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Dezeen Showroom: British designer Ric Frampton has created an acoustic panel system for The Collective Agency that is informed by origami and made from plastic waste. Read more

Spanish practice Arquitecturia has completed a home in the Catalan town of Caldes de Malavella, which is comprised of six small buildings organised around a courtyard at its centre. Read more

Atelier Kaiser Shen has used straw bale-construction to create an interlocking semi-detached house in the village of Pfaffenhofen, Germany. Read more

Thanks to everyone who has already taken part in our competition to use AI image generators to design the artwork for Dezeen‘s next editorial series. If you haven’t yet, enter for the chance to win £1,000! Read more

Dezeen Showroom: Romanian brand Askia Furniture has released a modular storage system designed to enhance the versatility and utility of the Kameleon Office Booths. Read more

The simplest of structures, such as tents and huts, can teach architects lessons, British architect Norman Foster said in an exclusive interview at the Venice Architecture Biennale. Read more

The first sari to be worn at the Met Gala and sequins made from discarded X-ray film sourced from hospitals feature in the Offbeat Sari exhibition, which showcases around 60 contemporary saris at London’s Design Museum. Read more

The Dezeen team are reporting from the 18th international architecture biennale in Venice, curated by Lesley Lokko. Read on for all the coverage from the second day (Thursday 18 May) Read more

Japanese designer Keiji Ashizawa and Danish studio Norm Architects have unveiled their design for the Bellustar Tokyo hotel, which aims to evoke a sense of nature in the middle of Tokyo‘s urban Shinjuku district. Read more

The design arm of creative agency Mother has released a floating sofa with an integrated paddle and emergency flares as part of New York design week, in a tongue-in-cheek critique of climate change complacency. Read more