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Rotterdam and Paris architects Ooze have collaborated with artist Marjetica Potrc to create a community garden and water treatment plant on an island in Essen, Germany. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Belgian studio adn Architectures have renovated this old farmhouse in Walhain, Belgium. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Work starts today on Maggie’s Centre Gartnavel, a cancer-care facility in Glasgow, Scotland, designed by Office for Metropolitan Architecture. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s another house by Rotterdam studio Pasel Kuenzel Architects located on a former industrial site in Leiden, Netherlands as part of their series of eleven town houses for the area. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2016: Patternity has added a graphic climbing wall adorned with monochrome contours to the basement gym inside east London's Ace Hotel (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

We’re heading to the imm cologne design fair in Germany next week, where once again we’re holding a series of Dezeentalks featuring upcoming and established designers and design-world figures in conjunction with the [D3] Design Talents event. The talks are free so come along and watch! (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

For Vienna Design Week Swiss designer Nicolas Le Moigne presents a series of rings that incorporate mirrors, manipulating the diamond’s image. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Clavienrossier’s extension to a stone house in Switzerland (top left) was our most popular this week, so here’s a selection of stories we’ve published about extensions for residential buildings. See all the stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: the Royal Institute of British Architects in London has published a report promoting the social and economic benefits of well-designed buildings. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: London Design Festival director Ben Evans and Anti-Design Festival curator Neville Brody debate the state of British design in this movie by The Guardian </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Check out the latest issue of Dezeen Mail for all the best stories and comments from Dezeen, including a redesign of the iconic London tube map, a robot that steals your bed covers and a kiosk made from over 1000 copies of the New York Times. There’s also an update from Dezeen Wire, the latest movies on Dezeen Screen and all our new competitions and jobs. Take a look at it here. Dezeen Mail is sent out every couple of weeks and you can subscribe here. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Today we’re launching a Twitter concierge service to help readers navigate the London Design Festival. If you’re looking for tips or directions, we’ll be on hand to help you out via our @dezeen Twitter account. Later today we’ll be tweeting details of two parties our readers are invited to, so start following us now! (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen have got together with Croatian design and communication agency Bruketa&Zinic OM to give away five copies of their limited-edition picture book Spam Jam. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

American firm Graham Baba Architects took cues from rural vernacular architecture while conceiving the headquarters for the Washington Fruit and Produce Company, situated in an area dotted with farms and warehouses. Read more View the full article

Dutch designer Maarten Baas presented these new versions of his Clay furniture at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan last month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: the latest watch by Swedish designer David Ericsson for VOID, the V01 LED, is now available at Dezeen Watch Store and you can also try one on before Christmas at our pop-up The Temporium, where readers get 10% discount on all Dezeen Watch Store products. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This is timely, given the UK public sector workers’ strike today: London-based designer Eldina Begic has unveiled a collection of women’s clothes inspired by socialist workwear. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This desk lamp standing on three little legs is by designer Artem Zigert of Mechanical Piano Design in Kazakhstan. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Dutch architect Winy Maas of MVRDV has been awarded the Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur, the highest decoration in France. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The first-ever building to have a carbon fibre structure is a mobile studio-cum-stage by Japanese architects Atelier Bow-Wow, which just opened in New York. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Korean designers Joon&Jung have hand-crafted this set of speakers by strapping punctuated ceramic cubes onto a stack of twigs. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Dezeen podcast: Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs talks to James Dyson in this podcast recorded at the UK launch of Dyson’s new floor-standing blade-less fans. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designer Charlotte Kingsnorth will present a collection of fat chairs at Designersblock in London next week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

It was a busy time for architects OMA this week five years ago, as they released designs for major projects that included a large urban development in the United Arab Emirates (above) and a 300-metre skyscraper in Mexico City (below). (more…) View the full article

Florida-based practice Oppenheim Architecture + Design have released these images of their proposals for 47 desert lodges at a resort in Wadi Rum, Jordan. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article