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Seven concrete fins provide a green roof that collects rainwater at this new engineering facility for a wastewater treatment plant in Portland, Oregon, by local firm Skylab Architecture (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Timber batons create geometric patterns across the exterior of this houseboat in Amsterdam by architects Framework Architecten and Studio Prototype. (more…) View the full article

Water rather than air carries sound in designer Rocco Giovannoni's Inmergo headphones, which promise rich audio even for people who are hard of hearing. Read more

French practice AWP has remodelled a water-treatment plant outside Paris to reveal its industrial processes to the public. (more...) View the full article

Designer Arik Levy presents a pebble-shaped device for opening water bottles at Maison&Objet in Paris this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Swedish design trio Front have created a giant, three-headed shower installation constructed from a maze of standard copper pipes (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

More showers! These hybrid shower-lights were created by Japanese designers Nendo for bathroom brand Axor and unveiled last week alongside the multi-headed shower by Front (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Cascades of water tumbled from scaffolding-supported troughs into a pool at the centre of the catwalk for British outerwear brand Hunter's London Fashion Week show (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Architecture studio Waterfrom Design has completed the Tea Community Centre, a multipurpose building in Xiamen, China, that is partially concealed beneath the surface of a pool of water. Read more View the full article

Design-and-construction firm First Lamp Architects has raised this family home near Seattle above a nearby body of water, drawing references from bridge structures (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Colour-blocked walls painted in flamingo pink, azure blue and pastel green define the different areas of this seaside apartment in Greece, by architect Stamatios Giannikis. Read more View the full article

We continue our high-tech architecture series with this exclusive video interview in which British architect Nicholas Grimshaw describes the painstaking level of detail required of his landmark station project. Read more View the full article

Dutch architects +31 Architects have completed this curvy house boat on the river Amstel in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Tranquil courtyards, locally sourced stone and an array of swimming pools are among the features at Nobu Hotel's first location in Mexico – a beachside resort along the Pacific Ocean. Read more View the full article

Loove Broms and Li Jönsson of Sweden’s Interactive Institute have devised a system of lamps that visually indicate a factory’s energy consumption through spotlights. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Over a thousand houses built on the Store Lungegårdsvann lake will form the heart of Trenezia, a sustainable village masterplanned by Waugh Thistleton for Bergen, Norway. Read more

Design Miami 2014: New York artist and designer Sebastian Errazuriz has added a slatted cabinet that opens in waves to his range of unfurlable furniture. (more…) View the full article

This top-heavy white house in Kanagawa, Japan, was designed by Apollo Architects & Associates for a keen surfer and his family (+ slideshow). (more…)

Stockholm 2014: young designers Erik Olovsson and Kyuhyung Cho have designed a series of clothing racks that resemble the regular shape of a wave (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Ecuador architecture firm TEC Taller EC has constructed a warehouse with a wavy, white metal upper storey, alongside a plot of grazing horses. Read more View the full article

Milan 2011: industrial designer Konstantin Grcic launched this armchair inspired by windsurfing and paragliding equipment for design brand Vitra at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A science-fiction staple has inched closer to reality with the reveal of a prototype in-ear wearable that translates languages almost instantly. Read more View the full article

Slovenian firm Svet Vmes Architects has converted the unused entrance of a school in Ljubljana into an undulating green lounge featuring spotty walls and big cushions (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

US studio Form4 Architecture has designed a Palo Alto office complex that features rectangular structures wrapped in glass and metal, with curved elements that are meant to represent the "highs and lows of exploratory research and development". Read more

NEXT Architects has completed an undulating red footbridge in Changsha, China, that offers pedestrians a variety of different routes across the Dragon King Harbour River. Read more View the full article