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Architecture studios FARM and KD Architects have converted a 1920s shophouse in Singapore into a residence with a swimming pool stretched along the ground floor. (more…) View the full article

Milan 2010: Eindhoven designer Joost van Bleiswijk has designed a series of chests containing giant vessels, presented by the Zuiderzee Museum at the Ventura Lambrate district in Milan this week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Swiss architects Bureau A have created decorative steel gates to discourage nocturnal “illegal activities” in the entrance to their Geneva studio. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: The Portland Public Service Building by Michael Graves & Associates has been added to the USA’s National Register of Historic Places. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Eindhoven graduate Lotte van Wulfften Palthe of Studio lvwp has designed a collection of furniture assembled from objects she’s collected over the years, including this lamp with a moustache. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The UK's first commercial spaceports could be developed with the introduction of the Modern Transport Bill, revealed during the Queen's Speech today. (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival 2010: British designer Jasper Morrison and Swiss watchmaker Rado have launched this timepiece with yellow detailing and a platinum shell and strap. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

US studio The Ranch Mine has completed a residential development in central Phoenix that consists of a pair of matching buildings, each containing five spacious townhouses. Read more View the full article

American studio The Ranch Mine has completed a residence in Phoenix that features a mix of gabled and flat volumes wrapped in corrugated metal, white stucco and honey-toned wood. Read more View the full article

Phoenix architecture studio The Ranch Mine based this canal-side home on the missions built in the American West over 200 years ago. Read more View the full article

American studio The Ranch Mine has completed a modern courtyard home in Arizona that alludes to Georgia O'Keeffe paintings and prioritises "simple materials, distinctive geometries and the desert sky". Read more

London industrial designers Priestmangoode propose hospital wards modelled on health spas and beds like those in first class airline cabins in a new manifesto for health service design, released today. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Graphic patterns and two-way mirrored glass create optical illusions on these furniture pieces by Royal College of Art graduate Kim Thome. (more…) View the full article

Milan 2010: with half the design world stuck in Milan thanks to the volcano and the other half unable to get there, we thought this would be a good time to republish The Regional Blanket by Vík Prjónsdóttir of Iceland. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2016: British designer Tom Dixon has created a series of experimental kitchens using solid-surface material Caesarstone inside a deconsecrated 17th century church in Milan (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Design Group Italia chief design officer Sigurdur Thorsteinsson explains how The Retreat at Blue Lagoon Iceland immerses guests in nature in this video produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD Awards. Read more View the full article

Feature: thirty-three years after designs by the Memphis Group caused a "mass-media event" at the Salone del Mobile, the bold graphic style they created is back in favour in Milan and is appearing in some unusual places, finds Dan Howarth. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: the pocket watch is making a comeback, with designers and watch brands revitalising the classic form and making it relevant for contemporary lifestyles. Read the full story on the Dezeen Watch Store blog » View the full article

Israeli firm Schwartz Besnosoff Architects have built this library for Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

San Francisco designer Steve Hoefer has designed a glove that plays Rock Paper Scissors with its wearer. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This inflatable pillow on stilts is a picnic pavilion designed by Netherlands design studio Overtreders W. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These archival buildings in Aylesbury, England, by London studio Stephen Marshall Architects are screened by a uniform line of oak beams. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Slideshow: this underground house by London studio De Matos Ryan tunnels beneath a listed stone tower in Gloucestershire, England. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This family of stools by German designer Ellen Heilmann can be used as tables or seats. (more…) View the full article

American architect Daniel Libeskind has completed a media centre for the City University of Hong Kong. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article