Robotic vacuum cleaners perform a Viennese Waltz at Biennale Interieur 2014
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I-da Arquitectos sinks holiday apartments into the Portuguese countryside
Future tourists could “travel the virtual world instead of the physical”
Barber and Osgerby’s Science Museum gallery is their “most important” architecture project
Biennale Interieur 2014 aims to provide “a deeper insight into what design means”
Grooming retreat in Mallorca offers “ritual of self-cleansing” before and after horse riding
Aluminium bowls by Fort Standard stand on fin-like legs
Colboc Franzen’s Parisian social housing matches the proportions of its 1930s neighbours
The UK “is not interested in funding” public buildings says David Chipperfield
Markus Linnenbrink’s Off the Wall! installation immerses visitors in colour
Hotel design event Sleep returns to London next month
Powerhouse Company remodels office foyer in marble and dark wood to resemble a hotel lobby
This week on Dezeen
Biennale Interieur 2014 award winners realise bar concepts at Kortrijk Xpo
Job of the week: eyewear designer at Ron Arad Associates
Marc Newson designs a shotgun for Beretta
“98% of what gets built today is shit” says Frank Gehry
Studio MK27’s “bookstore of the 21st century” was designed as a social meeting place
Ron Arad is one of few contemporary designers with art collector appeal, says French auctioneer
Ross Lovegrove exhibits sculptural lights in Barrisol pavilion at Biennale Interieur 2014
Dezeen Mail #225
“So spectacularly ill-judged that you almost long for Libeskind’s earnestness”
Herzog & de Meuron unveils Basel campus redesign for Roche healthcare
