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Photographer Julien Lanoo has sent us these pictures of an archives centre designed by Paris studio LAN Architecture, which has an exterior of stainless steel studs set into earth-coloured concrete to reflect the colour and texture of the surrounding French landscape. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Tom Dixon, Thomas Heatherwick and Vitsœ, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Marcel Wanders and more. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These models by New York studio Boym Partners are used to unlock and download DJ Matthew Dear’s latest album, entitled Black City, and you can download a free track from the album here. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

University of Lincoln graduate Sebastian Cox has made a range of furniture from unseasoned coppiced hazel wood. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: architecture critic Rowan Moore says that a housing development built by the UK architecture show presenter Kevin McCloud’s company Hab is a positive attempt at reversing the trend for “unimaginative, overpriced, undersized” properties in the UK – The Guardian Moore describes the scheme in Swindon, England, as “imaginative and well-designed,” whilst cautioning that it will take time to determine whether McCloud’s goals of creating a community and “making people happy” have been achieved. He adds that the houses themselves are ”very plain-looking” and far removed from the aspirational properties that feature on Grand Designs. </img> </img> …

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Zaha Hadid Architects have completed the Riverside Museum in Glasgow with a zig-zagging, zinc-clad roof. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Earth is banked up to the ground floor windows of this residence in Hidaka, Japan, by Japanese architects Suppose Design Office. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’ve got together with design brand Republic of Fritz Hansen to give readers the chance to win a Kaiser Idell Luxus lamp worth £600. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with us at Dezeen, architects Matteo Thun & Partners and designer Marcel Wanders, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Herzog & De Meuron, Paul Cocksedge Studio, The Architectural Review and more… (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Beijing Design Week 2011: golden plates and cutlery become slowly submerged underwater when this table is set. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Fashion designer Iris van Herpen collaborated with New York company .MGX by Materialise and artist Daniel Wright to create this 3D printed breastplate. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Zaha Hadid Architects have completed this school that bridges a running track in Brixton, south London. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

White lighting tracks with red edging swoop across the ceiling in this Shanghai supermarket by Head Architecture of China. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This wire and concrete seating by London studio VW+BS for design brand Decode is one of ten benches to be exhibited by The Lollipop Shoppe during the London Design Festival next month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2010: Clemens Weisshaar & Reed Kram have installed eight robotic arms to scrawl messages from the public across the air in Trafalgar Square, and Dezeen readers can use a special VIP code to get their messages prioritised. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architect Alex Josephson, co-founder of Toronto studio Partisans, speaks to Dezeen in a live Screentime talk sponsored by Enscape as part of Virtual Design Festival. Watch the broadcast live from 2pm UK time. Read more View the full article

A series of lamps, tables and storage made by New York designer Stephen Burks in collaboration with basket weavers in a village outside of Dakar is on show at the Design Exchange in Toronto. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola presented this series of beech furniture for Italian brand Moroso at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French designer Julien Renault presented this chair with a circular frame at Interieur 2010 in Kortrijk last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French architect Jean Nouvel has designed a sprawling, stone-clad residential development for the outskirts of Quito that echoes its mountainous surroundings. Read more View the full article

Stockholm architects Mats Edlund and Henrietta Palmer have designed this timber cabin as part of a camping site in Hudiksvall, Sweden. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2010: British designer Jasper Morrison and Swiss watchmaker Rado have launched this timepiece with yellow detailing and a platinum shell and strap. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Translucent boxes propped up on a forest of steel rods display products by skincare brand Aesop at a Hong Kong fashion store. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Show RCA 2011: footwear designer Victoria Spruce presented these sculptural shoes at the Royal College of Art graduate show earlier this month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article