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Architectural photographer Fernando Guerra has sent us some images of a house and studio in Oporto, Portugal that architect Álvaro Siza Álvaro Leite Siza designed and built for himself. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

ArkDes, Sweden's national centre for architecture and design, hosts a virtual 360-degree vernissage for the premiere of its new exhibition Kiruna Forever in the first part of today's VDF x ArkDes collaboration. Tune in from 11:00am UK time for the tour. Read more View the full article

The Church of the Penitent Thief in Bologna, Italy, is housed in a gabled white volume cleaved in two by a glazed crack and was built with the help of inmates of La Dozza prison. Read more View the full article

Folds, pleats and tucks in this suit by graduate designer Carolina Reis exaggerate the movements of its wearer. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Grey and white blinds create a chequerboard pattern against the facade of this Barcelona school by MMDM Arquitectes. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

See the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, SCP Contracts and Heatherwick Studio, whose proposal for a pedestrian garden bridge to span the River Thames is pictured. This is also the last chance to apply for roles with Marc Newson, Lee Broom, Jerry Tate Architects and more... (more...) View the full article

The London Design Festival may be over but Dezeen Space is still open at 54 Rivington Street, London EC2A 3QN until 16 October. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: designer Andre Fu is one of the judges of the Inside awards. Here he talks about the Upper House Hotel he designed in Hong Kong plus the importance of calm and comfort in an interior. Watch the movie » Dezeen readers can save 25% on the price of entering the Inside awards and attending the festival in Barcelona from 2-4 November – simply quote VIP code DEZEEN when entering online atwww.insidefestival.com. Entries close on 30 June. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll down for all the latest from Dezeenjobs, including positions with Studio Greg Lynn in Vienna, architects UNStudio in Shanghai and Amsterdam, furniture brand Vitsoe and designers Cinimod Studio in London. This is also the last chance to apply to work with architects Studio Octopi, Established & Sons and more… (more…) </img></img> </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> …

Show RCA 2011: to continue our series of graduate projects from the Royal College of Art, here’s a stool by Jack Smith that collapses when its seat is lifted. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Readers have been discussing “the abundance of introverted architecture that is coming out of Japan” recently, so here’s another Japanese house that blocks all views to and from the street but still draws light and air inside. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: photographer Cristobal Palma has sent us these photographs and an extended movie showing how children playing on roundabouts generate electrical power to illuminate three twirling parasols at an installation by Spanish studio Clavel Arquitectos in a Shenzhen public square. Watch the movie » (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Space: today at Dezeen Platform, Portuguese designer Manuel Netto presents a lamp that can only be turned on by moving the bulb. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Based on a Japanese puzzle, the legs of this table by German design studio DING3000 knot together to create support for the blue glass tabletop. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Map enthusiast and researcher Kerim Bayer has drawn from his collection of 1,366 maps to create a graphic-design book containing 5,180 thumbnail images. Read more View the full article

This week we've selected four architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs based in the US, including vacancies at studios Apparatus and HGA. Read more

Product design graduate Amila Hrustić of Bosnia and Herzegovina has created a collection of dresses embellished with clustered geometric shapes. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Our most popular story this week has been a house in Portugal with railway sleepers that cantilever from the wall to form a staircase. Read on for more architecture and design highlights from the past seven days plus our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. (more...) View the full article

Holiday homes and hotels that also function as shoppable furniture showrooms are growing in popularity. Here are five examples including a Copenhagen hotel, a Melbourne apartment and a Hamptons house. Read more View the full article

This house in Zellerndorf, Austria, by Vienna studio Franz Architekten comprises three separate units linked by glass passages. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French designers Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec will present a collection of rugs for Spanish brand Nanimarquina at Maison & Objet in Paris this month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The moment has arrived! Winners of the 30 Dezeen Awards project categories will be announced this week, starting tomorrow with the architecture categories. Read more

Dezeen readers were surprised to discover that David Bowie was an extensive collector of Memphis furniture last week, and speculated how much his collection will sell for in our comments section this week. Read more View the full article

At Interieur 2010 in Kortrijk this week Amsterdam architects UNStudio present a set of two tables that incorporate upholstered seats. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article