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The Flight 93 crash-site memorial built to commemorate the victims of 9/11 opened to the public today in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, marking the 14th anniversary of the attacks. (more…) View the full article

Graduate shows 2015: architecture graduate Liam Atkins has designed a workshop that is part building, part cave, to build props for a fictional series of biblical films directed by Wes Anderson (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Mexican designer Norberto Miranda has designed inflatable structures that look like massive beans to host an exhibition that celebrates the traditions and intersection of Mexican gastronomy, music and culture. Read more

News: from April visitors to the Czech city of Pilsen will be able to visit three restored interiors designed by influential Modernist architect Adolf Loos in the early 20th century (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Sou Fujimoto's spotlight installation for fashion brand COS, a pyramid-shaped superyacht and this year's Bjarke Ingels-designed Serpentine Gallery Pavilion (pictured) feature in the latest edition of Dezeen Mail. Read Dezeen Mail issue 294 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Music: German visual artist Henning M Lederer explores the biological machinery of the human body in an intricate animated video for Max Cooper's track Anatomic. (more…) View the full article

These lamps by London design studio Industrial Facility feature rounded shades modelled on the shape of street lights, designed to cast pools of light. (more…) View the full article

ECAL graduate Renaud Defrancesco has designed a collection of LED bulbs that double as decorative pendant lights. (more…) View the full article

Alchemist Lauren Bowker applied heat-sensitive ink to a sculptural leather garment and used fire to alter its colour during a presentation for her company The Unseen (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Fala Atelier has gutted a 19th-century Lisbon apartment, creating a continuous living area framed by a new semi-circular wall (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

IKEA has partnered with American start-up Ori on Rognan, a shape-shifting furniture system that moves robotically to create more flexible living areas in compact homes. Read more

Sculptural chairs and tables that combine chubby and slender forms feature in Ini Archibong's first furniture collection for London design brand Sé. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Guide: we'll be travelling to Venice this month for the architecture biennale, one of nine design events that feature in our guide for June. (more...) View the full article

Japanese architect Kentaro Ishida has completed a steel-plated house on the outskirts of Tokyo, featuring an asymmetric pitched roof designed to maximise sunlight for residents (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival: this week we’ve been recording short interviews with designers and critics at the top shows of the London Design Festival, and we’ve now compiled them in a handy audio guide to the festival. (more…) View the full article

Italian architect Renzo Piano is building a major new health facility, the Centre of Excellence in Paediatric Surgery, in Uganda. Read more

Curator Klaus Littmann imagines a future where forests only exist inside stadiums, like animals in a zoo, in his upcoming installation, For Forest. Read more

US firm Lake Flato has built a waterfront retreat in Austin, Texas, featuring a two-storey porch and a slender lap pool that runs alongside the home (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

London-based designer Dominic Wilcox has created a pair of periscope glasses that allow the wearer to see over the top of people at music events. Read more

Prada has released a collection of bags envisioned by female architects, including a looping design by SANAA founder Kazuyo Sejima and a pair by Elizabeth Diller that "flirt" between luggage and garments. Read more

Steven Holl Architects has designed two glass towers linked by garden bridges, which will become the headquarters for biotech company iCarbonX in Shenzhen, China. Read more

The Heatherwick Studio-designed Vessel at New York's Hudson Yards is planning to maintain rights to any photography taken of the public structure, a move that has prompted an outcry from critics on social media. Read more

Stepped concrete seating and brass fixtures add interest to the otherwise pared-back interiors of % Arabica coffee shop in Kuwait, which has been designed by Nendo. Read more

Design agency SomeOne has updated the visual identity of the UK's House of Commons to make it perform better across different platforms including apps and social media. Read more

Dezeen promotion: architects and designers working across Europe are invited to submit their hotel projects to this year's AHEAD awards. Read more