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London's best house extensions feature on Dezeen's new Pinterest board

Residential extensions in London have been popular with our readers recently, following this year's Don't Move Improve! awards. Visit our new Pinterest board for a selection of the best, including a sunken glass box, a yellow-framed"shopfront" and a black timber structure featuring a walkway for cats.

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Trudie Carter | 14 February 2016 | Leave a comment
Architecture

CC Arquitectos links agricultural offices in Mexico with water-filled patios

Connected by watery and verdant courtyards, these agricultural offices were designed by CC Arquitectos for a soilless vegetable farm in the Mexican state of Guanajuato (+ slideshow). More about CC Arquitectos links agricultural offices in Mexico with water-filled patios

Jessica Mairs | 13 February 2016 | 1 comment
Interiors

DAS Studio converts Parisian printing factory into indoor cycling studio

The concrete structure of an old printing factory in Paris has been exposed by DAS Studio as part of the building's transformation into a studio for spinning classes (+ slideshow). More about DAS Studio converts Parisian printing factory into indoor cycling studio

Alice Morby | 13 February 2016 | 2 comments
Design

Fernando Lazzari's music video for Reid Willis combines natural and "supernatural" imagery

London-based director Fernando Lazzari combined 3D animation with 360 degree images of natural environments to develop a "unique universe" in the music video for Reid Willis' The Slow Knife (+ movie). More about Fernando Lazzari's music video for Reid Willis combines natural and "supernatural" imagery

Alice Morby | 13 February 2016 | Leave a comment
Furniture

Note Design Studio launches Arch modular shelving system for Fogia

Stockholm 2016: Sweden-based Note Design Studio has created a collection of shelves for furniture brand Fogia that feature half-moon shapes created by bent wooden supports. More about Note Design Studio launches Arch modular shelving system for Fogia

Emma Tucker | 13 February 2016 | 4 comments
Architecture

The Green community centre by AOC features herringbone-patterned brickwork

Architecture studio AOC gave this community centre in south London a textured, herringbone-patterned facade to reference a mock-Tudor pub across the street (+ slideshow). More about The Green community centre by AOC features herringbone-patterned brickwork

Jessica Mairs | 13 February 2016 | 1 comment
News

This week, Bjarke Ingels was selected for the Serpentine and also featured in a rap video

This week on Dezeen: Danish architect Bjarke Ingels and his firm BIG dominated headlines this week, as they proposed a New York skyscraper wrapped by gardens and were selected to design the next Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. More about This week, Bjarke Ingels was selected for the Serpentine and also featured in a rap video

Ross Bryant | 13 February 2016 | Leave a comment
Furniture

Färg & Blanche stitches fabric and wood together to form Julius seating collection

Stockholm 2016: Stockholm studio Färg & Blanche has used its signature "wood tailoring" technique to produce a collection of sofas and chairs for furniture brand Gärsnäs (+ slideshow). More about Färg & Blanche stitches fabric and wood together to form Julius seating collection

Emma Tucker | 13 February 2016 | 1 comment
Architecture

Narrow MaHouse by The Very Many features a staircase with a built-in slide

This narrow house in Strasbourg, France, by New York-studio The Very Many features a translucent glass wall and an indoor slide for the younger residents (+ slideshow). More about Narrow MaHouse by The Very Many features a staircase with a built-in slide

Alan G Brake | 13 February 2016 | 8 comments
Design

New York's Cooper Hewitt Triennial explores the theme of beauty in design

The Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum's fifth Design Triennial exhibition in New York examines the theme of beauty in contemporary design (+ slideshow). More about New York's Cooper Hewitt Triennial explores the theme of beauty in design

Alan G Brake | 12 February 2016 | 1 comment
Interiors

Houseboat by Laust Nørgaard floats in Copenhagen harbour

Danish boatbuilder Laust Nørgaard has completed a floating home for his family in Copenhagen harbour (+ slideshow). More about Houseboat by Laust Nørgaard floats in Copenhagen harbour

Alan G Brake | 12 February 2016 | 5 comments
US Job of the week: senior visual designer at Vogue.com

Our US job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a senior visual designer at online fashion title Vogue.com in New York. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Dezeen Jobs | 12 February 2016 | Leave a comment
Design

Victor Castanera's Undae vases are striped to look like sand and sea

Spanish product designer Victor Castanera has created a set of cylindrical resin containers with patterns reminiscent of ocean waves and sandy beaches. More about Victor Castanera's Undae vases are striped to look like sand and sea

Emma Tucker | 12 February 2016 | 1 comment
Design

Noise reduction has become a "major preoccupation" in Scandinavian interiors

Stockholm 2016: acoustics are the hot topic at this week's Stockholm Furniture Fair, with designers and brands launching products aimed at making interiors quieter. More about Noise reduction has become a "major preoccupation" in Scandinavian interiors

Dan Howarth | 12 February 2016 | 2 comments
Furniture

Michael Young's carbon-fibre chair for Coalesse weighs less than five pounds

British designer Michael Young's LessThanFive carbon fibre chair for US-based furniture company Coalesse is launching after two years of development. More about Michael Young's carbon-fibre chair for Coalesse weighs less than five pounds

Alan G Brake | 12 February 2016 | 3 comments
Design

Tom Dixon sold to British investment firm Neo Investment Partners

Business news: design brand Tom Dixon has been sold by its Swedish owners to a British investment company, it has emerged. More about Tom Dixon sold to British investment firm Neo Investment Partners

Marcus Fairs | 12 February 2016 | 3 comments
Design

Google's artificial intelligence becomes first non-human to qualify as a driver

Google's self-driving car system has been officially recognised as a driver in the US, paving the way for the legalisation of autonomous vehicles. More about Google's artificial intelligence becomes first non-human to qualify as a driver

Ross Bryant | 12 February 2016 | 10 comments
Promotion

Call for entries to Eleven's San Francisco 2016 competition

Dezeen promotion: architects, designers and multidisciplinary teams can now enter Eleven Magazine's latest ideas competition, which aims to reimagine the Tenderloin area of San Francisco as the "neighbourhood of the future". More about Call for entries to Eleven's San Francisco 2016 competition

Alice Morby | 12 February 2016 | 4 comments
Architecture

Peter Zumthor's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2011 was a space of "solitude and calm"

Movie: gallery director Julia Peyton-Jones reflects on the walled garden Peter Zumthor created in 2011 in the next movie of our exclusive video series looking back at the Serpentine Gallery Pavilions. More about Peter Zumthor's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2011 was a space of "solitude and calm"

Benedict Hobson | 12 February 2016 | 4 comments
Architecture

COBE wins contest to redevelop Copenhagen's Christiansholm island

COBE has unveiled its masterplan for Christiansholm, an artificial island in Copenhagen harbour formerly occupied by the Danish press (+ slideshow). More about COBE wins contest to redevelop Copenhagen's Christiansholm island

Jessica Mairs | 12 February 2016 | 15 comments

Studio Font perches cliffside home in Mexico on inhabitable concrete columns

Open Studio designs izakaya-style restaurant with "half-dipped dumpling" lamp

Studio NRG designs Lilium Chair out of recycled metal car rims

Fabio Fantolino looks to 1960s offices for interior of retro Turin bar

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