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New York studio SHoP Architects and Dutch landscape firm West 8 have designed a new city quarter for Philadelphia that would extend the skyline beyond its traditional boundary, the Schuylkill River (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Start-up bicycle brand Ono Cycle has released a set of wall mounts that save space by storing and displaying bikes. Read more View the full article

A floating window seat, a sunken roof terrace and a basement cinema room feature among the 33 projects shortlisted for Don't Move, Improve 2016 – a competition to find London's best home extensions (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Architecture students from the University of Innsbruck have designed and built an angular timber and glass structure to provide a place for youngsters in the Austrian city to develop creative skills (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

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

This soft robotic pillow combats sleepless nights by "breathing" in and out as users hold it close. Read 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…)

The pieces in this chess set by American designer Stefan Gougherty are formed from coloured tubes drilled into see-through acrylic blocks (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Bangkok designers THINKK Studio have created a modular shelving system made from wooden batons with perforated aluminium surfaces that slot in to create dividers or hide clutter. (more...) View the full article

Portuguese studio Armazenar Ideias used blocks of white marble to build this cube-shaped mausoleum for a family living in the city of Póvoa de Varzim (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

CES 2015: a bicycle pedal that can notify the owner if their vehicle has been moved was launched at the Consumer Electronics Show this week. (more…) View the full article

Y-shaped wooden columns support rooms and lofts at different levels inside this family house in Matsudo, Japan, by Hiroyuki Shinozaki Architects (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A responsive glass facade reacts to wind passing overs its surface, scattering triangular patterns of light and shadow in this installation at Now Gallery London by Dutch designer Simon Heijdens (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Our selection of the most promising opportunities in architecture and design on Dezeen Jobs this week include roles with Universal Design Studio and Hawkins\Brown. Read more

Top prize at this year's DBA Design Effectiveness Awards has been awarded to a toothbrush developed for the rural Indian market. Read more

Intended to encourage more austere worship for Buddhists, this stone shelter in a Vietnam city park was designed by a21studio – the firm behind the 2014 World Building of the Year (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This activity-tracking device by former Apple CEO John Sculley's tech startup Misfit looks more like luxury jewellery than a sports accessory. (more...) View the full article

Shoes are displayed in metal mesh columns at this footwear store in Osaka, Japan (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Today’s addition to our daily A-Zdvent calendar is a renovated summerhouse in Spain with a spiral staircase leading to the roof. Read more about PC House » View the full article

London architect Ben Nightingale has renovated a Victorian property he owns in Hackney, transforming three separate flats into a large family home featuring a double-height library and an attic playroom. (more...) View the full article

Richard Meier's City Hall in The Hague has been painted in the style of Piet Mondrian, to mark the 100th anniversary of the De Stijl movement. Read more View the full article

This week we've selected five companies with plenty of job opportunities available on Dezeen Jobs, including a number of vacancies at sportswear giant Nike and Beijing architecture studio MAD. Read more

Architecture student Tyler Short has developed an alternative to the traditional window shade - mechanical louvres that move in three dimensions to adapt to sunlight at different times of the day (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

With augmented reality technology becoming more readily available, young designers are creating face filters for social media platforms. Design reporter Gunseli Yalcinkaya picks five of the most interesting examples. Read more

Construction of a timber-framed high-rise building proposed for Portland's Pearl District, which would have become one of the USA's tallest wooden structures, has been postponed indefinitely. Read more View the full article