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Envisions explores the future of the humble paving slab

Dutch design collective Envisions has developed a paving strategy for the city of Eindhoven that involves cutting, washing and stamping stones.

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Medellin Design Week champions original Colombian design

The fifth annual Medellin Design Week set out to show that Colombia is ready to stop copying and start developing a national design identity.

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Dezeen readers choose their favourite projects and studios of the year

Ahead of announcing the Dezeen Awards 2019 winners next week, we reveal the projects and studios our readers think should win.

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Shipwreck tower set to become Czech Republic's tallest building

A red shipwreck crashes into this high-rise, which Black n' Arch and sculptor David Černý have designed for developer Trigema on the outskirts of Prague.

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Three weeks to go until Dezeen Day – buy your tickets now!

Have you got your tickets for Dezeen Day yet? With just three weeks to go, here is a recap of what's happening at our architecture and design conference in London on 30 October plus a list of reasons why you need to attend.

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"Facial recognition is a fundamental threat to society"

The use of facial recognition in Hong Kong and London's King's Cross demonstrates the need to control access to the technology in the same way other dangerous items are regulated, says Owen Hopkins.

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Rei Kawakubo creates Parisian beauty store Dover Street Parfums Market

High-end fashion department store Dover Street Market has opened a beauty-focused branch at the heart of Paris, where products are displayed inside towering textured columns.

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University of Hong Kong students invent self-sanitising door handle

University of Hong Kong graduates Sum Ming Wong and Kin Pong Li have designed a door handle that uses light to constantly sterilise itself.

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Tractor shed converted into house clad in scorched wood

HeathWalker has turned a tractor shed in Hertfordshire into a house clad in timber cut from trees on the client's own land and scorched using a blowtorch.

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Floating + Pool Light installation illuminates the East River to test and report on water quality

LED lights on a plus-shaped installation floating on Manhattan's East River change colour based on the water quality conditions.

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Mikhail Riches' Goldsmith Street social housing wins Stirling Prize 2019

The Passivhaus and high-density Goldsmith Street social housing scheme designed by Mikhail Riches with Cathy Hawley has been awarded the RIBA Stirling Prize 2019.

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"Shame on them for turning a tragedy into an ego trip"

In this week's comments update, readers are frustrated with design proposals for a memorial to honour victims of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting.

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David Chipperfield designs Rolex USA headquarters in New York

British architect David Chipperfield has won a competition to rebuild the USA headquarters for luxury watch brand Rolex in New York, with a proposal for a stacked, jagged glass tower.

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Dezeen up for seven awards for journalism, publishing and events

Dezeen has been shortlisted for seven awards at three different awards programmes for excellence in journalism, publishing and live events.

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Alejandro Aravena leans huge chimney against concrete house on Chilean coast

Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena has hollowed the huge tilted volume of this weekend getaway along the Pacific Ocean in Chile to form an opening for a fire inside.

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AA wins power to award degrees for the first time

The Architectural Association school in London has been granted the right to award bachelor's and master's degrees for the first time in its history, which "marks a new era" for the institution says its director Eva Franch i Gilabert.

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