Dezeenwire: the Centre Pompidou Metz by Shigeru Ban and French architect Jean de Gastines opens today in Lorraine, France - Guardian
More information about the building in our earlier story.
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Architectural photographer Roland Halbe has sent us some images of an extension to a school in Cuenca, Spain designed by Madrid studio GRG Arquitectos. More about Hermanos Amorós Public School by GRG Arquitectos
American design studio Volido have designed a sofa lined with pyramid-shaped sound-proofing foam. More about The Panther by Volido
London designer Daniel Widrig has created a wooden chair with three legs that morph into armrests and a back. More about Brazil by Daniel Widrig
Here are some photos from an exhibition of work by over 70 designers including Studio Job, Nacho Carbonell and BCXSY, on show at 21_21 Design Sight in Tokyo, directed by Li Edelkoort. More about Post Fossil at 21_21 Design Sight
French studio N+B Architectes have completed a car park with a wooden latticed exterior and surrounding landscape in Carros, France. More about Parking Lot by N+B Architectes
South Korean product designer Ramei Keum has designed a leaning sofa called Pisa. More about Pisa sofa by Ramei Keum
San Francisco studio CCS Architecture have completed a house comprising two buildings in the Santa Cruz mountains of California, where the roof of one extends over the other. More about Aptos Retreat by CCS Architecture
An extension to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts by London architect Rick Mather has opened to the public in Richmond, Virginia, USA. More about Virginia Museum of Fine Arts expansion by Rick Mather
Korean designer Hyung Suk Cho has designed a chair made of two curved wooden shells joined together with circular studs. More about Stud Chair by Hyung Suk Cho
More from plusminuszero: the Japanese design company also launched this credit card-sized calculator in Milan last month. More about Electronic Calculator XS by plusminuszero
In Milan last month Japanese brand plusminuszero launched a watch where the strap slots through the back of the case. More about ZFW watch by plusminuszero
Design students Leon Li and Ryan Ran have designed a range of wooden office furniture incorporating tree branches. More about Unhidden by Leon Li and Ryan Ran
Japanese studio a.un architects have completed a house clad inside and out in wood, located in Mie, Japan. More about House in Atagoyama by a.un architects
Dezeenwire: designer Constantin Boym of Boym Partners has been appointed as director of graduate studies at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar. See statement from Constantin and Laurene Boym below. More about Constantin Boym appointed at Virginia Commonwealth University
Australian studio B.E. Architecture have completed a house surrounded by a steel and timber grid in coastal Victoria, Australia. More about Meakins Road by B.E. Architecture
San Francisco architects IwamotoScott have completed a design study for a tower (above, right) straddling a street in Lower Manhattan, New York City. More about Edgar Street Towers by IwamotoScott
Paris design studio A+A cooren have designed a collection of lights held together with velcro. More about Borderline by A+A cooren
Milan 2010: Italian-Singaporean studio Lanzavecchia + Wai presented a collection of lights made of fabric stretched over steel wire frames in the Ventura Lambrate district of Milan last month. More about Scaffold Lights by Lanzavecchia + Wai
Andrey Gorozhankin of Russian design studio Decolieu has completed the renovation of an apartment in Moscow by adding a low curved ceiling made of lime and wax. More about Wabi-Sabi by Decolieu