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Large folding doors open this woodland house outside Stockholm onto a decked terrace that is shaded by a folding fabric canopy. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: this animation by Los Angeles digital designers Squared Design Lab shows their conceptual project where an unfinished building would be covered in modular pods growing algae for biofuel. Robotic arms would constantly rearrange the pods to maintain optimum growing conditions. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week Steve Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple amid a flurry of praise for his contributions to the design world, although Dezeen readers slammed designs for the new Apple headquarters by Foster + Partners only last week. Zaha Hadid released new images of her enormous retail complex for Beijing, Henning Larsen Architects completed the Harpa Concert and Conference Centre in Reykjavík and we rounded up all our stories about interiors that don’t quite look finished. Herzog & de Meuron finally launched a website, although it didn’t go down too well on Twitter. www.zaha-hadid.com and www.rosslovegrove.com have also had recent makeovers – tell us what you think her…

Walls, ceilings, furniture and lighting are covered in grey felt at this advertising office in Amsterdam by Dutch interior architects i29. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London-based Fraher Architects have completed a house extension in Islington that is wrapped in larch batons and has a flower-covered roof. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This shimmering silhouette in the shape of three overlapping houses is in fact a junior school for boys in a Melbourne suburb. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Copenhagen studio Henning Larsen Architects have completed a concert hall and conference centre in Reykjavík, Iceland, in collaboration with artist Olafur Eliasson. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Garments hang from the recycled parts of four bicycles inside a sustainable clothing shop in Stuttgart. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Check out the latest issue of Dezeen Mail for all the best stories and comments from Dezeen, including the new Apple headquarters by Foster + Partners, interiors that are styled like construction sites and an infinite clothes shop. There’s also an update from Dezeen Wire, the latest movies on Dezeen Screen and all our new competitions and jobs. Take a look at it here. Dezeen Mail is sent out every couple of weeks and you can subscribe here. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Show RCA 2011: Royal College of Art graduate Malene Hartmann Rasmussen created this ceramic installation evoking a surreal forest hut from a Brothers Grimm fairytale for her graduation show earlier this summer. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with new Swedish bicycle accessory brand Bookman to give away five sets of their bicycle lights. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Spotlights at the ends of tentacle-like cables illuminate the client’s collection of paintings and sculptures inside a seafront apartment in Belgium. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A music recital room resembling a Japanese tea house hangs like a lantern in the garden of a residence northwest of Washington DC. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The ceiling of a drama studio in Milan is imprinted with inverted bubbles that house both spotlights and skylights. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezen Screen: Moody Nest is part of Hanna Emelie Ernsting‘s series of furniture for stroppy people. Watch the movie » (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Square windows with various dimensions sporadically puncture the plain brick exterior of a community centre in Hungary. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These lamps by Paris designer Arik Levy consist of dark grey ceramic vessels with brightly glazed interiors. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese designers Nendo will draw black and white floorboards that appear to flow around plinths for their solo show at the National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute later this month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Lisbon studio Orgânica Arquitectura have completed a two-storey residence behind the solid stone walls of an otherwise ruined house in Sintra, Portugal. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Canadian studio Molo has designed a system of paper partitions that provide privacy at shelters in the wake of a disaster. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Skincare products at Aesop‘s latest store in Paris are displayed on 427 steel caps that would normally be used in the city’s plumbing network. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with structural engineers Fluid Structures to offer Dezeen readers the chance to win one of ten copies of their book, entitled Adventures in Engineering. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Zaha Hadid Architects have released new renders of a 200-metre-high commercial complex designed for Beijing. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These vases made of sand are shaped according to the principles of an old Japanese game. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A stainless steel net takes the place of a banister around the staircase and first floor corridor of this apartment in Prague. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article