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American firms Brooks + Scarpa and Studio Dwell have created a suburban Chicago home with an inner courtyard screened from the road by "vertical twisting columns" of brick. Read more

The v-shaped roof of this Illinois tea house by architect Jeffery Poss funnels rainwater to a spout over the adjacent pond. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designer Oscar Diaz will present a two-in-one candle holder at Maison&Objet in Paris this weekend. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Danish firm Henning Larsen Architects have won a competition to design an aquarium in Batumi, Georgia, resembling a cluster of pebbles. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Tokyo 2010: here’s another origami-inspired product by Naoki Kawamoto (see the spectacle case in our earlier story), this time a handbag. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

New British design brand All Lovely Stuff are selling their wares a few doors down from our pop-up shop The Temporium in London. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This auditorium enclosed by a red-lacquered shell is part of a new wing at the Museo d’Arte Contemporanei di Roma designed by French architect Odile Decq and due to open later this year. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Horizontal layers of colour protrude out from the facade of this bank branch in Tokyo by Japanese architects Emmanuelle Moureaux. (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

Following the sad news that Christo has died, here are eight key projects by the Bulgarian artist and his late partner Jeanne Claude. Read more View the full article

Architectural photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us his images of Tokyo Apartment by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto, four house-shaped apartments stacked on top of each other. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Porthole windows with brightly coloured frames, a soaring spiral staircase and waterfall gutters are among the playful touches MUMA Architects has included in this community centre in Cambridge, England. Read more View the full article

Every staircase designed by Geoffrey Bawa is unique says David Robson, the leading expert on Sri Lanka's best-known architect. In a Dezeen exclusive, he picks out the 10 that are most worth knowing. Read more

A translucent training centre in northern Italy has earned architects Iotti + Pavarani the Renzo Piano Foundation prize for the best Italian practice under 40. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Sushi wrapped in shopping bags and beer frothing with styrofoam bubbles are among the unappetising images in Sweet Sneak Studio's Microplastic Photo Series that explore the impacts of plastic pollution. Read more View the full article

Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi has confirmed reports that his award-winning Makoko Floating School has collapsed. (more…) View the full article

Milan 2011: visitors to an installation by London designer Paul Cocksedge at the Milan showroom of lighting brand Flos could view an animation of a BMW 6 Series car only by putting their heads inside a plastic lamp shade. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll down for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeenjobs, including positions with Jasper Morrison and East London Design Studio, plus this is the last chance to apply to work with architects Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, design brand Innermost, jewellery designers Fiona Paxton and more… (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London architect Lynton Pepper of 00:/ designed these open-source spectacle frames in 18mm plywood to be made from the offcuts of his studio’s WikiHouse project. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: plans by Zaha Hadid Architects to extend London’s Serpentine Gallery have been approved by Westminster Council. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Royal Institute of British Architects in London have announced 102 winners of this year’s RIBA Awards, including projects by Rick Mather Architects, Heatherwick Studio and Caruso St John Architects. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Embracing the circular economy and closed-loop design is the only way for brands to achieve business success while safeguarding the planet, according to a senior member of the innovation team at Adidas. Read more

London designers Studio Glithero present an installation of 1000 tiles decorated with photosensitive prints at VIVID Gallery in Rotterdam. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Cologne 2011: Italian brand Cassina present a collection of wooden furniture originally designed by architect Le Corbusier in the 1950s at imm cologne in Germany this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

VDF products fair: Sydney studio DesignByThem is celebrating the natural texture of recycled plastic via a speckled, multi-coloured furniture collection called Confetti. Read more View the full article