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Loughborough University graduate Benjamin Cullis Watson has designed a smell-free rubbish bin that can quickly compost waste from the kitchen. Read more View the full article

Milan 2010: at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last month London designers Shay Alkalay and Yael Mer of Raw Edges launched a collection of seats for Cappellini made of wooden veneer filled with expanding foam. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This early 19th-century fortified tower overlooking the coastline of Cape Tainaron in Greece has been converted into a guest house with three suites arranged inside its thick stone walls (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Here are the latest visuals by architects OMA of their designs for a performing arts centre that broke ground today in Taipei, Taiwan. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A church shaped like a giant version of Cinderella's fabled glass slipper has been built in Taiwan to entice female visitors. (more…) View the full article

Belgian architect Germain Canon has used glass panels to divide the rooms of a Taiwan dental clinic, which features a waiting area designed to feel like a living room (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

An angular black roof rests on the concrete and brick walls of this pavilion that architecture studio TAKA designed for a cricket club in Dublin (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A snapping turtle tank provides a view through to a palm tree garden in an extension to a former council house in Dublin, designed by architecture studio TAKA. Read more

A street-facing window replaces a rolling shutter at the front of this former garage in a Dublin mews building, which local architecture office TAKA has converted to create extra space for an existing house. (more…) View the full article

TAKA has completed St Patrick's Park Tearooms, a cafe with bright green window frames that is located beneath the brick arches of a Dublin park originally commissioned by the Guinness family (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This concrete house in Tokyo by Japanese architect Hiroyuki Ito has a glazed stairwell that splits the building into two distinct halves. (more...) View the full article

An old train carriage forms one half of this family home in Takasago, Japan, while the other half looks like it could be a railway station (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Work by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami is to be shown at the Château de Versailles in France. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Takashi Yamaguchi & Associates has completed Topological Folding House, a home formed of a continuous white strip that wraps around to form floors, ceilings and balconies. Read more

A wavy plywood roof undulates above the glass-walled rooms of this nursery in Japan's Yamanashi prefecture. Read more View the full article

Japanese artist Takaya has added stuffed dead birds to designs in his latest collection of raw vegetable and flower headpieces. (more…) View the full article

As part of its takeover of Virtual Design Festival today, ArkDes is giving Dezeen readers a guided video tour of its current exhibition exploring the phenomenon of ASMR. Tune in from 3:00pm UK time. Read more View the full article

This week on our Pinterest account we're showcasing the architecture of Latin America, including projects in Chile, Brazil and Mexico. Read more

We've updated our Pinterest board dedicated to office design, including the pink offices of beauty brand Glossier and Space10's flexible workspace in a former fish factory. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›

Our new Pinterest board features a range of eye-catching penthouses, including a residence at the top of 432 Park Avenue and two Belgian apartments converted into a live-work space. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › View the full article

To coincide with Design Shanghai, we've curated a Pinterest board celebrating the best architecture and design that the city has to offer, including a shopping centre with a tessellating diamond facade by UNStudio and iridescent furniture created from electroplated stainless steel. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›

To coincide with Design Week Mexico, we've created a new Pinterest board that showcases the best architecture in Mexico City, including David Chipperfield's Nuevo Polanco and a concrete culinary school with board-marked walls. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › View the full article

This architecture movie shows A-CH's compact Keperra House, located in a suburb of Brisbane, Australia. Read more

A rotating 10-metre sphere is the centrepiece of the set for British pop group Take That's current world tour, which was designed by Ray Winkler of Stufish. Read more

Dezeen Watch Store: Take Time, a timepiece inspired by a traditional pocket watch by French designer Mathieu Lehanneur is now available for pre-order at Dezeen Watch Store. (more…) View the full article