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A fluorescent orange staircase spirals up through the centre of this house that architect Martin Dulanto has completed in Lima, Peru (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Japanese studio Geneto Architects has used a medley of mirrors, windows and framed prints to divide the spaces in this Tokyo office (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Manuel Ocaña Architecture has added mirrors, mist clouds and overgrown vegetation to a private swimming pool in Madrid, which is depicted in this movie along with a splashing mermaid. (more…) View the full article

Lighting designer Michael Anastassiades has brought together a collection of his work from the past 12 years for the Things That Go Together exhibition at The Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre in his native Cyprus. Read more

Dezeen promotion: Creative program producers Cut&Paste have teamed up with Intel and HP to run a new product design contest called LaunchBox, with over £14,000 in prizes to be won for potential crowdfunding projects. (more...) View the full article

Movie: Alberto Alessi tells the story behind Richard Sapper's harmonic whistling kettle in our second exclusive video interview with the president of the Italian design brand. (more...) View the full article

Should illustrators be rushing to respond to terrorist attacks on social media? Catch up with the discussion about this and more of the week's top stories in the latest issue of Dezeen Mail. Read Dezeen Mail issue 298 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

New York's Museum of Modern Art is closing its architecture and design galleries for refurbishment, but the institution is unable to confirm that they will reopen in the same format. (more…) View the full article

A modernist house built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon in Hertfordshire, England, has been given a new life with a renovation by architecture studio Coppin Dockray. Read more

Architect Liam Young has developed a series of animated panoramas depicting visions for cities of the future, including an urban landscape exclusively owned and operated by technology brand Samsung (+ movie). (more…)

Constantina Tsoutsikou joined hospitality design firm HBA 14 years ago, having previously worked in Esteé Lauder's design department. For the Dezeen Jobs careers guide, she explains how she worked her way up to the role of creative director. Read more

News: trend forecaster Li Edelkoort has published her Anti_Fashion manifesto, outlining why she believes the fashion industry "is going to implode". (more…) View the full article

Stockholm 2015: a trio of designers created this armchair for Swedish furniture brand Blå Station that can be wheeled around on small castors. (more…) View the full article

ODA has revealed visuals of Post, an adaptive reuse scheme that will revive Rotterdam's former post office, and include the construction of a 150-metre-high tower. Read more

News: waterfalls, rainbow-coloured latticework and bright red cycle lanes feature among proposals for a new bridge across London's River Thames to rival Thomas Heatherwick's Garden Bridge (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: the California department of motor vehicles has introduced new road safety rules, requiring all vehicles on its roads to have a steering wheel and brake pedal – including Google's fleet of driverless cars. (more...) View the full article

Dutch costume designer Lisa Louwers turns unwanted fur coats into soft toys as a tribute to the animals that the material was taken from (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Milan 2016: London studio Industrial Facility has designed a solid wood "chair for church" for Italian furniture brand Mattiazzi (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Designed to offer a "landmark" in an otherwise mundane part of Paris, this sport and culture centre by Bruther features a multi-layered facade that varies in transparency to suit the various activities it contains (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in the second part of our video interview with Ammar Mirjan, the architect explains how he is using drones attached to cable dispensers to quickly build lightweight architectural structures. (more…) View the full article

A copper-clad box for storing, exhibiting and selling paintings will stand in the centre of this Hong Kong apartment, designed by Penda for one of China's biggest art collectors (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The mountain landscape of coastal Mexico provides an idyllic setting for this red concrete house by Mexican architect David Pedroza Castañeda (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Jonathan Woolf Architects used chiselled limestone to construct this family home near Nairobi, which is built into a hillside and topped by a heavy sloping roof (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Barend Koolhaas created Eenwerk & IBO, a gallery and graphic design studio, by slotting a basalt and steel structure between two brick houses, in Amsterdam. Read more

MATA Architects has added a timber-clad extension to a house in north London, with windows concealed behind large shutters that can be opened using mechanical winches. Read more