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A giant zinc-plated ribbon folds in and out between the floors of this Antwerp office extension for metal refiner Umicore. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This corrugated metal and concrete office block by Santiago studio Umwelt has a slab and frame construction modelled on Le Corbusier's Maison Dom-ino prototype for customisable housing (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The United Nations has launched an open competition for creatives to create informative works that accurately communicate public health messages in a bid to "flatten the curve" of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more View the full article

Danish architects 3XN have completed a star-shaped regional headquarters for the United Nations in Copenhagen - complete with a spectacular staircase rising through the centre of the atrium (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

UNStudio and Monopol Colors have created an extremely reflective white paint to reduce the amount of heat buildings absorb. Read more

American firm Un.Box Studio has used low-maintenance materials to create a simple, lakeside cabin in Texas surrounded by cypress trees and a verdant lawn. Read more View the full article

Cibicworkshop of Milan have designed bottles for wine made with grapes from each of Italy’s wine regions, marking the 150th anniversary of the country’s unification. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Translucent polycarbonate sheets screen off the kitchen and office of this baking school in Seoul (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Japanese architect Toru Shimokawa of STAD clad this shop selling eels in burnt and carbonised cedar. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Madrid firm OOIIO has designed a lopsided photo frame-shaped hotel that appears to have crashed into a cliff face near Lima in Peru. (more...) View the full article

Palma by Unbound Babes is a waterproof sex toy disguised as piece of jewellery that can twist, tilt and be tapped to produce different vibrations. Read more

News: a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1939 but never built has been realised 74 years later at the campus of Florida Southern College. (more...) View the full article

American company Under Armour has joined the list of sportswear brands incorporating 3D printing into shoes with the launch of lattice-soled trainers designed to be suitable for any sport (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Industrial designer Christian Vivanco has designed this desk-tidier in the shape of a gabled house. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

New Designers 2011: Spanish furniture and product design graduate Ornella Stocco has created a modular furniture system with joints made of porcelain. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Jun Takahashi's cult fashion label Undercover has released a down jacket with a hood based on an astronaut's helmet. Read more View the full article

News: two British entrepreneurs are constructing a hydroponic farm in a network of tunnels under south London that could supply local restaurants and retailers with fresh herbs and vegetables. (more...) View the full article

Interieur 2012: data from the ripples of a nearby river animated this mechanical installation by American artist and designer David Bowen, which hung over visitors’ heads at the Interieur design biennale in Kortrijk, Belgium, last week (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Holidaymakers can now spend nights sleeping beneath the surface of the ocean at this partially submerged hotel suite in the Zanzibar archipelago (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Architecture studio Kientruc O built the Bó Mon preschool with a shady veranda for children living in Vietnam's mountainous Son La Province. Read 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

An exhibition of work by London architect Zaha Hadid has opened inside her Mobile Art Pavilion (see our earlier story), which has found its permanent home in Paris having toured New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong since 2008. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A mysterious black gable frames two new bedrooms on the roof of a house in the outskirts of Paris. (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival 2013: Dutch design brand Moooi has installed its Unexpected Welcome collection in its London showroom, alongside giant photographs by Dutch artist Levi van Veluw. (more...) View the full article

Milan 2013: an exhibition of new products for Dutch brand Moooi, including lamps shaped like upturned buckets and bathtubs by Studio Job, opens in Milan's Tortona district tomorrow (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article