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Over 1,000 architecture and heritage experts have called on France's president to reconsider plans to rebuild Notre-Dame before the Olympic Games in 2024, saying the reconstruction should be carried out "without haste". Read more

Product news: this seating range by Australian designer Alexander Lotersztain features pill-shaped sofas and ottomans. (more...) View the full article

News: MVRDV has been granted planning approval to overhaul a 1970s complex in Paris, which includes adding a new facade of colourful stacked boxes to an existing shopping centre. (more…) View the full article

Japanese studio Nendo has launched a collection of accessories for dogs that are designed to look good inside minimally furnished homes (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This week on Dezeen, Snøhetta completed the "world's largest underwater restaurant" in Norway, while the Vessel at Hudson Yards in New York sparked censure over its ownership of visitors' photography. Read more

Texas architecture studio Clayton & Little has built a barn from reclaimed oil field pipes and weathering steel panels, topped with solar panels to provide power to a vineyard in Calfornia. Read more

A pavilion with a spiked roof by Australian firm Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects rises above the landscaped site of the new National Arboretum on the outskirts of the Australian capital, Canberra (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

US president Barack Obama has chosen Jackson Park in Chicago as the site to build the library that will commemorate his term in office. (more…) View the full article

News: Bjarke Ingel's firm has unveiled plans for a recycling facility in Copenhagen, encased within a manmade hill that could double as a running track, picnic area or even a snowboarding slope (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A historic limestone pavilion in New York City has been redesigned as an open-air restaurant by local firm Gachot Studios, using a bocce ball court as a focal point. Read more View the full article

Stockholm 2014: here's an interactive slideshow showcasing the latest collection from Finnish brand One Nordic Furniture Company, which features flat-pack designs specifically created for online retail. (more...) View the full article

Architecture practice MVRDV has unveiled designs for a residential development in Sint-Michielsgestel, the Netherlands, with green walls formed of shelves of plants. Read more

Fraher Architects has added a simple extension with a sloping glass roof to an early 19th-century house in London, creating a bright new dining area that opens onto a garden patio (+ slideshow). (more…) 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

London design agency OMSE has created an augmented reality campaign for cultural venue Printworks London that transforms static typography into immersive three-dimensional animations. Read more

News: German studio J Mayer H has won a competition to design a shopping centre near Berlin's Alexanderplatz where shoppers will be able to indulge in skydiving or surfing. (more...) View the full article

David Chipperfield's Milan office has won a contest to design a new campus for one of the world's oldest surviving universities. Read more

Graduate shows 2015: performances by the Cirque du Soleil theatre group could be viewed through openings in the curved form of this building proposed for New York by students from the University of Applied Arts Vienna. (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

News: small business owners in the UK's architecture sector have more faith in their employees and are more concerned about the ethical behaviour of their suppliers than in any other industry, according to research published today. (more...) View the full article

The new Silicon Valley HQ of data storage company Evernote features a coffee bar in the lobby, staircases with built-in seating and an in-house artist to paint murals on whiteboards. (+slideshow) (more...) View the full article

Moving on to J, the next design in our festive alphabetical countdown is the Jam Chair created by Italian studio Archirivolto for Calligaris. (more…) View the full article

Taiwan design studio Drilling Lab has created a selection of aluminium vessels that look like they're made from sections of industrial water pipes (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

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Architect Kazuyo Sejima has unveiled her design for a Japanese commuter train with semi-transparent and mirrored surfaces designed to help it blend in with the surrounding landscape. (more…) View the full article