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Venice Architecture Biennale 2010: Berlin architect J. Mayer H. has won the inaugural Audi Urban Future Award with his concept for a city where digital information is continually exchanged between people, their environment and their cars. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This house by Spanish architects Subarquitectura spirals down a sloping site in Madrid. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: Cape Town in South Africa has been named World Design Capital 2014 by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid). (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These bird and bug boxes have been installed by art and architecture collective London Fieldworks around trees across London in clusters inspired by neighbouring housing. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Tokyo 2010: Japanese designer Naoki Kawamoto presented this faceted spectacle case folded from a single net at DesignTide Tokyo 2010 earlier this month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Slideshow: people strolling by this brick wall in London might miss the disguised entrance to a secret office and home. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese architects ALPHAville have completed this terraced house in Takarazuka, Japan with a roof that follows the slope of the site. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here are the winning projects from the Design Competition at Interieur 2010 in Kortrijk last week, including these combined lamps and vases by Miriam Aust (above). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Long, narrow windows cut across the sides of a house in Okayama, Japan, to reveal the locations of internal walls and floors. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Shakers are on the verge of extinction following the recent death of one of the sect's three surviving members. So why is their austere style having yet another revival? Read more View the full article

Mork-Ulnes Architects has joined three concrete volumes to form this Sonoma County guesthouse overlooking forested hills recently devastated by fire. Read more

Dezeenwire: Antilia, the “world’s most expensive house”, has been completed in Mumbai, India - Time </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: the latest RIBA Future Trends Survey indicates the architecture profession is still suffering downward trends in work levels and underemployment. See press release below. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka has created a transparent mobile phone. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Gabled chipboard boxes connected by concrete stairs fill the open space of Casa Mac, a house designed by architecture studio La Errería in Alicante, Spain. Read more View the full article

Amsterdam-based designer Germans Ermičs has created a collection of coloured glass furniture with strong pigments that fade to clear (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

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DezeenTV: in this next movie in our series of Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs talks to the three joint winners of this year’s [D3] Contest young designers competition; Julien Renault, Jessica Hansson and Rémi Bouhaniche.Click on the symbol in the bottom right of the video player above to view the movie in full-screen [...]</img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designer Max Lamb has designed this self-assembly wooden chair for Tokyo furniture brand E&Y. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Hong Kong designer Michael Young has created two collections of watches for brand o.d.m. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This Amsterdam apartment by Dutch interior architects i29 has two pine wood wall cabinets hiding most of the functional appliances and fitings, allowing for a completely open space. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French architect Manuelle Gautrand has completed an extension to the Lille Métropole Musée d’art moderne, d’art contemporain et d’art brut at Villeneuve d’Ascq in France. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This dress full of balloons by German artist Nicole Michniewski is one of ten outfits created by product designers, artists and architects for FASHIONCLASH Maastricht in the Netherlands last month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Italian architects EM2 have converted a castle into a mountain museum. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Slideshow: architect Frank Gehry has inserted a theatre into the base of tower in New York City. (more…) View the full article