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Milan 2013: Zaha Hadid folded a round sheet of plastic to create this chair for Italian brand Sawaya & Moroni (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

In this week's comments update, readers are in disagreement over Christine Murray's statement that designers have a responsibility to help prevent a myriad of issues facing society. Read more

A five-sided pavilion made from pale sandy brickwork leads inside this former textile factory in Kortrijk that Belgian studio 51N4E has converted into an arts centre (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Australian architect Matt Gibson has created a multi-generational home from a stack of zinc-clad boxes on a narrow infill site in Melbourne. Read more

Milan 2014: Konstantin Grcic, Naoto Fukasawa and Jasper Morrison are among the six designers who have created objects from Carrara marble for design brand Marsotto Edizioni, showing in Milan this week (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A cantilevered viewing platform is one of 10 architectural elements made from weathering steel that Snøhetta has created for the Perspektivenweg walking trail in the Austrian Alps. Read more

This house in Tokyo with one tall skinny wing and one short fat one is at number eleven in our A-Zdvent calendar. Read more about House K » View the full article

Projecting over a hillside in the Ecuadorean countryside, this small mirrored viewpoint was designed by Natura Futura Arquitectura as a rest stop for hikers (+slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Three Royal College of Art architecture graduates have used stripped scaffolding boards and reclaimed parquet flooring to create a wooden cafe at the school’s Battersea campus in south London (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Adjaye Associates, the Design Museum and Universal Design Studio, whose pop-up store in Melbourne for Australian menswear designer James Cameron is pictured. This is also the last chance to apply for roles with Form Us With Love, David Chipperfield Architects, MAD Architects and more... (more...) View the full article

South Korean designer Dong-yeop Han has created a series of storage boxes with duffle-coat toggles as fastenings. (more...) View the full article

Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for an architect at Santiago Calatrava, the firm behind New York's World Trade Center Transportation Hub (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Fashion house Maison Martin Margiela has created its first wallcovering collection: a range of five wallpapers for Belgian brand Omexco. (more...) View the full article

Gardens can be found on all the different levels of this house in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, designed by Vo Trong Nghia Architects. Read more

Italian design studio Archiplan has installed a series of Corten steel, wood and concrete rest areas and information points along the banks of a river in Italy to enhance views of the surrounding countryside (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Green panels create a grid across the facade of this restaurant in Bupyeong, South Korea, folding open to reveal the upstairs dining room to the street (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This cylindrical, larch-clad observation tower was designed by Icosis Architects to provide an elevated vantage point over picturesque bogland and night skies in Scotland (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Brazilian studio Epicentro has overhauled an old building in São Paulo to create a space for a florist, adding second-hand cabinets and tables to display plants and flowers (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This home surrounded by lush greenery in Mexico City pays homage to the aesthetics of modernism, and includes raw materials such as volcanic stone, exposed concrete and steel columns. Read more View the full article

Australian company Run4 has launched a piece of fitness equipment designed to prevent running injuries that works like a bicycle and cross-trainer hybrid (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Architect Silvia Allori has overhauled a 1970s flat in Florence to create her own home and workspace, featuring furniture that folds down from the walls and a shiny gold curtain that hides mess (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Cloud-like ceilings and neon signage are just some of the playful features that design studio FormRoom employed to create this Instagram-friendly ice cream store in central London. Read more

Curving walls rise from opposing directions to form an aisle through the centre of this wedding planner's office in Japan by Ryo Matsui Architects (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Danish architects COBE and Transform have completed an aluminium-clad museum of maritime history in Norway with a zigzagging profile modelled on the shapes of local wooden buildings (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Large glowing letters spell out the Portuguese Spanish word for tea at the front of this tea house in Brazil by architects Estudio 30 51, the third cafe we've featured in the last seven days (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article