Skewed concrete chapel by EMC Arquitectura balances over a mountainside in El Salvador
This asymmetric concrete chapel by EMC Arquitectura teeters on the edge of a mountain in El Salvador (+ slideshow). More
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Solar plane to embark on fuel-free flight around the world
News: the team behind an entirely solar-powered aircraft has revealed the planned path for a record-breaking flight around the world that won't use a single drop of fossil fuel (+ slideshow). More
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NL Architects proposes "slightly insane" hotel modelled on amethyst crystals
Purple amethyst crystals formed inside rocks provided the inspiration for this ambitious hotel design, proposed by Dutch studio NL Architects for an island off the south coast of China (+ slideshow). More
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Pablo Benito illustrates international clubbing meccas
World-famous nightclubs including Berlin's Berghain and London's Fabric are illustrated in this series by Barcelona-based graphic designer Pablo Benito (+ slideshow). More
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Sou Fujimoto's Palm Court retail complex completes in Miami
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto aimed to create "crystallised showers of sunlight" with the blue glass fins that front his shopping centre in the Miami Design District (+ interview + slideshow). More
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McLaren's super-fast 650S Le Mans references iconic 1995 race winner
News: British manufacturer McLaren has launched a limited-edition coupé designed to reference the iconic car that won the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in 1995. More
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Funeral chapel by Tria Studio brings gentle winds through its hollow centre
The breeze flows through the centre of this funeral chapel that Tria Studio has completed at a village cemetery in Slovenia's picturesque Tuhinj Valley (+ slideshow). More
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Growing products from fungus could be the start of a "biotechnological revolution"
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: Amsterdam designer Maurizio Montalti explains how biological organisms such as fungi could be harnessed to create new sustainable materials in this movie filmed in Eindhoven. More
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Menu's homeware collection avoids "anything crazy coloured or hyper trendy"
Northmodern 2015: Danish design company Menu has released a range of homeware accessories in pale oak and pastel colours intended to "stay classy for generations" (+ slideshow). More
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Bioluminescent Forest glimmers with projection-mapped light
Photographer Tarek Mawad and animator Friedrich van Schoor have used projection mapping to create a dream-like forest where trees and mushrooms glow and twinkle (+ movie). More
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Klein Dytham's Shonan T-Site is a bookstore with a makeshift high street inside
An ivy motif spreads across the exterior of this bookstore in Japan by Klein Dytham Architecture, while the interior presents books and magazines on a "street" that also includes a cafe and a hair salon (+ slideshow). More
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Inga Sempé's Beau Fixe seating is clamped into shape
Cologne 2015: black metal frames clamp folded cushions into shape to form seats in this collection by French designer Inga Sempé (+ slideshow). More
