Mun Jeong Heon house by A.M Architects is surrounded by a huge concrete frame
A massive concrete frame wraps over the top of this house in South Korea by A.M Architects and shelters a traditional narrow porch (+ slideshow). More
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Buero Wagner suspends bottles of foraged ingredients from ceiling of cocktail bar
German firm Buero Wagner has designed a bar for mixology company Gamsei with ceramic bottles of ingredients hanging from a metal grid on the ceiling (+ slideshow). More
Giant flowers obscure models in Ondrej Adamek's graduate fashion collection
Huge satin flowers conceal the faces of models walking in Central Saint Martins graduate Ondrej Adamek's London Fashion Week debut. More
Synthetic materials can "behave like living cells"
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: scientists are combining non-living chemicals to create materials with the properties of living organisms, says the creator of a self-repairing shoe made from protocells. More
Wooden structures combine partitions and furniture inside home by João Branco
Portuguese architect João Branco has converted a small office building in Coimbra into a home by installing softwood joinery that functions as furniture, storage and partitions (+ slideshow). More
Mies van der Rohe's Washington library to be overhauled by Mecanoo
News: Dutch firm Mecanoo has won the competition to renovate Mies van der Rohe's Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library in Washington DC. More
Zaha Hadid and Hopkins among architects to design London water fountains
Six British architecture studios including Zaha Hadid Architects, Hopkins Architects and Studio Weave have come up with designs for water fountains for different sites across London. More
Visit Munich Creative Business Week
Dezeen promotion: the annual Munich Creative Business Week design festival in Germany is taking place from 22 February to 2 March 2014. More
Tapestry Museum by CVDB Arquitectos features marble walls and vaulted ceilings
Portuguese studio CVDB Arquitectos has created a tapestry museum with vaulted ceilings, marble walls and funnel-shaped skylights inside a twelfth-century hospital building (photos by Fernando Guerra + slideshow). More
Hostel by Sergio Rojo provides rest stop on medieval pilgrimage route
Architect Sergio Rojo has renovated a dilapidated nineteenth-century cultural centre to create a hostel for weary travellers on the Way of St James pilgrimage route in northern Spain (+ slideshow). More
Cajal sofas and armchair by Gunilla Allard balance seats on thin metal frames
Stockholm 2014: Swedish designer Gunilla Allard's Cajal sofas and armchairs feature slender tubular steel frames that support chunky upholstered seats (+ slideshow). More