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New York's Studio Robert McKinley aimed to avoid the typical aesthetic of "antlers or plaid and reclaimed wood" when creating this boutique hotel from four buildings in Hudson Valley. Read more

Dezeen promotion: Decovery paint ingredient manufacturer DSM is hosting a talk at Dutch Design Week on the vital role that plant-based paint can play in making the whole design industry more environmentally friendly. Read more

California firms Brooks + Scarpa and Plant Prefab have unveiled a low-cost housing concept for fallow urban sites, which comprise prefabricated, modular units that can be arranged in various configurations. Read more View the full article

Steven Holl Architects has brushed off criticisms of its Hunters Point library in Long Island City, which opened in September with a number of areas inaccessible to people with disabilities. Read more View the full article

BIG has unveiled visuals of The Portico that will mark the entrance to CityLife, a district in Milan that has buildings deigned by Zaha Hadid, Daniel Libeskind and Arata Isozaki. Read more View the full article

Dose-controlled cannabis brand Dosist has opened its second shop in Los Angeles, with an interior designed to reinforce its products' associations with wellness and consistency. Read more View the full article

Auction house Sotheby's has partnered with streetwear publication Highsnobiety to create a line of t-shirts, jumpers and hoodies emblazoned with artworks dating as far back as the 16th century. Read more View the full article

In this week's comments update, readers are in disagreement over the American Institute of Architects publicly protesting against an order that federal buildings be built in "classical architecture style." Read more View the full article

Detailed photos of 80 Chinese buildings feature in Kris Provoost's book Beautified China, which spotlights the country's current architectural boom. Read more View the full article

The stone base of a former mill has been repurposed as a raised plinth for house in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, designed by TAP Architects. Read more View the full article

People "don’t want to go back" to how things were before coronavirus, claims trend forecaster Li Edelkoort in a new manifesto of hope for a post-pandemic world, which is published exclusively on Dezeen today as part of Virtual Design Festival. Edelkoort will take part in a live interview with Dezeen at 2:00pm UK time as part of the launch of VDF. Check the VDF home page from 1:30pm onwards! Read more View the full article

Clout is bringing South African design to VDF x Ventura Projects in its launch of a furniture collection by emerging designer Khosi Leteba. Read more View the full article

Week six of Virtual Design Festival features a collaboration with Prague's centre for architecture and urban planning CAMP, including a live interview with Kengo Kuma. We also team up with magazine Sight Unseen and Stockholm Design Week, plus we launch a new series of Screentime interviews featuring leading designers sponsored by Philips. Read more View the full article

Berlin designers Johannes Laue and Johannes Schroth have created customisable covers for the standard internet routers and television decoders provided by Deutsche Telekom. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architecture firm Dialog has revealed plans for a cross-laminated timber university building in Canada, which it says will be the first of its kind. Read more View the full article

Belgian designers Creneau International have completed the interior of a store at Antwerp Central station for Belgian mobile phone providers BASE. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

VDF products fair: the inner rippling patterns of semi-precious stones are featured across the "dreamlike" furniture and fabrics in Fornasetti's Malachite collection. Read more View the full article

Here are some images of the pieces created by the winners of this year’s W Hotels Designers of the Future awards rAndom International, Beta Tank, Graham Hudson, and Zigelbaum & Coelho. The pieces were presented at Design Miami/Basel in Switzerland last week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeewire: Rowan Moore on the projects that didn’t make this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize Shortlist - ObserverSee also: our story announcing the RIBA Stirling Prize Shortlist 2010</img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Venice Architecture Biennale 2010: Dutch firm OMA have unveiled their design for the renovation of the Fondaco dei Tedeschi in Venice. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This proposal by Amsterdam architects RAU and design agency Powerhouse Company is one of three projects vying to win a competition to design a dance and music centre for The Hague. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This mobile made up of intertwined steel branches is by Japanese designer Koichi Futatsumata of Case-Real. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: construction on Shenzhen’s tallest tower – and eighth tallest in the world – the Kingkey Finance tower, designed by international architecture firm Farrells, is almost complete. Due to be finished in August, the 441.8m tower will comprise accommodation, offices and retail spaces and a cinema. See press release below. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Process5 Design of Osaka have completed the interior of this bridal shop in Himeji, Japan. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: German designer Stefan Diez will present this chair made using vehicle manufacturing technology for design brand Wilkhahn in Milan next week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article