3D-printed braille and picture books help blind children to read
A team from the University of Colorado Boulder have used 3D printing to create tactile versions of famous books for visually impaired children (+ slideshow). More
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Seattle chapel by Hennebery Eddy features walls of rough sandstone and concrete
American firm Hennebery Eddy Architects used wood, concrete, glass and battered stone to create this chapel on a Jesuit high school campus in Seattle (+ slideshow). More
Penthouse in BIG's twisted Miami towers is on sale for $28 million
The $28 million full-floor penthouse at the BIG-designed Grove at Grand Bay towers includes a rooftop pool, four-car garage and ten bathrooms (+ slideshow). More
Design brand Hem sold to private investment company
Business news: startup furniture brand Hem has been acquired by a private buyer in a deal that will see designer and co-founder Petrus Palmér become CEO in place of Jason Goldberg, who will leave the company. More
Royal Gold Medal for Zaha Hadid was "totally overdue" says RIBA president
The Royal Institute of British Architects has acted "to right a 180-year wrong" by giving its highest honour to a woman, the body's president has said. More
Dezeen Mail issue 291 features this week's biggest stories in architecture and design
This week's Dezeen Mail features a possible solution to New York's housing crisis, a range of Star Wars-inspired products designed by Nendo and a revamped house in Melbourne featuring a giant toy box under its floors (pictured).
Bjarke, Rem and Zaha battle to join Sou Fujimoto and SANAA at Budapest museum park
BIG, OMA and Zaha Hadid Architects have all been shortlisted to design a major new museum in Budapest, which will be built alongside cultural buildings by SANAA and Sou Fujimoto. More
The Enlightened 50s lighting exhibition illuminates London's Galerie Kreo
Modernist lamps by mid-century French designers including Pierre Guariche and Jean-Boris Lacroix are on show at Galerie Kreo in London's Mayfair. More
World's largest waste-to-energy plant proposed for Shenzhen
Danish firms Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects and Gottlieb Paludan Architects have won a competition to design the world's largest waste-to-energy power plant in China (+ movie). More
Robot-built pavilion proposed by Achim Menges for V&A museum courtyard
Stuttgart architect Achim Menges has developed designs for a robot-fabricated pavilion based on the wings of flying beetles, which will be erected in the V&A museum courtyard in London. More
Dimorestudio designs glossy teal interior for Aesop Magenta store
Green-coloured subway tiles are paired with lemon-yellow shelving inside skincare brand Aesop's second Milan branch, recently completed by locally based Dimore Studio (+ slideshow). More
Monadnock's Abstract Tower features patterned walls of red and green brickwork
Rotterdam studio Monadnock used a variety of brickwork techniques to create the patterned facade of this viewing tower, designed to offer a new landmark for the small Dutch town of Nieuw-Bergen. More
Arc Bicycle has 3D-printed steel frame created by TU Delft students and MX3D
People in the Netherlands will soon be able to cycle over the world's first 3D-printed steel bridge on the world's first 3D-printed steel bicycle (+ movie). More
Platform_a completes reflective glass and volcanic stone cafe on Jeju island coast
Korean studio Platform_a has completed a cafe with pivoting mirrored-glass doors and volcanic stone walls on Jeju, a volcanic island off the coast of mainland South Korea (+ slideshow). More