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Architecture practice Thomas-McBrien extended a London house, adding a oak-lined reading nook and a utility room hidden behind a secret door along with a kitchen and dining space. Read more View the full article

Aguahoja I by Mediated Matter Group, which was named design project of the year at Dezeen Awards 2019, could be used in architecture says judge Nelly Ben Hayoun in this movie produced by Dezeen. Read more View the full article

Loyn & Co has unveiled its design for Parc Hadau, a net-zero-carbon housing scheme in Wales that will be built from cross-laminated timber and powered by renewable energy. Read more View the full article

Reclaimed materials feature alongside brightly painted new spaces in this transformation of two Victorian maisonettes in London by Studio 30 Architects. Read more View the full article

The UK's creative sector has welcomed the huge financial package announced by the government yesterday aimed at helping companies protect jobs during the coronavirus crisis, but warned that freelancers and self-employed workers need greater support. Read more View the full article

Ravensbourne University is spotlighting its BA (Hons) Fashion Accessory & Textile Futures programme as part of the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration. Read more View the full article

The Chinese government has issued a decree "strictly prohibiting" the plagiarism of buildings in the country and severely limiting the construction of supertall skyscrapers. Read more View the full article

Australian practice Cox Architecture designed The National Maritime Museum of China in Tianjin as four metal-clad wings that fan out to overlook Bohai Bay. Read more View the full article

Lance is a range of tubular wall lights, designed to highlight the details and textures of a building's surface, which Meteor Lighting is launching at the VDF products fair. Read more View the full article

Architect David Adjaye has designed a collection of sustainable underwear for online clothing retailer PACT. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Buj+Colón Arquitectos of Madrid have designed a pharmacy in Palencia, Spain, decorated with large neon symbols illuminating both the interior and exterior. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen and publishers FIELL have teamed up to give away five copies Richard Rogers + Architects: From the House to the City, an overview of the architect’s work from the beginning of his career to the present day. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Victoria and Albert Museum have announced the six proposals for a building to house the V&A on the Dundee waterfront in Scotland, including designs by Steven Holl Architects, Snøhetta and Delugan Meissl Associated Architects (above). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Moving on to the five most popular stories of October 2010, Homemade is Best, a cookbook featuring pictures of ingredients laid out in patterns for IKEA, was in at number one. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Dezeen office is closed today due to the royal wedding but here’s a link back to our story from January about a series of unofficial souvenirs commissioned by London communications and creative agency KK Outlet. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Cibicworkshop of Milan have designed bottles for wine made with grapes from each of Italy’s wine regions, marking the 150th anniversary of the country’s unification. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: UK design magazine Design Week is to close this week, Dezeen understands. It is thought that the title will continue as a web-only publication at www.designweek.co.uk. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with publishers Laurence King to give Dezeen readers the chance to win one of five copies of Folding Techniques for Designers. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These lamps by Paris designer Arik Levy consist of dark grey ceramic vessels with brightly glazed interiors. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Foster + Partners have completed the world’s first space terminal for tourists in New Mexico. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Small windows offer glimpses of the straw used to construct this university building in Nottingham, England, by architects Make. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week MVRDV caused a commotion by designing two towers engulfed in a pixellated cloud that put readers in mind of the World Trade Centre’s destruction on September 11. Meanwhile UNStudio unveiled designs for a Singapore skyscraper with chunks missing from its facade. Artist Olafur Eliasson designed fort-like banking headquarters to rise out of the sea and Thomas Heatherwick completed a Hong Kong shopping centre with waves of stone parting either side of the entrance. On Dezeen Wire Herman Hertzberger was named as the recipient of this year’s Royal Gold Medal for architecture – we’ve rounded up his key projects here - and a sci-fi animation about robots took home o…

A staircase at the centre of this Amsterdam apartment has risers that are almost but not quite at right angles to the treads. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designed in Hackney: Shoreditch-based interactive designers Jason Bruges Studio are presenting a lighting mobile that moves around to map its surroundings at Light+ Building in Frankfurt this week. (more…) View the full article

French architects Dumazer & Lafallisse have converted a former gallery in Paris into an optician’s. (more…) View the full article