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Trend forecaster Li Edelkoort has announced plans for a month-long celebration of textiles in New York, saying that "not enough attention" is being paid to fabric innovation. (more…) View the full article

A Globe-inspired theatre in northern France has been vandalised a week before its opening, an act the architect believes was "politically motivated desecration" by members of the far right. (more…) View the full article

Opinion: major landscape interventions like West 8's recently opened The Hills on Governors Island, along with planned improvements to transport links, will bolster New York's coherence as a multi-island metropolis says Alan G Brake. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Satellite Architects has designed a gridded structure filled with mirrors and vegetation for the entrance to designjunction's event during this year's London Design Festival. (more…) View the full article

Maryland is the next state in our series of roundups focused on residential architecture across the US. A house sheathed in a wooden brise-soleil and a home with walls that look like pixellated blocks are among our top five in the region (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Through a series of renovations and new insertions, Chinese architect Zhang Ke has transformed some of Beijing's ageing hutongs into hubs of activity. Read more View the full article

Geometric concrete forms collide to create the sculptural facade of this house for a Sydney art collector, which features numerable windows and skylights that illuminate the gallery-like interior. Read more View the full article

New York firm Present Architecture has overhauled and restored the interiors of a mixed-used building in Portland, Maine, which was damaged by a fire and subsequently left vacant. Read more View the full article

MVRDV has revealed its plans to redevelop the former Mannheim US Army camp in Germany, creating a green mound from demolished barracks and four residential towers that spell out the word home. Read more View the full article

Teenage Engineering is at IKEA Festival today giving demos of its Pocket Operator range of music devices after performing interactive synth shows for visitors in Milan this week. Read more View the full article

The Met's Comme des Garçons exhibition demonstrates how forward-thinking designers like Rei Kawakubo are using new digital crafts to manipulate both the body and architectural space, says Aaron Betsky in his latest Opinion column. Read more View the full article

Dutch firm MVRDV has unveiled plans for an office block with an interactive mirrored facade in the city of Esslingen in southern Germany. Read more View the full article

"Deficiencies" introduced during renovation works at Grenfell Tower contributed to fire deaths, according to a leaked report by fire safety experts. Read more View the full article

Apple's latest software update, iOS 12, features tools to help users control the amount of time spent on devices, as well as new personalised 3D emojis and augmented reality effects. Read more View the full article

California firm OPA has completed a house for the rolling desert landscape of Nevada, with slanted zinc-clad sections intended to appear as an extension of the terrain. Read more View the full article

Brazilian designers Humberto and Fernando Campana have created limited-edition versions of their signature soft-toy seats using designs by American artist Kaws. Read more

West Coast-based R&A Architecture + Design has fused two buildings on the national historic register in downtown Portland, Oregon, to create a new "house of welcome" for the city. Read more

New York firm Weiss Manfredi has revealed plans to update Edward Durell Stone's modernist US embassy in New Delhi, India, as part of a major overhaul of the complex. Read more

Designer Tom Dixon is opening a restaurant and showroom called The Manzoni in Milan, allowing his brand to "forget being temporary and build something permanent" in the city. Read more

Shifted floor plates and slanted elements lend an off-kilter appearance to a boutique hotel in a Denver art district, designed by US firm Dynia Architects. Read more

Dezeen promotion: windows by manufacturer Fakro dot the roof of this bright white office building in southern Poland, filling its interiors with natural light. Read more

Coca-Cola has released a range of mixers packaged in Hutchinson glass bottles, the design used by the brand in 1894 when the product was first bottled. Read more

Ornate gold columns and chequered marble floors nod to the past life of Danish furniture brand Paustian's latest showroom, which has opened in central Copenhagen. Read more

A metal beam, cylindrical staircase and narrow partitions are the simple solutions that Untitled Architecture has used to configure this small apartment in Milan. Read more

American firms Brooks + Scarpa and Studio Dwell have created a suburban Chicago home with an inner courtyard screened from the road by "vertical twisting columns" of brick. Read more