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Eindhoven studio DHV Architecten have completed a laboratory for nanotechnology in Delft, the Netherlands. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Van Staeyen Interieur Architecten has converted a dark and dusty attic in Antwerp into a living space that features arched portals, curvy furniture and yellow decor accents. Read more View the full article

Architect Bing Thom, designer of several major buildings in Vancouver, has died aged 75 following a brain aneurysm. (more…) View the full article

Dark grey cladding, snowy white interiors and ample natural light feature in this home with a basement apartment, designed by Canadian studio D'Arcy Jones Architects for an extended family. Read more View the full article

Luxury 1950s Mexican vacationlands and the style of a "gaudy" furniture designer have informed the interior of this taco restaurant in Vancouver, by local designer Shiloh Sukkau. Read more View the full article

Cologne 2013: French brand Ligne Roset has launched a storage box and mirror hanging either end of a leather strap by design collective Outofstock. (more...) View the full article

VDF products fair: Austrian jewellery artist Petra Zimmermann has captured black silk fabric inside acrylic to create the outsized body of her Vanity Vague ring. Read more View the full article

Steven Holl Architects have completed a building conceived as a “horizontal skyscraper”, supported over a landscaped garden in Shenzhen, China. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A campus-like park of concrete offices topped with green roofs forms the new Vanke Design Community in Shenzhen, featuring two sunken plots completed by architecture practice FCHA. Read more

Here are some images of an extremely pointy pavilion in Tianjin, China, by Singapore studio Ministry of Design. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dave Bell, creative partner at KK Outlet, explains how an exhibition space in Vans' London store is used as a platform for emerging artists in this video produced by Dezeen for the streetwear brand. Read more View the full article

Dutch Design Week 2013: Amsterdam designer Pieke Bergmans developed a technique similar to glass blowing to create these plastic lighting installations (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

New York designer Stephen Burks filled the Milan showroom of Italian brand Calligaris with colourful ropes and columns of plastic chairs lashed together last month (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

The buildings of Lyon are pulled apart in these impossible photographs by Norwegian artist Espen Dietrichson. (more…) View the full article

In case you missed it yesterday, designer Dominic Wilcox has created an animation that links together some of his illustrations of absurd inventions, including a reverse bungee jump (above). (more…) View the full article

Our new Pinterest board is dedicated to sustainable design, including an eco-friendly coffin that uses fungus to biodegrade the body and MIT's self-growing sandbars, islands and beaches. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›

Towering ceilings and shadowy dining areas within this restaurant in Shenzhen are meant to emulate the experience of traversing a mountain valley. Read more View the full article

Stools with "wild simplicity" and colourful storage boxes feature in the debut series of a new Montreal furniture brand. Read more

The Vatican City will make its debut at the Venice Architecture Biennale this year, by building a series of chapels by architects including Norman Foster, Eduardo Souto de Moura and Teronobu Fujimori. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Alpi produced 9,000 custom shingles from environmentally and socially responsible wood for MAP Studio's pavilion as part of the Vatican City's Venice Biennale debut. Read more View the full article

Eindhoven designer Laurens Manders has created this lumpy safe for stashing possessions with sentimental value. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Laboratory for Architecture in Barcelona uncovered barrel-vaulted brick ceilings during the renovation of this apartment in the architects' home city (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dutch firm Levs Architecten used unfired clay bricks from local mines to build the barrel-vaulted structure of this primary school on one of Mali's vast plains (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Architecture studio Naso has built a pale earthen brick house on a sloping site in rural Mexico to replace a property left devastated by the country's deadly 2017 earthquake. Read more View the full article

Today VDF teams up with Ron Arad for the video launch of a new series of sculptural chairs – including one that commemorates Brexit – followed by a live interview with the designer at 2:00pm UK time. Read more View the full article