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New York's Studio Robert McKinley aimed to avoid the typical aesthetic of "antlers or plaid and reclaimed wood" when creating this boutique hotel from four buildings in Hudson Valley. Read more

Bartlett graduate George Bradford-Smith has designed an astronaut training facility that clings to the face of Mont Blanc to imitate Mars' extreme environmental conditions. Read more

Triangular balconies and a three-sided rooftop pool overlook Rio de Janeiro's Ipanema beach from this hotel, renovated by Brazilian firm Bernardes Architecture. Read more

On has created a reflective mountain cabin almost 2,500 metres up in the Swiss Alps on the Piz Lunghin, to mark the launch of its latest collection including its first hiking shoe. Read more

Ergonomic office furniture brand Humanscale's installation at Milan design week mimics the movements of its visitors, says its designer Todd Bracher in this movie filmed by Dezeen. Read more

Dutch studio Möhn + Bouman Architects has given a facelift to an institutional-looking care centre near Rotterdam by covering the facade in fencing made from chestnut wood (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Galvanised steel panels create fuss-free facades for the blocks of this Stockholm housing complex by Joliark, concealing all gutters and tidying away window frames. (more…) View the full article

We're heading to Milan to report on the city's annual festival of design exhibitions, installations and parties next week. You can see all the products launched during the Milan 2014 furniture fair and satellite events on our new Pinterest board, which we'll be updating daily. See our new Pinterest board » Follow Dezeen on Pinterest » View the full article

Pastel colours and decorative white partition screens feature in this school in Chengdu, China, designed by Hong Kong studio Karv One Design. Read more

This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for a product designer at Samsung Design Europe. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Dezeen Guide: design events are taking place in Bangkok, São Paulo and Melbourne (pictured) this month, along with five other exhibitions and festivals listed for August. (more...) View the full article

The not-yet-realised interior of Herzog & de Meuron's Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg can now be toured by computer and tablet users via a fly-through model created by digital studio Neutral (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Oslo designers Andersson & Voll paired a bright yellow moka pot with a cooking hob sculpted from a slab of marble for an exhibition of Norwegian design at the Design Tide Tokyo trade fair this weekend. (more…) View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with publishers GraphicDesign& to give readers the chance to win one of five copies of their new book Page 1 – Great Expectations, which features the just the first page of Charles Dickens’ famous novel, repeated 70 times with 70 different typographic layouts. (more…) View the full article

X marks the spot where a surprise gift has been hidden on these urban treasure maps printed onto silk scarves by Dutch studio Kind of Moving. (more...) View the full article

Design Miami 2013: German architect Juergen Mayer H. is exhibiting a sculpture derived from the patterns used on the inside of envelopes to obscure personal information at Art Basel Miami Beach (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

US firm Modus Studio has extended a rustic studio and workshop building in Fayetteville, Arkansas, to add a shop, guesthouse and entertaining areas within a steel structure built by the owner (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

These photographs by Yueqi Jazzy Li show the monumental form of IM Pei's Museum of Islamic Art, eight years after the building completed in Doha, Qatar. Read more View the full article

Barcelona architect Sergi Pons has exposed stone walls and wooden beams during the renovation of this apartment in the city's Les Corts district. (more...) View the full article

Danish studio Norm Architects has taken influences from both Scandinavian and Japanese design to create this pared-back gallery and workspace for Kinfolk magazine in central Copenhagen. Read 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

The City of London has said that Foster + Partners' 305-metre-high The Tulip has "the potential to become an architectural icon", in its planning report on the proposed tourist attraction. Read more

From the cave markings left by early man to the Swedish Parliament where Greta Thunberg began her climate strike, Es Devlin has represented crucial historical moments on a three-dimensional map at Pitzhanger gallery. Read more

When designing the interior for a newly-built apartment in Copenhagen, Studio David Thulstrup used over 300 antiques and bespoke elements to "avoid the usual collection of Scandinavian classics" (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Designers Marco Merendi and Diego Vencato have collaborated with Italian firm Gypsum to develop a dirt-resistant concrete, which they used to create a collection of bathroom furniture suitable for outdoor use. Read more