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This timber-clad beach cabin by Amsterdam-based studio Marc Koehler Architects is embedded into the sand dunes of a Dutch island, overlooking the North Sea (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Tel Aviv studio Derman Verbakel Architecture have installed a series of archways and mobile furniture between the city and the sea in Bat Yam, Israel. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Charred larch clads the curved walls of a seafood restaurant that projects towards the harbour in Folkestone, England. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Hungarian designer Flóra Vági presented a collection for jewellery made from wood, paper and old books at last week’s Budapest Design Week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French studio Cut Architectures have extended a Paris house by squeezing a glass-fronted music room and a garage between the building and its neighbour. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Photo essay: French photographer Jérémie Souteyrat trained himself to photograph architecture after moving to Tokyo, by hunting down and documenting some of the best private houses in his adopted city. (more…) View the full article

Frank Lloyd Wright's School of Architecture at Taliesin will change its name and move its campuses to Cosanti and Arcosanti sites Italian-American architect Paolo Soleri designed in Arizona. Read more View the full article

These road signs have been installed at three industrial parks in Madrid by Brut Deluxe Architecture + Design of Madrid and Lisbon. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The low-slung residence that Swiss architect Albert Frey elevated above a rocky hillside in Palm Springs, California in the 1950s has been restored. Read more View the full article

Designer Benjamin Hubert has created this laptop bag which expands to become an overnight bag, in collaboration with Nava. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Design studio Beta Tank have designed a chair with moving panels that transform it from a functional object (on which tax is payable at 19%) to an art object (tax payable at 7%). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Pale timber partitions were used to transform a 180-year-old barn in Spain into an office space for and by studio Nordest Arquitectura. Read more View the full article

Designed in Hackney: today’s featured designers from the London borough of Hackney are graphic designers Multistorey, who created the geometric interiors and branding for accessories boutique Darkroom. (more…) View the full article

Here are some photos of the recently-completed Maggie’s Centre Cheltenham, a cancer care facility designed by London practice MJP Architects, (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve got together with design T-shirt brand Graniph to offer our readers the chance to win one of ten T-shirts featuring designs from the archive of legendary architectural collective Archigram. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: the first of Gaetano Pesce’s series of 61 unique tables for Cassina, which together form a map of Italy, is to be auctioned at Phillips de Pury in London today. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designers Campaign have installed a cardboard shop selling architecture books as part of the London Festival of Architecture. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: Cape Town in South Africa has been named World Design Capital 2014 by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid). (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designers Andrea Mancuso and Emilia Serra created a 3D sketch of a living room by suspending strands of wool from fishing wire. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch designer Mieke Meijer and Dutch design studio Vij5 presented a wood-like material made from recycled newspapers at Ventura Lambrate in Milan last month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

An angular platform protruding from the 100th floor of Kohn Pedersen Fox's Hudson Yards skyscraper is the "highest outdoor sky deck" in the western hemisphere. Read more View the full article

Comments update: Plans to construct Europe's tallest skyscraper next to Peter Zumthor's world-famous spa building in a tiny Alpine village attracted over 140 comments this week. (more…)

Dezeen Screen: here’s another chance to watch this interview we filmed with graphic designer Neville Brody back in 2009, now on Dezeen Screen. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In a bid to "make science fiction a reality", Samsung's future factory STAR Labs has developed Neon, AI-powered virtual beings that look and behave like real humans. Read more View the full article

Construction has begun on Alárò City, which is being masterplanned by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, as an extension to Lagos in southwest Nigeria. Read more