Nendo's flatpack torch | Ai Weiwei in New York | 10 children's room interiors

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Jonathan Tuckey slots home and fashion boutique into Knightsbridge mews

Egg by Jonathan Tuckey Design

A bathroom doubles as a meeting room in this live-work space created by Jonathan Tuckey Design for Egg fashion boutique  inside a small mews house in Knightsbridge, London. More ›

 
 

This week, Sagrada Família was targeted and Stefano Boeri suggested new anti-terrorism measures

This week on Dezeen, it was revealed that terrorists behind the Barcelona attack also plotted to bomb the Sagrada Família  and Italian architect Stefano Boeri suggested that trees could prevent targeted vehicle-related incidents in the future. More ›

 
 

Nendo creates torch rolled from a single sheet of paper

Nendo torch made from a piece of paper

This flat-packed light by Nendo is made from a single piece of conductive paper, which can be rolled up to create a handheld torch in emergency situations. More ›

 
 

Artist's retreat in West Virginia sits above a limestone quarry

Hawk's Nest by Wiedemann Architects

This steel-and-glass box perched above an abandoned limestone quarry in West Virginia is designed by Wiedemann Architects to provide a living space and workshop for a Parisian sculptor. More ›

 
 

Colourful strips surround Toronto's Albion Library by Perkins+Will

Albion Library by Perkins+Will

Multi-coloured bars form the facades of this district library in a Toronto suburb by architecture firm Perkins+Will, which features community areas for new Canadians. More ›

 
 

Watch our talk on the politics of passport design live from the V&A

V&A curator Corinna Gardner spoke to designer Julian Payne and Dezeen Studio director Ben Hobson about the politics of passport design at the V&A museum in London. We streamed the talk live via our Facebook page.

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Cantilevered concrete volume shelters entrance to Arabic studies building at Lebanese university

The Sheikh Nahyan Centre for Arabic Studies & Intercultural Dialogue (CASID), designed by local firm Fouad Samara Architects

Chunky concrete pillars support the upper storey of this university building in Lebanon, which rises above its sloping site to offer views of a nearby walnut grove and the Mediterranean Sea. More ›

 
 

Ai Weiwei launches Kickstarter to build security-fence installations in New York

Good Fences Make Good Neighbors by Ai Weiwei

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is crowdsourcing funds to erect more than 300 artworks based on themes of immigration, division and borders, in locations across New York City. More ›

 
 

Design Week Mexico announces programme and first participants for 2017

Dezeen promotion: this year's edition of Design Week Mexico will involve exhibitions, installations and talks across the country's capital from 4 to 8 October 2017. More ›

 
 

10 children's rooms that show the fun side of interior design

This week's roundup from Pinterest  shows how children's rooms can be designed to encourage play, even in the most minimal of homes. Examples include a room that divides territories for two brothers and a room with secret storage for toys. More ›

 
 

Carlo Ratti to transform Italian military barracks into open-source architecture laboratory

Open-source campus by Carlo Ratti Associati

Architect Carlo Ratti  has revealed plans to transform a former 19th-century military complex in Turin, Italy, into a campus where students, workers and makers can set up their own labs and studios. More ›

 
 

Minimalism is an "expression of obsession" says The Girl Before author JP Delaney

The Girl Before, a psychological thriller set in a minimalist house, is one of this summer's bestselling novels. Dezeen spoke to author JP Delaney about how obsessive architects "make for very interesting fiction". More ›