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Dezeen School Shows: a remote-controlled vehicle powered by rubber bands is included in Dezeen’s latest school show by Design Institute of Australia. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: British designer Samuel Wilkinson collaborated with Thai timber brand Deesawat on a collection of table and benches that take a contemporary and minimal approach to teak wood furniture. Read more

London studio Coffey Architects has completed Modern Barn, a home in Dorset, UK, that mimics a cluster of timber-clad barns in order to blend in with the surrounding landscape. Read more

Nineteen neighbourhoods constructed with local materials will define Sultan Haitham City, a metropolis for 100,000 residents that London studio Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is designing in Oman. Read more

Discussions about planning and urbanism are awash with talk of « placemaking » but the term remains strangely and troublingly opaque, writes Reinier de Graaf. Read more

Dutch firm UNStudio has revealed its design for New Heart, two high-rises that will sit at the centre of a new development in Düsseldorf, Germany, and feature staggered terraces and a bright-orange bridge. Read more

Dezeen has announced the 235 projects longlisted for this year’s Dezeen Awards in the architecture categories, including buildings by Santiago Calatrava, Renzo Piano and MAD Architects. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: a portable table lamp designed to enhance the atmosphere of dining environments by mimicking candlelight is among nine new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. Read more

Palestinian architects AAU Anastas have built a production facility and cultural hub in Bethlehem called The Wonder Cabinet, which brings together the many strands of their cross-disciplinary practice and includes a radio station and restaurant. Read more

Promotion: ergonomic furniture brand Humanscale has updated some of its classic task and conference chair designs for the Meeting Collection, which focuses on flexible seating to suit a range of uses and users. Read more