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RAW Architecture has designed a zigzag roof of thatched bamboo for a school in Indonesia, which is raised up on stilts to deal with its swampy site in Tangerang city. Read more

Dezeen promotion: Japanese material and product manufacturer Lixil has announced the evolution of its Ecocarat tiles by Inax to celebrate the collection's 20th anniversary. Read more

Finnish designers Aleksi Hautamaki and Milla Selkimaki have built a self-sufficient summer house on the five-acre island they own on the edge of Finland's Archipelago National Park. Read more

A pink concrete staircase, gabled roofs and brightly coloured walls define a school with in Zarren, Belgium, designed by architecture studio Felt. Read more View the full article

Architecture studio Hou de Sousa has built three volumes, constructed rebar and covered in bright cords, to form "gateways, apertures and seating" in front of New York City's Flatiron Building for this holiday season. Read more View the full article

John Pawson has collaborated with Danish brand Tekla on a collection of mohair blankets in four solid colours that draw on the changing seasons around his home in the English countryside. Read more View the full article

London's Royal Academy of Arts has named Spanish artist Cristina Iglesias the winner of its 2020 architecture prize for her urban sculptures in public spaces. Read more View the full article

This week on Dezeen, the Salone del Mobile fair in Milan was postponed until June as events across Europe were disrupted by the coronavirus outbreak. Read more View the full article

FiberEUse is spotlighting the importance of recycling and reusing discarded fibre composites as part of the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration. Read more View the full article

In the final instalment of our exclusive Archigram video series for VDF, architect Dennis Crompton explains that the avant-garde architecture group didn't just want to create conceptual projects and almost realised a building in Monte Carlo. Read more View the full article

With only two days left to enter Dezeen Awards 2020, it's time to start finalising your entry. Read more View the full article

Australian studio b.e. Architecture have completed a house in Melbourne clad in basalt slabs of varying size and thickness. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

VDF products fair: Dot Series is a collection of cylindrical luminaries by Californian manufacturer Meteor Lighting that are available in several styles. Read more View the full article

Czech architects Chalupa Architekti have won a competition to design the new Embassy of the Czech Republic in Washington DC, USA. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

German brand Tecta have put into production a series of storage boxes on sticks originally designed by the late British architect Alison Smithson in 1988. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Oslo architects PUSHAK have installed an indoor terrain of moss arches and screens for the London Festival of Architecture, which opened last weekend. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Hong Kong firm Rocco Design Architects are competing with OMA (see our story here) and Foster + Partners (see our story here) to create a master plan for the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This bakery shop in Osaka has been refurbished by Japanese firm Ninkipen! with bread displayed on a wooden sleeper and the kitchen sat behind an exposed concrete counter. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen archive: following our popular story on House 77 by dIONISO LAB with its perforated aluminium shutters, this week (top right) we’ve compiled all the buildings from the Dezeen archive featuring shutters. See all the stories » All our archive stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Wooden latices line booths either side of a long walkway in this mountain-top ski cafe on the island of Hokkaido in Japan by Japanese studio Design Spirits. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: The Telegraph has confirmed that UK magazine Design Week is to close, as reported by Dezeen earlier today. New Media Age magazine will also close, although the websites of both titles will continue. Dezeen understands that Design Week editor Lynda Relph-Knight and most of her editorial team have been made redundant. Read The Telegraph’s story | Read our earlier story </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

New Designers 2011: Kingston University graduate Andre Pereira has created a series of products to help with tricky DIY tasks, including these paint brushes that clip onto the edge of a tin of paint. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezen Screen: Moody Nest is part of Hanna Emelie Ernsting‘s series of furniture for stroppy people. Watch the movie » (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Order the new Dezeen Book of Ideas together with the London Design Guide by Max Fraser and pay just £20 for both books. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: discarded bottles sourced from hotels, restaurants, homes and foreign embassies are being filled with sand and used as bricks to create curved-walled houses in a Nigerian village – BBC The bottles are bound together with mud resulting in durable walls that are sustainable, cost-effective and provide insulation from the sun’s heat. The resulting buildings are also bullet-proof – a useful benefit in an area plagued by violence. An estate of 25 houses is currently being built with plans for a school to follow. See our previous story on a house made from sand bags in South Africa. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img…