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Gruff Architects has incorporated plenty of storage and blocks of bright colour into this top-to-bottom renovation and extension of a London house built in the 1930s. Read more

Dezeen now has over 100,000 subscribers on YouTube, where we publish our pick of the best architecture and design movies. Thanks to everyone for subscribing! Read more

Board-marked concrete, cement plaster and glass form the facades of two student dormitories that Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has created for an expansive housing development at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Read more

Bathroom furnishing and surfaces expo Cersaie returns to Bologna this September, offering the chance for visitors to meet designers, contractors and retailers in the industry. Read more

This week on our Pinterest account we're showcasing the architecture of Latin America, including projects in Chile, Brazil and Mexico. Read more

Textile design graduate Jasmine Linington establishes seaweed as a high-end fashion material with her collection of nature-derived couture garments. Read more

New photos capture the latest progress on the headquarters that BIG and Heatherwick Studio have designed for Google in California's Mountain View. Read more

Iconic Italian homeware brand Alessi has sold a 40 per cent stake to private equity fund Oakley Capital. Read more

Hundreds of stainless steel drawers line the walls of this cosmetics store in Hong Kong, which has been designed by Aim Architecture to emulate a traditional apothecary. Read more

Dezeen promotion: office furniture manufacturer Actiu's headquarters has obtained both the WELL v2 and LEED Platinum certifications, the first industrial building in the world to achieve both. Read more View the full article

American studio Heliotrope Architects has created a holiday home for art gallery owners that is wrapped in dark metal, punctured with white stucco and large stretches of glass. Read more View the full article

New York City has introduced a bill that will rank and grade large buildings according to their energy efficiency standards. Read more View the full article

A house by Studio Puisto in Finland, sits between a lake and a dense spruce forest and is clad in black-oiled wood and topped by sloping zinc roofs. Read more View the full article

Heavy concrete walls anchor this family home in Queensland, Australia, to its beachside setting, while hiding it from a busy road nearby. Read more View the full article

Nike used factory scraps and recycled "space waste yarn" to create the Space Hippie sneakers in an experimental project to reduce the carbon impact of its products. Read more View the full article

Air New Zealand has filed a patent application for the Skynest sleeping pod, which would allow economy passengers to stretch out and during long-haul flights. Read more View the full article

Italian architect Lorenzo Guzzini has completed a villa overlooking Lake Como in Italy, with a facade of grey moraine stone and an infinity pool. Read more View the full article

With health workers in many parts of the world facing shortages of personal protective equipment as they treat coronavirus patients, architects, designers, institutions and brands around the world are making face shields. Read more View the full article

New York's Joe Doucet has designed a less "uncomfortable and awkward" face shield to protect against coronavirus that could be worn like a pair of sunglasses. Read more View the full article

September's Maison&Objet interior design fair has been postponed and will instead take place online, while Paris Design Week is to go ahead. Read more View the full article

Here are some images of a visitors centre with walkways built through and around a castle in Fundão, Portugal, by Portuguese studio Comoco Architects. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French designer Matali Crasset has designed a chair and footstool with chunks of upholstery slotted into a plywood frame for French brand Domeau & Pérès. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architect Toby Horrocks and designer Kristian Aus have created this fold-out cardboard shop interior for the State of Design festival in Melbourne. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen are in Venice for the opening of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2010 where Lisbon firm Aires Mateus Architects are exhibiting these houses with sandy floors, photographed by Nelson Garrido. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This bench by London studio Raw Edges comprises three different benches that interlock to create a pattern of horizontal and vertical stripes. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article