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London Design Festival 2013: concave bookcases and furniture with hotdog-shaped legs feature in the first collection by Joined + Jointed, currently on show at designjunction (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Chunks missing from the sloping roof of this house in Kagawa by Japanese architect Hironaka Ogawa reveal an open-air courtyard at the centre (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The Central Park Tower designed by architecture firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill has topped out at 1,550 feet in Midtown Manhattan, making it the tallest residential building ever. Read more

Irish architects O'Donnell + Tuomey mapped sight lines along the narrow streets of the London School of Economics campus to generate the faceted red brick structure of the university's new student centre (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Studio Webb has added a zinc-clad roof extension to a private school in south London, which sets off against the building's existing brickwork (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This table by design student Nathalie Dackelid can be extended by folding out a series of batons that hang beside the legs (+ movie). (more…)

Milan 2014: explore the space created by Marcel Wanders and Casper Vissers in Milan to showcase the new range from their brand Moooi, with this interactive showroom. (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

A conceptual space station that was conceived in the 1920s inspired the spiralling structure of this culture and technology centre in Slovenia. (more...) View the full article

Visitors to a park in Xiangyang are greeted by over 500 bright purple fins, which are dotted with LEDs and play traditional Chinese music from internal speakers (+ slideshow). (more…)

Australian architect Glenn Murcutt has been appointed to design this year's MPavilion, an annual commission in Melbourne that follows the model of London's Serpentine Pavilion. Read more

Untreated timber and pale bricks have been used to clad six new London homes by Henley Halebrown Rorrison, which were developed as the city's first co-housing project (+ slideshow). (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

Thomas Heatherwick's Garden Bridge has moved one step closer to reality with the appointment of a building contractor, despite calls for the project to be halted from a number of key figures. (more…) View the full article

News: mobile phone maker Nokia has released open-source files that will let Lumia 820 smartphone users 3D print their own customised case. (more...) View the full article

Industrial design studio PriestmanGoode has unveiled its vision for a fleet of urban delivery drones, which will feature in Dezeen's forthcoming documentary film ELEVATION. Read 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

Architect Rafael Viñoly's candid thoughts on his 432 Park Avenue tower in New York lead this week's Dezeen Mail, which also features Instagram's rebrand and robot-built architecture. Read Dezeen Mail issue 305 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Rei Kawakubo is one of the world's best known fashion designers, but never sketches. In this exclusive interview, she discusses her unusual design process, how she set up Comme des Garçons and why she won't be pigeonholed. Read more

Design studio H+O has fitted out an apartment in Milan's Brera district, showing how tiles can be used to create bold contemporary interiors. Read more

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

London-based photographer Joanne Underhill has attempted to save Welbeck Street car park in a "small way" with a new series of colour photos. Read more

A Rococo-inspired pouf, a plant-shaped chandelier, and table lamps resembling animals all feature in the latest furniture collection from Dutch brand Moooi. Read more View the full article

Belgian studio Atelier Tom Vanhee has renovated and extended the brick buildings of a community centre in the village of Westvleteren using a contrasting contemporary brick (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Jacobs Yaniv Architects has completed a concrete house in Tel Aviv, which features a living room with industrial furnishings and a window wall that opens. Read more