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Dubai-based studio Roar has forecasted various ways that Covid-19 will impact the design of schools and colleges, including a rejection of "vanity projects" and the introduction of WeWork-style classrooms. Read more View the full article

Photographer Roland Halbe has sent us his photographs of a holiday home in Spain by Anton García-Abril of Ensamble Studio, cast in the earth and hollowed out by a cow. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch firm UNStudio have introduced curved walls and sweeping ceiling lights to this Manhattan loft to create a gallery, library and living space for an art collector. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This holiday home by Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld comprises three perpendicular volumes built into a slope in Piracicaba, Brazil. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designers PostlerFerguson have created a collection of lamps shaped like nautical buoys. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here are some photos of the recently-completed Maggie’s Centre Cheltenham, a cancer care facility designed by London practice MJP Architects, (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Work has restarted on the Leadenhall Building in London by architects Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designer Sejoon Kim of South Korea has designed a clock where users have to feel the flexible face to reveal the time. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

New York architects SO-IL have designed these coloured acrylic display cases in geometric shapes to showcase pieces by German porcelain brand Meissen in an exhibition at Kunsthal KAdE in Amersfoort, the Netherlands. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scottish architects PagePark have completed a centre for blinded sailors, soldiers and airmen in Wilkieston, Scotland. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Australian skincare brand Aesop have launched in New York with a kiosk at Grand Central that’s made from over 1000 copies of the New York Times. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Copenhagen studio Henning Larsen Architects have completed a concert hall and conference centre in Reykjavík, Iceland, in collaboration with artist Olafur Eliasson. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this movie filmed by Dezeen at the Telling Tales exhibition at the Ligne Roset Westend showroom, central London owner of Ligne Roset Robert Hasty talks about two pieces in the new collection: the Rewrite desk by GamFratesi and Etagère de Coin cabinet by Marie Dessuant (above). Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this interview filmed at Mint Gallery in London, Japanese designer Oki Sato of Nendo talks about Growing Vases, an installation of hand-blown glass lights with the blower’s pipe still attached. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: in her latest article for The New York Times, design critic Alice Rawsthorn explains how Dutch designer Aldo Bakker‘s expressive process and relentless attention to detail make him “one of the new wave of designers who could be called design-auteurs” – The New York Times Bakker’s products and furniture perform simple functions in ways that Rawsthorn says demonstrate “a quiet confidence, as if every element has been resolved with nothing left to chance.” Bakker says of his creative methods, which can lead to each product taking years to develop: “I love having the freedom to pay attention to every detail in my work, no matter how crazy.” See designs by Ald…

Dezeen Screen: Norman Foster discusses the significance of two of Buckminster Fuller’s most iconic designs in this movie filmed at the Architecting the Future: Buckminster Fuller & Lord Norman Foster exhibition in the Miami Design District. His consideration of the Fly’s Eye Dome and the Dymaxion car leads to a description of Fuller’s architectural relevance in today’s society. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Translucent windows create a glowing frame around the facade of this Tokyo townhouse when the lights are turned on inside. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: this bookmark designed by Oscar Lhermitte hovers over the page as you read, poised to dive between the correct pages automatically as you shut the book. Watch the movie » (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designed in Hackney: Hoxton-based designer Michael Marriott created a landscape of cardboard tubes to display items on show at this year’s Designs of the Year exhibition at London’s Design Museum. (more…) View the full article

This week Dezeen has been all about skyscrapers, with towers by 15 of the world’s most famous architects for a new business district in Seoul plus a timelapse movie and interview with architect Renzo Piano as his 300 metre-high tower The Shard nears completion in London. (more…) View the full article

Coming to London this summer? Visit us at our pop-up watch store and design emporium Dezeen Super Store, which opens at 38 Monmouth Street, London WC2 on 30 June and stays open throughout the Olympic Games and the London Design Festival until 30 September. (more…) View the full article

Red steel ribbons are parted like curtains to welcome visitors into this museum in northern Japan by Canadian studio Molo (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

These felt candle holders by Amsterdam designer Siba Sahabi are inspired by the colours and silhouettes of Istanbul’s skyline at dusk. (more…) View the full article

The solar powered Sol watch is now half price in our end of summer sale at Dezeen Watch Store. Designed by Shin Azumi for Japanese brand IDEA, Sol is reduced to only £40.00 (UK and EU) or £33.33 (rest of the world). Buy now » (more…) View the full article

This university library in Paris by French practice Beckmann-N’Thépé Architectes has a knobbly concrete facade that looks like blocks of earth. (more…) View the full article