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Los Angeles officials have approved plans to demolish a mid-century modern bank by architect Kurt Meyer in order to build Frank Gehry's mixed-use complex on the city's Sunset Strip. Read more View the full article

The animated animals in this app by illustrator Christoph Niemann react to prodding fingers (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Mail issue 142 features a pavilion woven by a robot (above) and twisting auditorium seats by Zaha Hadid, along with all the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 142 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Chatbots, facial recognition tech, deep-fake videos and newly commissioned installations by Es Devlin and Lawrence Lek are on display at The Barbican's sprawling AI: More Than Human exhibition. Read more

Viewport Studio has completed the interior fit-out of the Virgin Galactic Gateway to Space building in New Mexico, USA, which has been designed with natural-tone spaces that "deliberately avoid the clichés of the space age". Read more

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for transport/infrastructure architects at Grimshaw's studio in Sydney, which unveiled designs for a high-rise school earlier this year (pictured). Read more stories on Grimshaw, or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

With Clerkenwell Design Week kicking off tomorrow, Dezeen's Natashah Hitti picks out six of the best installations to see, including a pop-up street of pink townhouses and a pavilion made from layers of interwoven string. Read more View the full article

A house modelled on the form of an explosion by Portuguese artist and architect Didier Faustino looks set to become the next completed residence in the series of Spanish dream houses for French developer Christian Bourdais. (more...) View the full article

New photos capture the latest progress on the headquarters that BIG and Heatherwick Studio have designed for Google in California's Mountain View. Read more

A large circular mirror reflects a tree planted in the centre of this Osaka cafe by Japanese studio Ninkipen! (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

"Float-level" sleeping quarters in this single-family home moored to the shore of Seattle's Lake Union allow residents to go swimming directly from their bedrooms (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The kitchen, dining and living room of this apartment in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius features grey-painted walls and black-metal details, which are offset by colourful cabinets and furniture. Read more View the full article

These paper headdresses have been folded into the shapes of creatures from Chinese mythology by Paris accessories designer Qi Hu for the city's Printemps department store. (more...) View the full article

A pair of chequerboard designs have been unveiled as the new official logos for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympic Games, after the original designs were ditched amid claims of plagiarism. (more…) View the full article

Volcanic stone dust was used to build the walls of this Buddhist education and meditation centre, designed by Sameep Padora & Associates for a woodland clearing in rural India (photos by Edmund Sumner + slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Foster + Partners' plans to build a 305-metre tall viewing tower in London may be blocked, as London City Airport says the structure could impact its radar system. Read more

We published hundreds of projects from all over the world in 2014 – from tiny apartments to technology firm offices, cafes and luxury penthouses – but these are the 10 interiors that proved most popular with Dezeen readers. (more…) View the full article

Following the death of legendary musician David Bowie, illustrators and graphic designers are posting their images interpreting his iconic style and flamboyant fashion. (more…) View the full article

Philip Johnson's iconic Glass House is set to vanish as part of an installation by Japanese artist Fujiko Nakaya that will see the building temporarily engulfed in dense clouds of mist. (more...) View the full article

News: architect and designer Michael Graves has been appointed by US president Barack Obama to a key administration post and says he will "provide national leadership on accessible design". (more...) View the full article

Barcelona-based studios MX_SI and Mestres Wåge Arquitectes have won a competition to covert a 1930s silo into an art museum and cultural centre in Norway. Read more View the full article

Designer Natsai Audrey Chieza will speak at Dezeen Day on 30 October about future materials including biofabrication and using microbes instead of chemicals. Read more

The winners of the AHEAD Global awards discuss their projects in this movie filmed by Dezeen for the hotel awards programme at the London prize-giving ceremony. Read more

The "world's fastest" road-legal car by Bugatti (pictured), Ole Scheeren's pixelated 314-metre-high skyscraper and BIG's new residential development for Toronto feature in the latest edition of Dezeen Mail. Read Dezeen Mail issue 295 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

If you like beer and cycling, this is the tool for you: a spanner with a bottle opener at the other end. (more…) View the full article