Wangstudio's F Coffee is a Vietnam cafe made up of 24 brick arches
A grid of 24 red brick arches frames the interior of this Vietnam coffee shop by Wangstudio, which sits between a garden and a reflective pool of water (+ slideshow). More
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This week on Dezeen
This week the architecture world mourned the loss of two pioneers: 2015 Pritzker Prize laureate Frei Otto, whose research helped revolutionise structural design, and Michael Graves, designer of Postmodernist icon the Portland Building. Read on to catch up with the latest architecture, interiors and design news, plus our track of the week. More
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Iris van Herpen creates dresses from circles of lustrous metal gauze
Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen has formed garments from a fine steel mesh burnished in swirls for her Autumn Winter 2015 ready-to-wear collection. More
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Alessi to launch special edition of kettle by "design hero" Michael Graves
Alberto Alessi has paid tribute to Postmodernist architect and designer Michael Graves, who died yesterday, and revealed plans for a special edition of his best-selling 9093 kettle (pictured). More
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Competition: five BIG Hot to Cold books to be won
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with publishers Taschen to give readers the chance to win one of five copies of the book that accompanies a retrospective exhibition of work by Bjarke Ingel's architecture studio (+ movie). More
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Casa Mororó by Studio MK27 is a 65-metre-long house in rural Brazil
This 65-metre-long house in the Brazilian countryside was designed by Studio MK27 to be opaque at one end and transparent at the other (+ slideshow). More
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Boundaries between analogue and digital tools "are becoming irrelevant"
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: digital technology is infiltrating all aspects of design and making, according to Dries Verbruggen of Belgian design studio Unfold, who has transformed a set of wood and brass tools into digital measuring instruments (+ movie). More
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Ann Ray shares intimate behind-the-scenes photographs of Alexander McQueen
Photo essay: French photographer Ann Ray provides a personal insight into the life and career of British fashion designer Alexander McQueen, in this essay written exclusively for Dezeen to accompany a selection of photographs acquired by the V&A. More
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Egypt plans new capital city covering 700 square kilometres
Egypt is to unveil plans for a vast new privately funded administrative capital for seven million residents that would extend Cairo eastwards to the coast of the Red Sea. More
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Duggan Morris uses simple brickwork and golden steel for canalside housing
The zigzagging rooflines, handmade-brick walls and golden balconies of these Greater London housing blocks by Duggan Morris Architects are all references to the canalside setting (+ slideshow). More
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"Bosnian handicraft meets Scandinavian design" in Monica Förster's range for Zanat
Stockholm designer Monica Förster has created wooden furniture and accessories for Bosnian company Zanat, using a hand-carving technique that could soon become protected by UNESCO (+ slideshow). More
