Bureau V adds playful appendages to MINI Living Urban Cabin
New York studio Bureau V has attached a spiky-backed snug and a fabric-covered galley kitchen to a prototype micro home, which is on show in Brooklyn. More
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10 buildings with windows that steal the limelight
Hidden openings, oversized portholes and apertures shaped like houses feature in this week's roundup of popular images from Pinterest, which showcases buildings that use windows as decoration. More
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CetraRuddy's 45 Broad Street to become Lower Manhattan's tallest residential skyscraper
A filigree-patterned supertall tower under construction in Downtown Manhattan is set become the area's second tallest skyscraper behind One World Trade Center. More
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Competition: win an Anglepoise + Paul Smith desk lamp
Dezeen has teamed up with British lighting brand Anglepoise to give six readers the chance to win a special-edition Type 75 Mini desk lamp, in a colour combination designed by Paul Smith. More
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10 of the best collectible design pieces on show at PAD London
Design fair PAD is in London this week for its 11th edition. We've selected 10 stand-out pieces of limited-edition contemporary design from the show, including furniture covered in silk-worm cocoons and a chair that references ballet dancers. More
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Universal Design Studio uses recycled aluminium to create sculptural entrance to Frieze London
The venue for the Frieze art fair in London this week features walls of pleated and folded aluminium that would otherwise have gone to waste. More
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Sebastian Errazuriz vandalises augmented-reality version of Jeff Koons' Balloon Dog sculpture
Snapchat paired up with the artist Jeff Koons to place an augmented reality version of his famous Balloon Dog sculpture in New York's Central Park – but in a "stance against an imminent AR corporate invasion", the work has been graffitied by artist Sebastian Errazuriz. More
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Aitor Throup designs "clothes, not costumes" for Wayne McGregor's latest production
Aitor Throup delved into his 12-year archive when developing the outfits for Wayne McGregor's latest performance, Autobiography, which are designed to function as modular clothing. More
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David Chipperfield to restore historic palace on Venice's Piazza San Marco
British architect David Chipperfield is to carry out major restoration works on the Procuratie Vecchie on Venice's Piazza San Marco, which will see the palace opened to the public for the first time in 500 years. More
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Free writing course opens to aspiring design journalists from racial minorities
A new education programme has launched in London, to encourage young people who are black or minority ethnic to embark on careers in architecture and design journalism. More
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Medals for 2018 Winter Olympics are based on Korean alphabet
The medals awarded at next year's Winter Olympics in South Korea will feature diagonal ridges, which have been formed from extrusions of the country's 600-year-old alphabet. More
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Richard Meier's Cittadella Bridge separates traffic and pedestrians as they cross an Italian river
American architect Richard Meier has completed an arching single-span bridge across a river in the Italian city of Alessandria, which provides lanes for traffic and pedestrians separated by a central void. More
