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Edgley Design builds family home around 100-year-old pear tree in south London

Pear Tree House by Edgley Design

This house in south London, arranged around an old pear tree, was designed by British architect Jake Edgley as a home for himself and his family.

 
 

Herzog & de Meuron's Elbphilharmonie Hamburg announces completion in lights

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Herzog & de Meuron's long-delayed Hamburg concert hall has announced its completion to the city in huge illuminated letters.

 
 

Who's hot? Find out when Dezeen Hot List launches next week

Dezeen Hot List

Which are the architects, designers, brands, schools and events that Dezeen readers most wanted to read about over the last year? We'll reveal the answers when we launch Dezeen Hot List on 9 November.

 
 

Vitra covers Eames Lounge Chair in fabric to celebrate 60th anniversary

Vitra 60th Anniversary chair

Swiss furniture brand Vitra is launching a limited-edition version of Charles and Ray Eames' Lounge Chair to commemorate its 60 years in production.

 
 

Job of the day: transport/infrastructure architects at Grimshaw

Dezeen Jobs architecture and design recruitment

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for transport/infrastructure architects at Grimshaw's studio in Sydney, which unveiled designs for a high-rise school earlier this year  (pictured). Read more stories on Grimshaw, or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.

 
 

Glasgow brand Instrmnt launches second watch collection

Instrmnt 02 collection

Following the success of its 01 range, Instrmnt's 02 collection is now available to pre-order from Dezeen Watch Store.

 
 

Modernist-inspired house in Tel Aviv features glazed walls and cantilevered upper storey

Dual House by Axelrod Architects

A pair of concrete and glass volumes are stacked at right angles to form a cantilever sheltering a pool terrace at this family home in Tel Aviv, designed by Axelrod Architects and Pitsou Kedem.

 
 

Traditional Moroccan cosmetics updated for smartphone generation

Berber lipstick Kim Ramain-Colomb

Industrial designer Kim Ramain-Colomb's brightly packaged Habibi cosmetics range is based on traditional Moroccan makeup.

 
 

Bricklaying robots create bulging brick facade for Shanghai arts centre

Robotic Brick Fabrication – Archi-Union Architects

Chinese studio Archi-Union Architects programmed robots to construct the undulating brick facade of this art gallery in Shanghai's West Bund district.

 
 

Carbon-fibre orb marks entrance to Detroit academic building by Morphosis

The Taubman Complex by Morphosis

US studio Morphosis has completed a science, design and engineering facility in Michigan, which features a scrim made of ETFE plastic and an entrance stairwell contained within a black orb made of carbon fibre.

 
 

SkunkLock bicycle lock causes thieves to vomit

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Bicycle thieves will need a stomach of steel to thwart the SkunkLock, which makes anyone who attempts to cut through it throw up.

 
 

Tesla and SolarCity unveil inconspicuous solar roof tiles with "quasi-infinite" lifespan

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Elon Musk has realised his vision for a "one-stop solar and storage experience", combining camouflaged roof tiles with an updated version of the energy-storing Powerwall.

 
 

Zaha Hadid-designed trophies to be presented at Brit Awards

Zaha Hadid designs Brit Awards trophy

The trophies awarded to musicians at next year's Brit Awards will have been designed by the late Zaha Hadid.

 
 

Slender roof covers Apple Store Stanford by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

Apple store, Stanford by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

A+Awards: a dramatically thin roof soars over the glass front of the Apple Store at Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto – another of this year's winners at the Architizer A+Awards.

 
 

COBE bases collection of ceramic plant pots on its own building

Kilo and Cobe flowerpots

Danish architecture firm COBE has created a range of ridged pots based on a school building it also designed.

 
 
 
   
 
 

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