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New York-based SHoP Architects has beaten Adjaye Associates and Snøhetta in a competition to design a centre for war veterans at Syracuse University (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The two main buildings of this Portuguese holiday complex by I-da Arquitectos are dug into a hillside, partly burying them in the sloping terrain (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Distinctive yellow Belgian bricks of the 1930s and 1960s are reinterpreted in this store designed by architect Bernard Dubois for skincare brand Aesop. Read more

Princeton University has accused its former architecture dean Alejandro Zaera-Polo of making an "inaccurate and incomplete" statement about the plagiarism row that led to his resignation last year. (more…)

News: a range of products inspired by a young designer's dyslexia has won the New Designer of the Year Award (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Doric columns, arches and vaulted ceilings are among the architectural details that Matthew Simmonds has carved from stone in these intricate sculptures. Read more

Researchers and students from the University of Stuttgart employed robots to mould and stitch together this laminated plywood pavilion, which is based on the anatomy of a sea urchin (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

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A rainforest populated with orangutans, a giant chess board and floating jellyfish are sculpted from the snow and ice used to create the rooms inside this year's Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Italian fashion house Valentino has continued its collaboration with British architect David Chipperfield for its new flagship boutique on London's Old Bond Street (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: concrete made with unprocessed sea sand has been found in at least 15 buildings under construction in Shenzhen – including what will be China's tallest building when completed – putting them at risk of collapse. (more...) View the full article

Dutch Design Week 2013: Dutch firm Bierman Henket architecten has added an extension shaped like a rugby ball on top of a neo-classical museum in the city of Zwolle (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Apartment dwellers can enjoy nearly 1.5 metres of indoor veggie patch using the Rotofarm by Bace, a countertop hydroponic garden where plants are rotated to grow more quickly. Read more

Pentagram has adapted the logo of workplace messaging system Slack into a pattern of speech bubbles and lozenge shapes as part of a rebranding effort. Read more

Brexit crisis: London mayor Sadiq Khan has appointed a deputy dedicated to culture and creative industries, as his office continues its push to protect London businesses from the fallout of the EU referendum. (more…) View the full article

Construction has started on a skyscraper in Tirana designed by Dutch firm MVRDV, set to feature a facade with a pixellated map of Albania at its centre. Read more

Sportswear brand Reebok has launched a range of running shoes that shrink to fit the wearer's foot when heated with a hairdryer. (more...) View the full article

An art gallery built into a sand dune, a house on the Great Wall of China and Europe's first underwater restaurant are among 267 architecture projects that made the 2019 longlist for Dezeen Awards. Read more

This futuristic car with a continuous transparent top was designed by German auto brand Audi for the sci-fi film Ender's Game, which premiered yesterday. (more...) View the full article

This beachside kindergarten in Sweden was designed by Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter with a jagged timber form, intended to be reminiscent of a sand dune (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Architect Luciano Kruk and his girlfriend Ekaterina Künzel designed themselves this concrete holiday house, which is set among a grove of maritime pines on the Argentinian coastline (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

There are 259 interior design projects on the longlist for Dezeen Awards 2019, including a pink vegan pizza place, a bunker-like apartment and a library in an old locomotive shed. Read more

Rough wooden slats line the counters and back wall of this former self-service laundry in Amsterdam, which has been converted into a small coffee bar and cafe by local design studio Ninetynine. (more...) View the full article

Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with MVRDV to give readers the chance to win one of five copies of a book full of finished projects by the Dutch architecture studio (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Product news: tables in this collection by Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka have tops that appear to balance precariously on angled stands (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article