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Milan 2015: London designer Kacper Hamilton has created a complex sand-timer that uses weights to measure the passing of seconds and minutes (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Huge steel beams with I-shaped profiles were stacked to form the framework of this Tokyo house by Mount Fuji Architects Studio, which features a red spiral staircase winding between its floors (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival 2015 kicked off yesterday. Keep up to date with the latest news and product launches from the event on our new Pinterest board. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | More from London Design Festival 2015 View the full article

Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka has developed a transparent modular kitchen system with smoked glass surfaces that display the tools inside (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A modular shelving system made up of wooden ladders furnish the interior of this maternity clothing store in Barcelona designed by Spanish architect Román Izquierdo Bouldstridge (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Amanda Levete's London studio AL_A has won an invited competition to create a mosque as part of the Foster + Partners-designed World Trade Center Abu Dhabi development. (more…) View the full article

Our US job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for an architect at Lalire March Architects, which helped transform Barneys' Downtown flagship store in New York (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Tropical, desert and aquatic plants will be housed in a trio of gridded glass domes at the centre of these botanical gardens planned by Austrian firm Delugan Meissl Associated Architects for Taiyuan, China. (more…) View the full article

Architect Alejandro Zaera-Polo has filed a lawsuit against Princeton University for libel and breach of contract, after he was asked to step down as head of its architecture school over allegations of plagiarism. (more…) View the full article

Graduate shows 2016: Royal College of Art graduate Ted Hunt has designed a search engine that allows users to search the web using principles based on the Socratic method. (more…) View the full article

Guests are invited to sleep under the stars in this open-air hotel, which is located 6,463 feet above sea level in the mountains of Graubünden (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This photographic series documents buildings in the former Eastern Bloc, with the intention to save them despite association with a totalitarian regime (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A tomb that was designed but never realised by modernist architect Adolf Loos has been built by British architect Sam Jacob in a historic London cemetery. (more…) View the full article

David Bowie's extensive collection of pieces by the Memphis group is set to be auctioned in London. Read more View the full article

The inaugural Dezeen Hot List has revealed that the late Zaha Hadid is the most talked-about design figure on earth, and that architecture is the hottest topic among Dezeen readers. Read more View the full article

Swedish architecture studio Arklab has completed a group of terraced houses on the outskirts of Stockholm, featuring facades fronted with timber battens that restrict views into the interiors. Read more View the full article

A giant concrete-like cuboid seemingly defies gravity as it tilts and rotates in this installation by Studio Drift, shown at The Armory Show in New York. Read more View the full article

Stanley Saitowitz's firm Natoma Architects has created a Hillel House for Philadelphia's Drexel University, with a red brick facade designed to reference the branched lampstands used in Jewish homes and temples, as well as the striated garments worn during prayer. Read more View the full article

A huge school for Syrian refugees is set to be built at a camp in Jordan, using a modular and re-deployable construction system developed with the help of former Architecture for Humanity director Cameron Sinclair. Read more View the full article

Giant triangular panels overlap to surround this American football stadium in Atlanta by architecture firm HOK, which has a roof that "opens and closes like a camera aperture". Read more View the full article

US firm Studio Gang has revealed a 51-storey residential tower in Brooklyn, featuring scooped concrete windows and a curved elevated park. Read more View the full article

The American Institute of Architects has announced the top small projects in the US as part of its 2018 awards programme, including a wooden playground in Massachusetts and a micro home that aims to address the housing crisis. Read more View the full article

Gerkan, Marg and Partners has completed twin 284-metre skyscrapers that dominate the skyline of Zhengzhou, China. Read more View the full article

A foldable helmet, a brutalist bike clamp and a canvas bag for the style-conscious rider are among our top 15 cycling accessories to give as gifts this Christmas. Read more

The lost aisle and the chancel of a former church have been reconstructed and clad in lead to create the Medieval Mile Museum in Kilkenny, Ireland. Read more