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Austrian designer Marco Dessí will present a collection of furniture made from folded and tubular steel in Milan next week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Austrian design studio LAAC Architekten and Stiefel Kramer Architecture have completed this public plaza in Innsbruck, Austria, with an undulating concrete surface. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Paris landscape designers TN Plus and architects Beckmann N’Thépe have designed a zoological park on a series of artificial islands for the outskirts of St Petersburg. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve made a few changes to Dezeen which hopefully will make it easier for people to navigate the site and find what they want, without detracting from the clarity and simplicity of our layout. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Garments hang from the recycled parts of four bicycles inside a sustainable clothing shop in Stuttgart. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week Dezeen have been at the London Design Festival, where we opened Dezeen Space in Shoreditch and officially launched the Dezeen Book of Ideas. Thanks to everyone who’s stopped by so far! Ron Arad was presented with the London Design Medal 2011, Tom Dixon hosted a discussion on the state of manufacturing in Britain and Marcel Wanders launched a range of products for British retailer Marks & Spencer. Other attractions include David Chipperfield’s metallic glass pavilions on the Southbank and greenhouse made of Lego in Covent Garden. Meanwhile the Firstsite arts centre by Rafael Viñoly has opened in Colchester and a concrete house in Sri Lanka by T…

Dezeen is five years old this week! In the first of a series of stories celebrating our anniversary, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs selects his five most memorable stories of the past five years: (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Temporium: each piece in this jewellery collection by London designers Logical Art conceals a USB memory stick. They’re on sale at our Christmas shop The Temporium until 24 December. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen archive: one of our most controversial stories this week was a strikingly red psychiatric centre, so we’ve grouped together all of our stories about bright red architecture. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designed in Hackney will showcase world-class architecture and design created in the borough, which is one of the five host boroughs for the London 2012 Olympic Games as well as being home to Dezeen’s offices. Each day from tomorrow until the games this summer, Dezeen will publish buildings, interiors and objects that have been designed in Hackney, creating a unique guide to the borough’s rich and diverse design community. The showcase can be accessed via www.designedinhackney.com. If you’re a Hackney designer or architect and you’d like your work featured, please drop us a line with “Designed in Hackney” in the subject line. The Designed in Hackney logo has been …

Windows are set within two-metre-deep recesses in the stone walls of this castle visitor centre in southwest Germany by Swiss architect Max Dudler. (more…) View the full article

As The Shard nears completion in London, here is the transcript of an interview conducted with architect Renzo Piano before work started on the 300 metre-high tower. (more…) View the full article

The windows of this scientific research centre in Stuttgart by Dutch architects UNStudio are lined up like rows of dominoes set to topple. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: vodka brand Ketel One is inviting designers and entrepreneurs to submit innovative ideas for men’s lifestyle products and ventures. (more…) View the full article

Thai architects Architectkidd built an outdoor shower room behind wooden screens on the balcony of this renovated apartment in Bangkok (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: Barclays Center, a 19,000-seat indoor sports arena designed by SHoP Architects and AECOM, opens to the public in Brooklyn this weekend. (more…) View the full article

World Architecture Festival 2012: Pan Yi Cheng of Singapore studio P.A.C won the award in the retail category at the World Architecture Festival with his design for a shop for furniture brand Herman Miller. In this movie we filmed, the architect explains how a recent emergence of young practices is helping Singapore become a “more vibrant” place that is starting to find its own identity. (more…) View the full article

Competition: Dezeen is giving readers the chance to win one of five limited-edition VOID watches and matching scarves by fashion brand True Faith (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Here are the latest images of architect Jean Nouvel's Philharmonie de Paris, set to become the world's most expensive concert hall after surviving the French government's recent cull of major cultural projects (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

German studio Fabi Architekten has stacked a black building on top of a white building to create this house in the Bavarian countryside (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Zaha Hadid Architects has completed five new boutiques for Milan-based fashion designer Neil Barrett, with each one containing portions of an abstract volume that was designed in one piece (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Milan 2013: these seats with curvy backrests by Dutch architects UNStudio are on show at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile this week. (more...) View the full article

Italian studio Gosplan inserted a perforated metal gate into a fifteenth century marble doorway as part of their renovation of this fashion boutique in Genoa. (more...) View the full article

Students from London's Architectural Association have suspended a giant wooden cocoon between the trees of Hooke Park in Dorset, England (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: the newest addition to our collection is the Stop2Go watch by Mondaine, a classic timepiece inspired by Swiss railway clocks. (more...) View the full article