Salvaged Ring coffee house by a21studio is built from scrap wood
Vietnamese office a21studio used recycled wood to construct the curving framework of this coffee house, which encircles a courtyard near the city of Nha Trang (+ slideshow). More
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This week on Dezeen
Zaha Hadid's Heydar Aliyev Center was named Design of the Year by London's Design Museum this week in a controversial decision that dominated the news and prompted strong reactions from critics and readers. Read on for more architecture and design highlights from the past seven days, plus our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. More
Sungsin Eo designs foam display system for child-friendly exhibitions
Royal College of Art graduate Sungsin Eo has designed a foam display and seating system for museums to present information to children in an engaging and playful way (+ movie). More
Fabio Novembre uses club colours for AC Milan headquarters interior
Italian designer and AC Milan supporter Fabio Novembre has used the football team's red and black colours throughout the interior of the club's new headquarters (+ slideshow). More
Five of Dezeen's favourite American projects from 2014
We're celebrating America's Independence Day today with a roundup of Dezeen's favourite US projects from this year, including a floating skate ramp, a house designed to look like a shadow in the desert and a residence blasted out of the rocks near Seattle (+ slideshow). More
"Stunningly beautiful" Dezeen is highly commended in digital publishing awards
News: Dezeen has been highly commended at the Association of Online Publishers Awards 2014, with judges describing the site as "stunningly beautiful". More
Scholten & Baijings design fabric with nine-metre pattern repeat
Dutch studio Scholten & Baijings has created a collection of interior fabrics for New York textiles brand Maharam with a pattern large enough to upholster an entire sofa without repetition. More
Job of the week: experienced architect at Herzog & de Meuron
This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for an experienced architect at Herzog & de Meuron, whose extension to the Swiss headquarters of insurance company Helvetia is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
Maggie's Merseyside by Carmody Groarke features a fluted facade
A fluted fibreglass wall surrounds this temporary Maggie's Centre in Merseyside, England, designed by London studio Carmody Groarke to offer support to those affected by cancer. More
World Architecture Festival 2014 awards shortlist announced
World Architecture Festival 2014: the shortlist for this year's World Architecture Festival awards has been announced, including a cyclone-proof house, an Australian plant archive, an underground maritime museum by BIG and OMA's colossal De Rotterdam skyscraper (+ slideshow). More
Li Edelkoort exhibits Issey Miyake garments at Design Museum Holon
An exhibition by Dutch curator Li Edelkoort at Israel's Design Museum Holon brings together the series of folding clothing by Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake, alongside work by designers Patricia Urquiola, Marcel Wanders and the Bouroullec brothers (+ slideshow). More
Penda's doughnut-shaped House O is based on the form of a tree stump
The age-defining rings of a tree stump provided the starting point for this small round house planned by design collective Penda for a wood-carving artist in Beijing (+ slideshow). More
Airfix-style model kits by Robert Cooper are made from chocolate and wafer
Central Saint Martins graduate Robert Cooper has created chocolate and wafer snacks that can be built into Airfix-style models, which are on display at the New Designers Part 2 exhibition that opened yesterday (+ slideshow). More