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UK designer Austin Houldsworth has erected a machine at a park in Cheshire, UK, to fossilise a pineapple and a partridge. More about 2 Million & 1 AD by Austin Houldsworth
UK designer Austin Houldsworth has erected a machine at a park in Cheshire, UK, to fossilise a pineapple and a partridge. More about 2 Million & 1 AD by Austin Houldsworth
DMY Berlin 2010: stitch by Dutch designer Pepe Heykoop is a series of second-hand items given new, hand-stitched fabric skins. More about Stitch by Pepe Heykoop
DMY Berlin 2010: designer Debbie Wijskamp exhibited her collection of cabinets made from blocks of pulped paper at DMY Berlin last week. More about Paperpulp by Debbie Wijskamp
Dezeenwire: Bill Mitchell, former dean of the School of Architecture and Planning at MIT and one of the world's leading urban theorists, had died aged 65. MIT News has published an obituary.
Aki and Arnaud Cooren of Paris studio A+A cooren have designed a glass vase with a vortex-shaped void in the middle. More about Tourbillon by A+A cooren
Barcelona architects Xavier Vilalta Studio have won a competition to design a tower for Doha, Qatar. More about Alpha Project by Xavier Vilalta Studio
This building in Lyon by Paris designer Cyrille Druart houses motor-racing simulators. More about I-WAY by Cyrille Druart
Michigan designer Andrew Kline has designed a compact unit for transforming disused industrial spaces into temporary homes. More about Interior Living Unit by Andrew Kline
London studio Amenity Space have squeezed this new residence between two terraced houses in Newington Green, London. More about 76A Newington Green by Amenity Space
Architects SOMAA of Stuttgart have collaborated with Guido Dongus to complete a canteen between two schools in Leonberg, Germany. More about Mensa Triangle by SOMAA
DMY Berlin 2010: at DMY Berlin this week Berlin designers NOI present their first collection of furniture, comprising simple wooden trestles and sewn Tyvek pockets. More about Haori Hakama and Yukuta by NOI
Dezeen movie: this final film in our series about Italian design for the Design Museum in association with Peroni Nastro Azzurro designers Antonio Citterio (above, left) and Ross Lovegrove (centre) talk to Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic (right) More about Made in Italy: the Influence of Italian Design
Dutch designer Bam Geenen of Studio Geenen has designed a chair using hanging chains to determine its form. More about Gaudi Chair by Studio Geenen
Japanese architect Tomohiro Hata has completed a house in Kyoto, Japan, that has a three-storey wooden house hidden inside it. More about Belly House by Tomohiro Hata
Dezeen movie: Milan designer Fabio Novembre talks to curator Daniel Charny and museum director Deyan Sudjic about the city's contribution to design in this fourth film about Italian design for the Design Museum in association with Peroni Nastro Azzurro. More about Made in Italy: Milan Design City
Featured architects: Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron are our featured architects at the moment. Browse all Dezeen's stories about them in this special category. Enjoy!
Featured architects: Herzog & de Meuron
Above (from left): Jacques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron.
Portrait © HamburgMusik/Michael Zapf.
Dezeen have teamed up with authors Ruairi Glynn and Sara Shafiei to offer our readers the chance to win one of five copies of their new book Digital Architecture: Passages through Hinterlands. More about Competition: five copies of Digital Architecture to be won
Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka has trapped a crystal in a perfume bottle for crystal brand Swarovski. More about The Scent of Crystal by Tokujin Yoshioka
London designer Olivia Lee has created a sketch pad with grids based on the mathematical principle of the golden ratio. More about The Golden Rules by Olivia Lee
BCHO Architects have completed this house buried in the ground in Seoul, Korea. More about Earth House by BCHO Architects