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Architect Joris Verhoeven chose hand-moulded bricks for the walls of this asymmetric gabled house in the Dutch village of Riel (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This Slovenian home by Skupaj Arhitekti mimics the gabled form of its Alpine village neighbours, but it also features contemporary details and finishes (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Our latest captioned movie shows how researchers at Columbia Engineering have developed 3D-printed synthetic soft muscles for robots that are three times stronger than human muscle. Read more

A brand design for a sealant company that lifted sales revenue by 744 per cent has been named the winner of the Grand Prix in this year's DBA Design Effectiveness Awards. Read more View the full article

A system of pulleys are used to raise and lower sections of the walls of this prefabricated cabin on the border between Turkey and Greece, allowing the holiday home to open up to the outdoors or be completely closed during bad weather. Read more View the full article

NeoCon 2016: British fashion designer Paul Smith has interpreted a print from his Spring Summer 2015 collection as a patterned textile for US company Maharam. (more…) View the full article

Architecture studio Belotto Scopel Tanaka has used sliding wooden doors, white marble and grey furnishings to transform this apartment in Curitiba, Brazil, into a family getaway. Read more View the full article

The latest in a string of products designed by Jonathan Ive and Marc Newson for the (RED) charity auction is this one-off aluminium desk. (more...) View the full article

News: Apple has been granted a patent for a wireless headset that mounts an iPhone in front of the eyes, hinting at the company's expansion into virtual reality. (more…) View the full article

Anne Rolland Architecte has transformed a ground-floor space in a 17th-century Parisian townhouse into a studio apartment with a secret underground room. (more…) View the full article

Fraher & Findlay has built a wildflower-topped rear extension, a glass-walled courtyard and a loft extension for a 20th-century house in London. Read more

Walls of different heights and widths create a maze-like sequence of passages and entrances around the main hall of this church in the Philippines by New York architects CAZA (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This week saw the Caruso St John-designed gallery for Damien Hirst win this year's RIBA Stirling Prize, as the UK's best new building. To mark the occasion, we've scoured our archives to find more examples of Britain's finest contemporary architecture and pinned them to a new Pinterest board. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more examples of UK projects in our archive View the full article

This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for a product designer/design engineer at Michael Anastassiades, whose lamps strung between walls on fine cables for Italian lighting brand Flos are pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Orange lockers open to reveal secret rooms, windows, videos and images inside The Netherlands' Venice Biennale Pavilion, in an exhibition that explores the future of physical labour. Read more View the full article

Milan 2016: Italian brand Glas Italia has unveiled its 2016 range of glass furniture, which features pieces from designers including Tokujin Yoshioka, Nendo, Barber and Osgerby, and Patricia Urquiola. (more…) View the full article

Tesla founder Elon Musk has launched tech startup Neuralink to build implants that connect human brains with computer interfaces via artificial intelligence. Read more

Pelli Clarke Pelli has revealed plans to build an office tower in Boston with a folded glass facade that resembles a "dramatic theatrical curtain". Read more

Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with UK studio Chisel & Mouse to offer one reader the chance to win a model from its Cityscapes collection (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: this year's Clerkenwell Design Week festival in London will present new product launches across four exhibitions from 19 to 21 May. (more…)

Goldsmiths, one of the UK's best known art and design schools, has declared a climate emergency and pledged to become carbon neutral by 2025. Read more

An entranceway lined with planks of red-brown wood punctures the concrete facade of this family home arranged around a courtyard in Brazil (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Purple amethyst crystals formed inside rocks provided the inspiration for this ambitious hotel design, proposed by Dutch studio NL Architects for an island off the south coast of China (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Hungarian pianist Gergely Bogányi has redesigned the grand piano to improve the quality of the sound produced, resulting in an unusual sculptural form (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

The Dutch design entrepreneur Casper Vissers has made his first significant business move since stepping down from Moooi almost two years ago, becoming an equal shareholder in British brand Minimalux. Read more View the full article