Olympic cauldron design isn't original, we've compiled our top stories about copying in design. (more...) View the full article

Glass walls slide back to open up this house extension by British firm Duncan Foster Architects to the surrounding English woodland (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: the jury tasked with selecting the design for a new hotel adjacent to Peter Zumthor's Therme Vals spa in Switzerland has "dissociated itself" with the client's decision to appoint Los Angeles firm Morphosis. (more…) View the full article

Rotterdam studio Kraaijvanger has added two new buildings to a school in a suburb of the Dutch capital, The Hague, with pitched roofs and rustic materials that reference the site's original role as a farm (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This Corten steel footbridge arches across a new bypass in Spain to connect the small town of Sant Pere Sacarrera with a network of woodland pathways (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Dutch company Organisation in Design is calling for designers and brands to show at the Ventura Lambrate 2014 exhibition during the Salone de Mobile design event in Milan next April. (more...) View the full article

A house modelled on the form of an explosion by Portuguese artist and architect Didier Faustino looks set to become the next completed residence in the series of Spanish dream houses for French developer Christian Bourdais. (more...) View the full article

News: Sony has announced that it will make its augmented reality eyewear prototype available for developers, following news that Google pulled sales of its own headset last month (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Toshiharu Naka of Tokyo-based Naka Studio added an asymmetric roof with overhanging eaves to this house in a Japanese skiing village to create a huge sheltered terrace for residents (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A white spectacles showroom contrasts with black examination areas at this opticians near Montreal by Canadian studio La SHED Architecture (+ 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