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News: internet giant Google has unveiled a simplified logo that flattens its colours and ditches the drop shadow. (more...) View the full article

Competition: we're fast approaching 300,000 followers on Facebook, and to celebrate we're giving away ten copies of our Dezeen Book of Ideas to readers who likes us over the next week. (more...) View the full article

Herzog & de Meuron's Jenga-like residential skyscraper in New York (pictured) leads this week's Dezeen Mail, which also features a roundup of the best pavilions from the Venice Architecture Biennale and a Foster + Partners-designed drone port. Read Dezeen Mail issue 308 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail Image by Instagram user andrew.hafnor. View the full article

American firms Wade Design Architects and Geremia Design took cues from "modern farmhouse architecture" to create a wood-clad home in northern California's wine country for a retiring couple. Read more

Both levels of this holiday house on Spain's Costa Brava feature rooms that can be completely opened out to the elements, allowing residents to make the most of good weather (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A contemporary interpretation of a traditional gabled farmhouse in Hungary is the letter H in our A-Zdvent calendar of houses named with letters. Read more about H House » View the full article

Indian architecture office Nudes has developed a concept for a secondary school in Malawi, with a modular wooden structure and curved walls made from straw bales. Read more

Chinese consumers are developing a taste for western furniture and lifestyles thanks to Ikea, according to the founders of Danish design brand Hay. (more…) View the full article

News: SHoP Architects and SOM are among four firms putting forward their visions for the future of New York's Pennsylvania Station and Madison Square Garden. (more...) View the full article

News: the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in London has announced 56 winners of this year's RIBA Awards, including John McAslan's revamped Kings Cross station, Zaha Hadid's Olympic aquatics centre, and BIG's underground maritime museum (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

World heritage Corb: two residential units in Stuttgart designed by Le Corbusier and his cousin Pierre Jeanneret have recently been added to UNESCO's World Heritage List along with 16 other projects by the famed French-Swiss architect (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: US architects including Richard Meier and Daniel Libeskind have attacked British proposals to suspend Israeli architects from architecture's international governing body over the construction of settlements in the West Bank. (more...) View the full article

News: Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has unveiled his design for a mixed-use retail building as part of the developing Miami Design District. (more...) View the full article

MVRDV has broken ground on the Tainan Xinhua Fruit and Vegetable Market in Taiwan, which will be topped by a terraced green roof for farming. Read more

Japanese design studio Nendo has created a series of 50 chairs, which are each based on the abstract lines and grids used in graphics for manga-style comic books. (more…) View the full article

Researchers at Italian design centre Fabrica have created accessories that would deceive neuroimaging devices by diverting thoughts using electric shocks and flashing lights (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Italian brand Ceramiche Refin has unveiled a new collection of porcelain tiles influenced by industrial architecture and urban infrastructure. (more…)

Milan 2016: designers swarmed on Milan's iconic Bar Basso last night for Dezeen's party with Lee Broom, and visitors posted their images of Nendo's popular 50 Manga Chairs installation. Click through to see more popular images from our #milanogram2016 tag on Instagram. (more…) View the full article

Corduroy-textured walls enclose planted courtyards at this funeral home in Spain's Catalonia region by Barcelona practice Barceló Balanzó Arquitectes. Read more View the full article

Milan 2016: Japanese studio Nendo has installed its collection of chairs influenced by comic books in the courtyard of a historic cloister in Milan (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Linda Boronkay oversees all interior design for Soho House's members clubs. She reveals her career path into hospitality design for the Dezeen Jobs careers guide. Read more

Robots could soon be infiltrating urban sewage systems to identify potential outbreaks of disease before they happen, according to architect and MIT professor Carlo Ratti (+ interview). (more…) View the full article

A group of students from the Royal College of Art in London has developed headsets that allow the wearer to adjust their sight and hearing in the same way they'd control the settings on a TV or radio (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

The designer for next year's Serpentine Pavilion in London will be selected by a team including architects Richard Rogers and David Adjaye, it was announced today. (more…) View the full article

Competition: we've teamed up with London designer Phil Cuttance to give away five of his Faceture bud vase/candle holders to Dezeen readers. (more...) View the full article