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Snøhetta has unveiled plans to build a new kitchen for The French Laundry – a prestigious California restaurant that is often listed as one of the best in the world. (more…) View the full article

VDF products fair: Elastic belts dressed with colourful yarn decorate Paola Lenti's playful Telar collection of matching outdoor furniture. Read more View the full article

A temporary retaurant by London firm Carmody Groarke has opened on the roof of a construction site overlooking the 2012 Olympic Park. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Pale oak surfaces contrast with dark timber beams inside Random Art Space, a gallery and cafe that Air Architects created in Hangzhou, China. 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

Netherlands design studio Overtreders W have designed an exhibition featuring shipping containers made of textiles at Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The UK government has announced that self-employed workers impacted by coronavirus will be eligible for grants worth up to 80 per cent of their average monthly earnings from June. Read more View the full article

Following the popularity of our story on the Barceloneta Market by MiAS Architects (bottom left), we’ve compiled all our articles on markets from the Dezeen Archives. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » </img></img> </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

We've rounded up six bakeries and shops for sweet treats that have been designed with cream interiors just as delicious as the goods for sale. Read more View the full article

These duck-shaped funnels for transferring liquids from one container to another are by London designer Roger Arquer. (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

Expansive openings punctuate the earth-toned facade of this home designed by architecture practice MORQ, which is on a hillside in southern Italy. Read more View the full article

Vienna Design Week 2010: here’s another machine by Mischer’Traxler (see their Nespresso Battery in our earlier story), this time a device for automatically decorating cakes. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: with the London Design Festival just around the corner, Dezeen have teamed up with new east London destination The Tramshed to provide a downloadable guide to the exhibition and talks programme. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

New exhibition space Křehký Gallery has opened inside a former ham factory in Prague. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

An angular concrete box has been stacked on top of a rectilinear one to create the form of this yachting club facility near Buenos Aires (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Designer Siba Sahabi of the Netherlands has hand-crafted a series of vessels from black wallpaper. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

South Korean designer Soojin Kang has covered a range of second hand chairs in a patchwork of fabric. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban completed his Cardboard Cathedral in Christchurch this week. Keep reading for more architecture and design highlights from the past seven days, plus our top track from Dezeen Music Project. (more...) 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

Design Competition: once again Dezeen have teamed up with Design Association in Japan to give 10 designers and artists free exhibition space at Tokyo Designers Week Container Exhibition during Tokyo Designers Week 2010 from 29 October to 3 November. (more…) </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

Dezeen Wire: UK architects Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners have submitted proposals to Greenwich Council for a walkway spanning the roof of the O2 Arena in London – Greenwich.co.uk See the proposals here » See all our stories on Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners » </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