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Soft indents create hundreds of spots across the concrete walls of this health centre in northeast France, designed by Atelier Martel to offer support and treatment to epilepsy sufferers (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Ancient building material cob has been brought up to contemporary standards by a team of British and French researchers, who see it as an environmentally friendly option for homes. Read more

Large openings all along the front of the concrete facade of Frame House on the Spanish island of Menorca frame expansive views towards the sea. Read more

In our latest competition, we've teamed up with designer Susan Bijl to give away four bags from her collaboration with Danish brand Hay. Read more

Dutch designer Hella Jongerius has created a giant loom with threads that tumble 16 metres between the floors of the multi-storey Lafayette Anticipations foundation in the Marais, Paris. Read more

German architect Florian Busch conceived this Kyoto bar as one continuous space spread over eight levels to make the most of a narrow site in one of the city's oldest nightlife areas (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Stone walls and contemporary wooden roof trusses frame this pool house that architecture studio Re-Format has added to a house in Surrey, England (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Australian firm CM Studio has added a pair of white-painted extensions to an end-of-terrace house in Sydney dating back to the 1880s, and remodelled its interiors with grey marble and pale timber finishes (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Phil Parkin is a senior project designer at Starbucks. For the Dezeen Jobs careers guide, he describes how he ended up designing stores for the world's biggest coffee-shop chain. Read more

This wooden bike by Dutch company PedalFactory that arrives flat-packed and can be assembled in under an hour is now in production (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Global Architects has transformed the interior of a 1980s Dutch residence, by inserting a house-shaped volume that provides cosy bedrooms and secluded bathrooms (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Portuguese atelier Carvalho Araújo has converted an old military police headquarters in Braga, Portugal, into an art and culture centre with plant pots covering its walls (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: Foster + Partners has released photographs of its new Apple store in Hangzhou – one of five new shops that the company is opening in China ahead of Chinese New Year (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen editor Anna Winston chooses her top design quotes of 2014, including Jonathan Ive on the "tragic" state of education and Marcel Wanders on the problem with "virtual design". (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

Emil Eve Architects has paired original details with contemporary finishes in this loft apartment, which it created inside a Victorian warehouse building in Shoreditch, east London (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Music: a selection of the UK capital's most prominent Brutalist buildings are featured in the video for post-punk band Omi Palone's track Architecture. (more…) View the full article

The timber walls of this house outside Prague have been partially charred, intended as a reference to the clients' love of cooking (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Milan 2016: from the end of the fame-chasing student, to the rise of creative directors at furniture brands and the future of the kitchen, Dezeen editor Anna Winston highlights eight trends from this year's Milan design week and Salone del Mobile that could have much wider implications for the industry. (more…) View the full article

Banksy has revealed that he designed the Union Jack stab-proof vest that British rapper Stormzy wore during his headline set at this year's Glastonbury festival. Read more

With space at a premium in cities, architects are designing homes that can squeeze into the narrowest of gaps. We've rounded up 12 skinny houses that are four-metres wide or less to show that size isn't everything. Read more

Hedi Slimane has developed a new visual identity for the stores of fashion label Celine, redesigning its New York, Paris, Tokyo and LA locations with steel, marble, and mirrored interiors. Read more

Residents of the Neo Bankside housing have had their claim that Tate Modern's Herzog & de Meuron-designed extension invades their privacy dismissed by the high court. Read more

Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi has been awarded the Silver Lion for bringing his floating school to the Venice Biennale, as part of his ongoing research into building for flood-prone regions (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

British artist and designer Gerry Judah's latest sculpture for the Goodwood Festival of Speed is a set of six giant steel spikes that curve upwards to the sky, supporting three historic BMW cars (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article