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This northern California cabin by Mork-Ulnes Architects is clad in tar-coated timber and sits atop a concrete plinth – measures that both help protect the structure from heavy snowfall. (more…) View the full article

The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Zhejiang University has completed a new hall for the Shaoxing Hotel in eastern China. Read more

News: Thomas Heatherwick's £175 million Garden Bridge proposal for London has been approved by Westminster Council amid claims it will be the "most expensive footbridge in the world". (more…) View the full article

Design Miami 2014: a domed structure conceived by American Neo-Futuristic architect Buckminster Fuller as an "autonomous dwelling machine" has been installed in the Miami Design District. (more…) View the full article

New York 2016: Brooklyn design studio Fort Standard has debuted a cabinet crafted from stone slabs and a chair made solely of leather as part of its latest furniture collection (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: Google has joined up with automotive manufacturers including Honda, Audi, Hyundai and General Motors to integrate its Android smartphone operating system into cars. (more...) View the full article

News: figures released this week reveal that One World Trade Center is now the most expensive skyscraper of all time, having cost more than twice as much as the world's tallest building. (more…) View the full article

Mirrored tiles, patina walls, contemporary art and modernist Italian furniture make up this hotel within a 17th-century palazzo in Rome, which was formerly the family home of the owner. Read more

Japanese studio Kichi Architectural Design has converted a farmyard barn in Ibaraki Prefecture to create a simple home and office featuring exposed wooden ceilings and an angular partition wall (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

There's limited stock left in Dezeen Watch Store's final sale, with selected styles now discounted by up to 40 per cent. Read more View the full article

This rural residence outside Melbourne by architects Studio Four features a blackened timber exterior and terraces that step down a hill (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

With Dutch Design Week just around the corner, we've rounded up five of the event's best exhibitions, including a gastronomic venture from Maarten Baas and a show exploring erotic displeasure. Read more View the full article

News: British industrial designer James Irvine, who founded his studio in Milan nearly 30 years ago, has died aged 54. (more...) View the full article

News: the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in London has announced 56 winners of this year's RIBA Awards, including John McAslan's revamped Kings Cross station, Zaha Hadid's Olympic aquatics centre, and BIG's underground maritime museum (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Sou Fujimoto, David Chipperfield and Manuelle Gautrand are among the winning architects in a competition seeking innovative design proposals for 23 sites across the French capital (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

With Coachella music festival kicking off last weekend, Dezeen has picked out five of the bright and wonderful installations filling the Californian desert site. Read more

London designer Emilie Voirin has created a minimal nativity set where characters in the Christmas story are represented by wooden blocks with their names printed in plain black capital letters. (more...) View the full article

A water-filled patio with a slatted roof cuts into one corner of this L-shaped house near Córdoba, Argentina, which was designed by Agustín Lozada for a young family (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre in Reykjavik, Iceland, by Henning Larsen Architects and artist Olafur Eliasson has won this year's European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture, the Mies van der Rohe Award. (more...) View the full article

Paris-based architect Vincent Callebaut wants to give Notre-Dame Cathedral a new roof that generates energy and contains an aquaponic farm. Read more

French architecture studio Marion Bernard Agency added a geometric concrete structure into the back yard of a Marseille townhouse to transform the neglected space into an outdoor living room (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for a technician/laser cutting assistant at London surface-design company Giles Miller Studio, whose clients include fashion designer Stella McCartney (pop-up shop shown above). See more stories about Giles Miller Studio on Dezeen here. Visit the ad for full details or browse many other architecture and design job opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

News: British designer Thomas Heatherwick has revealed new images of his proposed Garden Bridge across London's River Thames, which is now scheduled for completion in 2017 (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The news that Gardens by the Bay was named World Building of the Year at the World Architecture Festival leads this week’s issue of Dezeen Mail, which also contains all the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 122 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Art director Scott Kelly has designed a collection of 103 flags to represent the planets featured in sci-fi film series Star Wars. (more…) View the full article