Toyo Ito wins Pritzker Prize 2013
News: Japanese architect Toyo Ito has been named as the 2013 laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. More about Toyo Ito wins Pritzker Prize 2013
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D House by Lode Architecture
Sliding back the glazed facade allows the upper storey to hang over the open living space of this house in Brittany by French firm Lode Architecture (+ slideshow). More about D House by Lode Architecture
Sempla offices by DAP Studio
Clean white walls contrast with the stripped-back columns and beams of these offices inside a former factory in Turin (+ slideshow). More about Sempla offices by DAP Studio
Autumn Winter 2013 collection by Craig Green
London designer Craig Green fashioned masks from splintered planks of wood for his Autumn Winter 2013 collection. More about Autumn Winter 2013 collection by Craig Green
Dezeen archive: dentists
Dezeen archive: afraid of going to the dentist? Visiting one of these designer surgeries might help lessen the pain. See all our stories about dentists »
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"Segregation was a design exercise during Apartheid"
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: with Cape Town serving as World Design Capital in 2014, we spoke to programme director Richard Perez about how the title can help the city overcome problems inherited from the Apartheid regime. More about "Segregation was a design exercise during Apartheid"
BlackBerry aims to end "hilarious misspelled messages"
Interview: struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry hopes to wrestle back lost market share with a new touchscreen keyboard that will eradicate the "embarrassing" mistakes common on rival smartphones. "Sometimes it's kind of scary when you get your own emails back and you read them," said BlackBerry's head of design Todd Wood. More about BlackBerry aims to end "hilarious misspelled messages"
This week on Dezeen
Additive manufacturing got weird this week, with a pavilion-printing robot that behaves like a silk worm and some 3D-printing spider robots using microwaves, solar energy and lunar dust to build on the moon. Read on for our Dezeen Music Project track of the week and other highlights. More about This week on Dezeen
Tables by Zaha Hadid for Citco
Milan 2013: London architect Zaha Hadid has designed a limited edition of marble tables. More about Tables by Zaha Hadid for Citco
Three Foster + Partners towers approved for London's Albert Embankment
News: three residential towers designed by Foster + Partners for a riverside development in central London have been given the go-ahead by Lambeth Council. More about Three Foster + Partners towers approved for London's Albert Embankment
Newcastle sofas by Giulio Iacchetti for Meritalia
Milan 2013: the covers of these sofas by Italian industrial designer Giulio Iacchetti look like they're made of crumpled paper (+ slideshow). More about Newcastle sofas by Giulio Iacchetti for Meritalia
Young people spend toilet time on Facebook, says bathrooms survey
News: the under-30s spend more time on the toilet than the over-55s – and they're checking social media rather than reading a book, according to new research on Europe's bathroom habits. More about Young people spend toilet time on Facebook, says bathrooms survey
Pulsate by Lily Jencks and Nathanael Dorent
Architects Lily Jencks and Nathanael Dorent have teamed up and fitted out a tile showroom in London to look like a psychedelic cartoon (+ slideshow). More about Pulsate by Lily Jencks and Nathanael Dorent
Haze Series by Wonmin Park Studio
South Korean designer Wonmin Park constructed these chairs and tables from slabs of coloured resin (+ slideshow). More about Haze Series by Wonmin Park Studio
Lehmann Maupin Gallery Hong Kong by OMA
A sliding plywood wall divides this OMA-designed art gallery inside a historic building in Hong Kong (+ slideshow). More about Lehmann Maupin Gallery Hong Kong by OMA
Good Vibrations by Ferruccio Laviani for Fratelli Boffi
This is not a distorted digital photo - it's a cabinet that's been intricately carved to look like one. More about Good Vibrations by Ferruccio Laviani for Fratelli Boffi
Dezeen Mail #143
Crazy 3D printing, a new London tower by UNStudio and an apartment with a four-storey slide all feature in this week's issue of Dezeen Mail, along with the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen.
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"This is a village with no facilities beyond raw security"
Opinion: in his latest column, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs discusses why gated communities are "becoming the default setting in towns and cities around the world" and asks whether it matters who owns the land beneath our feet. More about "This is a village with no facilities beyond raw security"
Les Ailes Noires by +tongtong
Product news: what appear to be black lines drawn on a wall are in fact 3D clothes rails designed by Canadian studio +tongtong. More about Les Ailes Noires by +tongtong
East London House by Mikhail Riches
London studio Mikhail Riches has renovated a nineteenth-century house in London and added a glazed kitchen and dining room at the rear (+ slideshow). More about East London House by Mikhail Riches