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Dezeen’s (only just) monthly top ten: each month we present a hit parade of stories from our archive. Here are the stories about residential housing projects that were most popular during March: More »

Milan 08: designer Sam Hecht of Industrial Facility launched his Two-Timer clocks for Established & Sons, which allow the time in two time zones to be displayed on one clock face. More »

Milan 08: Italian brand Cassina launched Heaven, a new armchair by Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka at the Milan furniture fair earlier this month. More »

Designer Rolf Sachs presents new work in an exhibition that opened at Phillips de Pury & Company in London today (Tuesday). More »

We’ve teamed up with designer Jaime Hayon and publisher Die Gestalten Verlag to offer five signed copies of Hayon’s new book Jaime Hayon Works to Dezeen readers. More »

Construction has begun on a 20-story residential tower on 5 Franklin Place in New York designed by Dutch architect Ben van Berkel of UNStudio. More »

Milan 08: Here’s a selection of new products launched by Cappellini at the Milan furniture fair earlier this month. More »

Dezeen promotion: materials knowledge base Material ConneXion and trend forecaster Li Edelkoort present LEFT/BRAIN/RIGHT: two conversations on the greening of architecture and design and the future of sustainable materials in New York on Monday 19 May. More »

Kinderstad is a penthouse where children being treated at an Amsterdam hospital can relax and meet friends, designed by Sponge Architects & Rupali Gupta i.s.m. IOU Architecture More »

Milan 08: Clock by Christiaan Postma consists of more than 150 synchronised clock mechanisms, which rotate metal bars that briefly align to spell the appropriate time (click to play the movie above to see how it works). More »

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Milan 08: Spanish designer Nacho Carbonell exhibited his Evolution chairs at Spazio Rossana Orlandi. More »

Milan 08: Dutch designer Pieke Bergmans presented several new project in Milan earlier this month, including these Light Blubs. More »

AMO, the research arm of Office for Metropolitan Architecture, recently unveiled their design for new experimental and exhibition spaces for the Prada Art Foundation near Milan.

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Croatian architects 3LHD have won an invited competition to design a sports and community centre at Rijeka, an industrial port city in Croatia. More »

Jo Nagasaka of Schemata Architecture Office has sent through some new photos of 63.02° house in Tokyo, surrounded by cherry blossoms. More »