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News: Utopia Arkitekter has unveiled plans to build a multi-faceted office block clad with shards of metal and glass beside the train station in Uppsala, Sweden (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: the story of how architect Le Corbusier defaced the interior of E.1027, the seminal house designed by fellow modernist Eileen Gray, by painting sexually graphic murals over its walls is to be the subject of a movie. (more...) View the full article

Gently undulating walls and a wavy roof enclose this family home in northern Belgium by Office O Architects, which projects two broad windows over a secluded garden to the rear (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Too many architects only talk to other architects that share the same views, and are becoming increasingly irrelevant as a result, according to OMA founder Rem Koolhaas. (more…) View the full article

French architect Arthur Mamou-Mani has assembled a structure from 700 bioplastic bricks in the courtyard of a 16th-century palazzo, as this year's Milan design week installation for fashion brand COS. Read more

Imagine staying in a concrete summer house that sits among dunes on the Argentinian coastline, or a pair of rural Icelandic cottages with burnt timber cladding. These beautiful holiday homes from Dezeen's archive proved popular on Instagram, so we've created an entire Pinterest board full of remote retreats. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See all the holiday homes in our archive View the full article

This clothing concept designed by technology and design company Artefact allows gamers to have "the most immersive virtual reality experience" by using an inbuilt computer, battery and sensors (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Witherford Watson Mann has overhauled a former stable block in Leicestershire to create the rural Nevill Holt Opera theatre, which is shortlisted for this year's Stirling Prize. Read more

Madrid-based Mayice Studio created this sculptural lamp using a single piece of curving glass, as a study into how light travels through concave and convex forms. Read more View the full article

Interieur 2014: a troop of robotic vacuum cleaners "waltz" with each other around a school gymnasium in this installation for the Biennale Interieur event in Kortrijk, Belgium (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Design Miami 2014: Viennese design duo Mischer'Traxler has unveiled a kinetic installation for Champagne brand Perrier-Jouët featuring a table covered in plants that disappear as visitors approach (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Japanese architecture and joinery inspired Knight Associates design for this clothing shop in Wellington, which is defined by a sequence of slatted timber panels. Read more View the full article

This bright red tower in Columbus, Ohio, is constructed from a shipping container turned vertically and serves as a booth for a parking attendant. Read more View the full article

Feature: the first branch of Habitat opened its doors 50 years ago today, changing the British public's relationship with furniture and homeware forever. But can the shop that brought flat-pack furniture, the duvet and the wok to the UK make a come back, asks Dezeen editor Anna Winston (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Maison&Objet 2014: Oslo designer Hallgeir Homstvedt has created an oversized candle holder, intended to be moved around the home, for Danish brand Menu. (more...) View the full article

Electric car brand Tesla will "expand to cover the major forms of terrestrial transport" and unveil autonomous buses and trucks next year, founder Elon Musk revealed in an updated masterplan posted to the company blog. (more…) View the full article

Construction workers in New York have staged a major demonstration on Park Avenue to protest the developer of the city's vast Hudson Yards, because the company intends to use nonunion labour for the project's next stage. Read more View the full article

A dark green marble counter and a grid of tiny circular shelves are among the minimal details chosen by Ivy Studio for the Crisp barbershop in Montreal. Read more View the full article

Graphic designer Peter Saville has created the prints and typography on these shoes by fashion brand Y-3 for sports label Adidas (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Sex-toy designers Polly Rodriguez and Alexandra Fine have launched a campaign to raise awareness about the bias selection process of adverts, which "plagues" female-focused sexual wellness companies. Read more

Business news: British luxury carmaker Aston Martin has set up a service to provide companies with design, engineering and manufacturing consultation. (more…) View the full article

A refurbished nineteenth century Italian house with tiles arranged in honeycomb patterns across the floor is the latest instalment from our A-Zdvent calendar. Read more about Casa G+S » View the full article

Milan 2012: Slovenian designer Nika Zupanc presented a set of outdoor furniture and lamps like huge pink bubbles at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan. (more…) View the full article

Casey Hughes Architects has renovated and extended a 1950s house in Los Angeles, adding a tall metal-clad volume featuring a pair of high windows. Read more View the full article

Milan 2016: London design studio Raw Edges has created a collection of zigzag-patterned furniture using pieces of wood that have been dipped into angled buckets of dye (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article