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Slideshow: British architects HAT Projects have completed a seaside gallery in Hastings, England, with a shimmering exterior of black glazed tiles. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This collection of furniture by Dutch designer Kiki van Eijk looks like it’s made of textiles but is in fact fashioned from solid metal. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with architecture critic Alexandra Lange to give readers the chance to win one of five copies of her new book, Writing About Architecture: mastering the language of buildings and cities. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: the inaugural edition of Design Days Dubai will take place from 18 to 21 March 2012. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Slideshow: a Ferrari automotive museum designed by the late Czech architect and Future Systems founder Jan Kaplický has opened in Modena, Italy. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Highlights from the PechaKucha Inspire Japan project, launched following the earthquake and tsunami that hit the country this time last year, have been compiled in an e-book that’s now available to download free from iBookstores. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designed in Hackney: a renovated 1960′s residence that the Royal Institute of British Architects named best new house in the UK last year is today’s instalment in our showcase of projects designed in the London borough of Hackney. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A semi-circular vaulted concourse designed by British architects John McAslan + Partners will open at King’s Cross Station in London next week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Cherry-shaped pendant lights hang from metal branches on the ceiling of the AS Aperitivo bar in Ljubljana by Slovenian designer Nika Zupanc. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this second interview that Dezeen filmed for sports brand Nike at their new NikeFuel Station at Boxpark in east London, Nike’s global creative director Andy Walker demonstrates how the company’s new FuelBand wristband helps athletes monitor their activity across a range of sports and daily activities. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This desk by Dutch designer Mieke Meijer is the first in a range of furniture based on images by German artists Bernd and Hilla Becher, known for their series of photographs that documented types of industrial structures like pylons, gas tanks and water towers. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Slideshow: the windows of this school extension in Girona, Spain, are concealed behind a perforated metal skin. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designed in Hackney: today’s design icon created in the London borough of Hackney is Jasper Morrison‘s Crate Series. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designer Dominic Wilcox is building up to Britain hosting the Olympic games this summer by nibbling his way through 30 boxes of McVitie’s Jaffa Cakes to build models of UK landmarks and icons. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designed in Hackney: this week’s first iconic project designed in the London borough of Hackney is Dirty House, a black-painted art studio and apartment building in Shoreditch with a brightly illuminated roof completed by architect David Adjaye in 2002. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Sports brand Nike have opened an east London store where shoppers can see themselves reflected on motion-sensitive LED walls. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: this animation from our series by architectural filmakers Factory Fifteen shows a swarm of equipment associated with British postal service Royal Mail colonising the sides of a building and configuring themselves into a temporary automated sorting office. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Industrial designer Tom Dixon presents two new lamps as part of an exhibition of lighting at new Milan show MOST next month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with David Chipperfield Architects, Nokia, and MAD, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Henning Larsen Middle East, Jason Bruges Studio and more… (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen archive: following our story about a gallery pushing up from beneath the lawn of the Staedel Museum in Frankfurt last week, here’s a roundup of all our stories about underground architecture on Dezeen. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Spanish architects MedioMundo have completed a bright red multimedia centre amongst a collection of towering apartment blocks in Seville. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Light permeates this civic hall designed by Magén Arquitectos in southern Spain through blocks of alabaster in the facade. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan designers Spalvieri / Del Ciotto have created a range of calculators, clocks, torches and radios that are made of corn starch. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan designers Spalvieri / Del Ciotto have created a range of calculators, clocks, torches and radios that are made of corn starch. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Five years ago this week a restaurant by Philippe Starck opened in Beijing filled with chandeliers and velvet, while Foster + Partners revealed plans for Moscow that involved replacing a famous communist landmark. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article