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London design studio JamesPlumb has reused twisted steel rebar and concrete rubble salvaged from demolition sites to create a series of delicate structures that hold candles. Read more

Israeli designers Idan Noyberg and Gal Bulka have replaced sewing-machine needles with stamps that print lines of patterns onto fabric. (more...) View the full article

LooWatt is a toilet that can be flushed without the need for any water, safely disposing of human waste to be turned into electricity and fertiliser. Read more

The latest instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living series features an extremely narrow house designed for a 3.9-metre-wide plot in Brooklyn. Read more

British designer Lee Broom is opening his first dedicated US retail outlet in New York, billed as a "Postmodernist theatre" to showcase and sell his furniture and lighting. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Music Project: Glasgow filmmaker James Houston created all the music in this video using pieces of outdated computer equipment, including several floppy disk drives and a Sega Mega Drive games console. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen is finally launching an opinion column. The first piece by our new columnist Sam Jacob will run tomorrow; here, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs, whose own column will alternate with Jacob's, explains why it's taken us so long to take a stance. (more...) View the full article

Architects including Álvaro Siza, Eduardo Souto de Moura and Kengo Kuma have taken over the galleries of London's Royal Academy of Arts for an architecture exhibition that features a labyrinth of sticks, an inhabitable timber monument and a web of scented bamboo (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Architecture studio Morphosis and landscape architect James Corner Field Operations are among the four teams that have been shortlisted to redesign one of Los Angeles' oldest public parks. (more…) View the full article

Italian architect Fabio Fantolino has divided up the fourth and fifth floors of a residential building in Turin city centre to create two apartments for a mother and her son. Read more

Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a gallery and events organiser at furniture retailer Habitat, whose first Mini Habitat store-in-store inside a branch of Homebase is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Álvaro Siza Viera explains how he created the swooped concrete roof of the pavilion he designed for the 1998 Expo in Lisbon in this exclusive movie. Read more

Construction is underway on two bendy apartment towers in New York by SHoP Architects that will be joined by a skybridge offering a pool, hot tub and bar. (more…) View the full article

Milan 2016: plans for an oversized armchair that would be formed inside a growing tree trunk and a massive logo that changes colour with the seasons featured in Dutch designer Maarten Baas's New! Newer! Newest! exhibition (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Brazilian firm Laurent Troost Architects has built a concrete house in the Amazon, featuring outdoor living areas and a swimming pool that are elevated above the dense tropical forest surrounds. Read more

A giant model of London's 17th-century cityscape has been set ablaze on the River Thames to mark the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Garments by Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent and Thierry Mugler feature in an exhibition of feathered fashion at Antwerp's Mode Museum. (more...) View the full article

Architecture firm ANMA has completed a new Paris headquarters for France's Department of Defence, featuring a faceted roofscape that extends to the ground around the entrance (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Danish studio Henning Larsen is set to add a new foyer, performance space and workshop to the Opéra Bastille in Paris. Read more

Milan 2015: Japanese wood furniture manufacturer Karimoku New Standard will present space-saving dining furniture by German designer Christian Haas in Milan next week. (more…) View the full article

Design Miami/Basel 2016: late architect Zaha Hadid has been honoured with a floral installation by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec inside her first major completed building (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: lighting designer Ulrike Brandi is offering a series of lighting design classes for students and professionals this year in Hamburg, Germany, including guest lecturers from Snøhetta and MVRDV. (more...) View the full article

The lower floor of this live-work building in Japan was designed by architects SNARK and OUVI as a barber shop, while the upper level contains an apartment featuring a spacious loft (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: car brands BMW and MINI have enlisted Alfredo Häberli and Jaime Hayón to create mobility-themed installations for Milan's annual design week in April. (more…) View the full article

Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a call for experienced design architects to join UNStudio in Amsterdam, whose projects include a theatre with a moving ceiling in the Dutch town of Spijkenisse (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article