Dezeen's top 10 bamboo architecture projects
As part of our series focusing on the rising popularity of bamboo, here is a countdown of the ten most popular bamboo architecture projects on Dezeen, including a cafe, houses and a theatre as well as work by Kengo Kuma and Vo Trong Nghia (+ slideshow). More
Christopher Jenner brings "craft" to Eurostar with London Ticket Hall redesign
News: Eurostar's new creative director Christopher Jenner has ditched the contemporary styling of predecessor Philippe Starck for a retro look, with the new London Ticket Hall combining Art Nouveau and Victorian Gothic to evoke the "golden age of travel" (+ slideshow). More
Airbus files patent for folding airplane seats
News: plane manufacturer Airbus has applied for a patent on folding chairs for commercial aircraft with saddles instead of seat cushions. More
New York's Museum of Modern Art names new head of architecture and design
News: modern architecture professor Martino Stierli has been announced as MoMA's chief curator of architecture and design, the latest in a spate of appointments at New York institutions. More
Foster's Canary Wharf Crossrail station nears completion
News: the final aluminium panel has been fixed to the latticed roof structure of Foster + Partners' Crossrail Station in London – part of Europe's biggest infrastructure project (+ slideshow). More
SOFTlab installs colourful funneled canopy in Melissa shoe shop
American design studio SOFTlab attached 20,000 translucent flowers to a flexible plastic mesh to create this installation for the Brazilian jelly-shoe brand Melissa's New York flagship store (+ movie). More
World Cup 2014 final features "most tested" football ever
Players in tonight's World Cup final in Brazil will battle for possession of the Brazuca, the official tournament ball. Adidas global football innovation director Antonio Zea told us how robot legs, shooting machines and wind tunnels were employed to make this "the most tested match ball ever" (+ interview). More
New images of Zaha Hadid's modified Tokyo Olympic stadium design
News: these new renders of the controversial Tokyo Olympic stadium by Zaha Hadid Architects show changes to the shape of the building, which has been altered following a budget cut (+ slideshow). More
Wim Crouwel designs typeface for Holland's FIFA World Cup 2014 kit
The Dutch team will take to the field for the second World Cup 2014 semi-final match today in a Nike kit featuring a bespoke typeface by graphic design legend Wim Crouwel. More
Aedas dumps UK business to focus on "high-density urban high-rise"
News: one of the world's biggest architecture practices has split in two so it can focus on bringing Asian-style high-density urban design to Seattle, New York, LA and London (+ interview). More
Maaike Roozenburg combines augmented reality and digital prototyping to create smart fakes
Dutch designer Maaike Roozenburg uses 3D printing to create replicas of antique objects enhanced with a layer of augmented reality information in her SmartReplicas project, reports Gabrielle Kennedy (+ 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
Josh Haywood creates temporary "temple" out of plywood for Burning Man Festival
An architecture graduate from the University of Westminster has designed a temporary plywood "temple" for the Burning Man festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert. More
"Everyone is becoming an expert in image-making" says photographer Cristobal Palma
Facebook, Instagram and Flickr are posing a serious challenge to professional photographers and changing the way architects work, says architectural photographer Cristobal Palma (+ interview + movie). More
Landesgartenschau Exhibition Hall is a plywood pavilion made by robots
News: a double-domed pavilion is the first building to have its main structure entirely made out of wooden panels created by robots, according to academics from the University of Stuttgart (+ slideshow). More
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World Cup footballers wear Battlepack boots by Adidas
England captain Steven Gerrard and Uruguay's Luis Suarez were both wearing football boots from Adidas' collection featuring a new "disruptive" design in their world cup clash last night. More
Self-obsessed teenagers inspire hair and spots themed fashion collection by Sibling
The "anti-culture uniform" of teenagers from cities around the world has been reinterpreted into a range of menswear for London fashion brand Sibling's latest collection. More
IKEA backtracks on legal take down of fan site for furniture hackers
News: IKEA has said it will rethink legal action against fan site IKEA Hackers, which publishes user modifications of furniture bought from the flat-pack giant. More