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Creating communally for social good has to be the future of design, says Robert Phillips, author of Futurekind: Design by and for the People. He picks out five projects from the book that demonstrate the idea in action. Read more

News: the Pantheon-like interior of Rem Koolhaas and OMA's arts and culture centre in Miami Beach has been revealed by developer Faena during this year's Art Basel and Design Miami events (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Zaha Hadid's controversial plans for the 2020 Olympic Stadium in Tokyo have been scrapped. (more…) View the full article

More than 50 artists, designers and makers were enlisted to help design the eclectic interior of this hotel in Canberra, overseen by Fender Katsalidis Architects and Suppose Design Office (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Israeli firm Jacobs-Yaniv has created a pilates studio for Paralympic gold-medallist Keren Leibovitch in Kfar Saba, Israel, using a steel frame to create distinct spaces inside a former events hall (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Music: Australian studio Dropbear Digital used over 330 paper illustrations to tell the story of a wandering spirit in this stop-motion video for John Butler Trio's new single, Spring to Come. (more…) View the full article

Hand-blown lamps are paired with herringbone wood flooring and blue-hued furniture inside this London restaurant, designed by New York studio AvroKo to reflect the Danish heritage of owner Anna Hansen (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

American artist Doug Aitken has installed a ranch-style house clad in mirrors in the snow-covered mountains of Gstaad, Switzerland. Read more

News: Nokia has become the first major manufacturer to give consumers access to its 3D design files so they can create their own versions of products, according to open design pioneer Ronen Kadushin. (more...) View the full article

This week on Dezeen, a major fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris dominated headlines, with millions of euros pledged in support and an architectural competition set to launch for a new spire. Read more

A tapered concrete roof oversails glazed laboratories at this research and innovation centre that American firm Richard Meier & Partners has completed for Italian cement manufacturer Italcementi. (more...) View the full article

American firm Olson Kundig Architects has completed a three-storey nature retreat in Costa Rica, featuring local teak wood, slatted walls and columns made of tree trunks. Read more

Design studio NotAnotherOne has designed a portable air quality monitor that clips onto your bag to test local pollution levels. Read more

Jean Philippe Vassal, co-founder of Lacaton and Vassal Architects, is giving the 29th annual architecture lecture at the Royal Academy of Arts in London tonight. Watch the lecture here live from 6:30pm UK time. Read more

British designer Lee Broom is opening his first dedicated US retail outlet in New York, billed as a "Postmodernist theatre" to showcase and sell his furniture and lighting. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen is finally launching an opinion column. The first piece by our new columnist Sam Jacob will run tomorrow; here, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs, whose own column will alternate with Jacob's, explains why it's taken us so long to take a stance. (more...) View the full article

Architecture studio Morphosis and landscape architect James Corner Field Operations are among the four teams that have been shortlisted to redesign one of Los Angeles' oldest public parks. (more…) View the full article

Nike has revealed the new home and away football kits for 14 national teams ahead of this year's FIFA Women's World Cup in France. Read more

Architecture studio Atelier Masomi has built a market in Dandaji, Niger, using colourful recycled-metal canopies to attract vendors and help grow the local economy. Read more

Design Indaba 2015: most furniture and lighting brands "will disappear in five years" as the internet revolutionises the way products are distributed, according to Italian industrial designer Stefano Giovannoni (+ interview). (more…) View the full article

Large openings all along the front of the concrete facade of Frame House on the Spanish island of Menorca frame expansive views towards the sea. Read more

New York-based practice Grzywinski + Pons looks to overcast skies and industrial posters from the 1800s to design the interiors of this hotel in Manchester, England. Read more

Graduate shows 2015: architecture graduate Liam Atkins has designed a workshop that is part building, part cave, to build props for a fictional series of biblical films directed by Wes Anderson (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This house in Józefów, Poland, has randomly positioned windows each framing different views of the surrounding trees (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: London architecture office FAT has announced that it will shut down its studio next summer, after "exploring the potential of the projects as much as possible". (more...) View the full article