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London Festival of Architecture 2016: stainless steel rods support a tactile system of spinning bamboo pinwheels inside this east London pavilion by design studio Five Line Projects (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Milan 2016: over 14,000 images were posted to Instagram using our #milanogram2016 tag during Milan design week, and this shot by Lijo John Mathew has been named best photograph by our panel of judges. (more…) View the full article

A new bedroom wing and an opened-up entertaining area are among the modifications that US studio Joel Sanders Architect has made to a 1950s house in New England. Read more View the full article

New York firm Weiss Manfredi has revealed plans to update Edward Durell Stone's modernist US embassy in New Delhi, India, as part of a major overhaul of the complex. Read more

Just one in five designers in the UK are women, according to new research by the Design Museum. Read more

A long-awaited cultural centre designed by architects Patrick Berger and Jacques Anziutti is nearing completion on the site of Les Halles – a historic Parisian marketplace demolished in the 1970s. (more…) View the full article

Danish architects Tredje Natur and PK3 have designed a series of artificial islands that will transform Copenhagen's harbour into a recreational area filled with wildlife and water sports (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Students at the Bartlett School of Architecture have developed a composite material using felt and resin that can be stitched together to create tubular furniture. (more…) View the full article

US studio Graham Baba Architects took cues from speakeasies and adventure novels to create a dimly lit bar in Seattle filled with oddities and nature-inspired decor, such as dried plants and taxidermy. Read more

Espen Surnevik's replacement for a 19th-century church lost to a fire in the Norwegian village of Våler has pyramidal timber roofs that funnel daylight into its worship spaces. Read more

Dezeen Watch Store has launched two new Christmas shopping categories dedicated to its most popular watches and exclusive collaborations. Read more View the full article

American motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson opts for a lighter design as it aims to expand its audience with the release of two new all-electric bike concepts suited to the city. Read more

Danish firm Henning Larsen Architects has unveiled designs for a beach-side pavilion in Rio de Janeiro, which will host sporting, music and culinary events during this year's Olympic Games. (more…) View the full article

Swiss architect Mario Botta, whose San Francisco Museum of Modern Art building reopens next week with a Snøhetta-designed extension, has put his stamp on the iconic Fixpencil tool for architects. (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival 2016: a "liberating" adult nappy, poo tableware and an event space furnished with manure are among the offerings at one London Design Festival exhibition (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Milan 2014: design brand TOG launches in Milan this evening and will unveil a range that includes customisable outdoor furniture by British designer Sebastian Bergne. (more...) View the full article

Bright colours and simple geometric forms feature in this children's outpatient clinic in Kiev by local practice Ater Architects. Read more

Cement surfaces, wooden joinery, and copper detailing appear inside this Barcelona apartment, which Cometa Architects has designed to subtly draw upon maritime imagery. Read more

The latest poster series from Italian architect and illustrator Federico Babina takes 27 popular songs, from the likes of David Bowie, Amy Winehouse, Elvis Presley and Mozart, and transforms them into cartoon buildings. (more...) View the full article

Belgian studio B-ILD has converted a wartime bunker into an austere holiday home where guests sleep beside raw concrete walls and home comforts are reduced to the bare essentials (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

White lasers, capable of projecting light 360 degrees, illuminated blacked-out spaces at the Lexus exhibition during Milan design week last month. Read more View the full article

Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015: a capsule exhibition within the Biennial's main show focuses on the future of Chicago, with proposals including a peninsula on the Chicago River and a landscape of sunken spaces. (more…) View the full article

Black-stained cedar clads this weekend house at the beach in Chiba, Japan, by Tokyo studio BAKOKO (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

French studio Atelier Fernandez & Serres has completed a cultural centre outside Nantes featuring pale stone walls and sloping roof planes that echo the forms of neighbouring houses (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

To celebrate the 12th anniversary of a Jins eyewear store, Schemata Architects has completed a renovation that involved taking a sledgehammer to the walls (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article