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Work has completed on the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture by British architect David Adjaye, which is poised to open next month (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Evian will trial a collapsible water dispenser made of recycled plastic, which is as "thin and light as a bubble" in a bid to reduce its plastic packaging. Read more

Cologne 2013: Swiss industrial designer Lucien Gumy has won the [D3] Contest at imm cologne trade fair with his interlocking wooden shelving. (more...) View the full article

London Design Festival 2016: Swiss company Küng has designed a series of saunas that can be installed in the living room to take advantage of limited living space. (more…) View the full article

Patent applications have been filed on behalf of a machine called Dabus that used AI to design a plastic food container and a flashing light. If successful it would be the first time a machine has been recognised as the owner of a design by patent offices. Read more

Tratti by Inga Sempé's eponymous Parisian design studio is a collection of tiles in eight patterns that can be used individually, or in any combination to create endless compositions (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Skylights illuminate the timber-lined atrium of this daycare centre by ZAmpone Architectuur, where furniture, sleeping nooks and even the staircase are all designed to be accessible for little occupants (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Studio Aa has converted a former boiler house in south Amsterdam to create a new headquarters for a family-run investment company (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A narrow wooden tunnel provides the entrance to this forest refuge built by students beside a mountain in Bergen, Norway (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Sculptural bees nests encased in transparent boxes are the focal point of Simone Rocha's new store that has opened in Hong Kong. Read more

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has been commissioned to design a residential tower for Vancouver that its developers claim will be the tallest hybrid timber structure in the world. (more…) View the full article

Kingston University graduate Jake Rich has redesigned the common household microwave – adding wheels, a domed removable lid and a light that changes intensity with the power (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

MVRDV has used a pioneering glass technology to replace the brick facade of a former townhouse in Amsterdam with a transparent replica, more suited to the building's new use as a Chanel boutique. (more…) View the full article

News: the competition-winning design by Herzog & de Meuron and Hassell to revamp Melbourne's iconic Flinders Street Station is unlikely to go ahead, according to the state government. (more…) View the full article

News: Melbourne surfers could ride 1.5-metre-high waves within a heated salt-water pool in plans set out by local firm Damian Rogers Architecture for the city's docklands. (more...) View the full article

The interior of this east London cafe by local firm TwistInArchitecture features copper tubes, timber boards and metal light fittings, designed to reference the area's trade history (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Music: director Alan Del Rio Ortiz transports musician Petite Noir into patterned digital environments for his La Vie Est Belle music video. (more…) View the full article

Japanese architect Kazuhiko Kishimoto designed the ground floor of this house in Yokohama with barely any walls so it can function as a gallery and seating area for members of the local community (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Music Project: this colourful music video by director Kate Moross for UK band Wild Beasts is overlaid with trippy 90s-style graphics. (more...) View the full article

Italian design brand Kartell has opened a new flagship showroom in London, where Dezeen spoke to CEO Claudio Luti about how the company pioneered the manufacture of plastic furniture and his plans for the future (+ interview). (more…) View the full article

This rural Argentinian home by Luciano Kruk Arquitectos was built from intersecting slabs of timber-imprinted concrete and sheets of glass (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

German designer Nils Holger Moormann has transformed a Volkswagen T6 bus into a mobile home away from home (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Owen Hopkins takes a look back at 35 years of the Apple Mac, from the Macintosh 512k to the recently launched Mac Pro. Read more

What if you could ship your house to anywhere in the world? Our latest Pinterest board is dedicated to houses that are built in a factory and assembled in far-flung locations, such as a remote Finnish island or a Brazilian mountain landscape. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more prefabricated buildings in our archive View the full article

Modern furniture and fittings are paired with stone walls and exposed roof trusses inside this old Spanish farm that Dom Arquitectura has transformed into a residence and guest house (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article