Furniture
Yonoh turns energy company logo into a chair
Spanish design studio Yonoh has created a chair based on energy company Repsol's red, orange and white "sun" logo. More about Yonoh turns energy company logo into a chair
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Architecture
Villa Wot is a brick cuboid punctured by different-sized windows
Dark brick cladding contrasts with the pale wood and plasterboard interior of this house in Oslo by local architecture office Narud Stokke Wiig (+ slideshow). More about Villa Wot is a brick cuboid punctured by different-sized windows
This week on Dezeen
This week on Dezeen
This week we reported on the production of Ikea's flat-pack refugee shelters, the design of this year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion (pictured) and plans for Europe's tallest skyscraper in the Alps. Read on to catch up with the latest architecture and design news, plus our track of the week. More about This week on Dezeen
Design
Penda creates landscape of purple pillars for audio-visual installation in a Chinese park
Visitors to a park in Xiangyang are greeted by over 500 bright purple fins, which are dotted with LEDs and play traditional Chinese music from internal speakers (+ slideshow). More about Penda creates landscape of purple pillars for audio-visual installation in a Chinese park
Architecture
Tadao Ando's first New York building shown in new images
The full facade of Japanese architect Tadao Ando's concrete and glass apartment block for Manhattan is revealed in this set of visualisations. More about Tadao Ando's first New York building shown in new images
Fashion
Amy Congdon's couture fashion integrates textile design and tissue engineering
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in this movie, designer and researcher Amy Congdon explains how tissue engineering could be used to grow new biological textiles for the fashion industry. More about Amy Congdon's couture fashion integrates textile design and tissue engineering
Architecture
Patkau Architects designs chalet with steep angled roof beside a Whistler ski slope
This timber-clad ski chalet has a crystalline form designed to "shed snow" from the roof and an elevated living room that optimises views across Canada's Whistler Valley (+ slideshow). More about Patkau Architects designs chalet with steep angled roof beside a Whistler ski slope
Interiors
Nendo presents chocolate bars like paint swatches in Tokyo shop
Colourful chocolate bars are displayed in a transparent chest of drawers in this Tokyo shop designed by Japanese studio Nendo for a Belgian chocolatier (+ slideshow). More about Nendo presents chocolate bars like paint swatches in Tokyo shop
Job of the week: head of interior design at the Royal College of Art
Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a head of programme: interior design at London's Royal College of Art (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
More about Job of the week: head of interior design at the Royal College of Art
Architecture
Thomas Kroeger creates a holiday home inside an old German cowshed
This 19th century barn in rural Germany has been remodelled into a holiday home and guest house, connected by a huge open hall featuring a network of original wooden trusses (+ slideshow). More about Thomas Kroeger creates a holiday home inside an old German cowshed
Furniture
Rattan backrest curves around Hiroomi Tahara's Wrap sofa
Milan 2015: a curved rattan structure forms the flexible backrest of this sofa by Japanese designer Hiroomi Tahara (+ slideshow). More about Rattan backrest curves around Hiroomi Tahara's Wrap sofa
Architecture
Jonathan Dunn converts Victorian school house into cinema for an English town
A collection of old school buildings in Rye, East Sussex, has been converted into a cinema and arts centre with the addition of a shed-like extension (+ slideshow). More about Jonathan Dunn converts Victorian school house into cinema for an English town
Architecture
James Whitaker proposes cluster of shipping containers as an affordable workplace
These renders by London architect James Whitaker depict a proposal for a low-cost studio space in Germany comprising a cluster of shipping containers, which are arranged to direct sunlight into the interior at different times of day (+ slideshow). More about James Whitaker proposes cluster of shipping containers as an affordable workplace
Architecture
"The authorised information available on this building could be published in a single tweet"
Opinion: hiding in plain sight, the NSA headquarters is the model for all future domestic architecture, argues Jack Self, as he reveals previously unpublished details about the inscrutable building. More about "The authorised information available on this building could be published in a single tweet"
Promotion
May Design Series announces finalists for New Design Britain 2015 awards
Dezeen promotion: the thirty finalists shortlisted for the 2015 New Design Britain competition will exhibit their work at this year's May Design Series. More about May Design Series announces finalists for New Design Britain 2015 awards
Dezeen Mail #246
Controversial plans to construct Europe's tallest skyscraper in the Alps lead this week's Dezeen Mail. Click through for the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Architecture
Pine-clad sauna by Murman Arkitekter sits on the Stockholm archipelago
This timber-clad sauna for a seaside home in Sweden was designed by Stockholm studio Murman Arkitekter with two gently angled wings that overlook the Baltic Sea (+ slideshow). More about Pine-clad sauna by Murman Arkitekter sits on the Stockholm archipelago
Interiors
AOC combines a reading room with a gallery for London's Wellcome Collection
Architecture studio AOC has created an interactive gallery space at London's Wellcome Collection museum, featuring a grand stairway lined with cushions where visitors are invited to sit and read (+ slideshow). More about AOC combines a reading room with a gallery for London's Wellcome Collection
Architecture
Herzog & de Meuron adds giant steel awning to Miu Miu store in Aoyama
Herzog & de Meuron has completed work on an "understated" box-like shop for fashion brand Miu Miu in Tokyo's Aoyama district – opposite the flagship store it created for Prada almost 15 years ago (+ slideshow). More about Herzog & de Meuron adds giant steel awning to Miu Miu store in Aoyama
Architecture
Japanese house extension by Container Design is arranged around a covered courtyard
This addition to a house in Kudamatsu, Japan, features an oversized pitched roof and a covered courtyard surrounded by arched openings (+ slideshow). More about Japanese house extension by Container Design is arranged around a covered courtyard