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Weathered cedar covers this Vermont house, which local studio Birdseye Design built into a grassy slope to take cues from nearby barns. Read more View the full article

Scroll down for the latest update from our recruitment site Dezeenjobs, including jobs with Levi Strauss in Brussels, Arata Isozaki & Associates in Shanghai and 1508 London, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles at UXUS, David Collins Studio, Hubert Zandberg Interiors and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: this movie shows how Dutch designers Rietveld Landscape placed rows of flaming torches inside an abandoned building so that it would appear to be on fire, before inviting visitors inside. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Paris studio Plan01 Architects have completed a crematorium in Rennes, France, featuring a series of circular structures surrounded by a ring of granite blocks. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French studio Tracks Architectes has built a cinema fronted by an irregular arched colonnade in the grounds of a former convent in the town of Riom, central France. Read more View the full article

Architecture firm Kokaistudios have completed a new building housing the faculty of law at Peking University in Beijing. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A bright white canopy undulates above the glazed walls of this chapel outside Cape Town, framing views right through it to scenic mountains, vineyards and pomegranate orchards. Read more View the full article

This school in Porto by Portuguese studio AVA Architects has lime green walls inside and out, and is filled with green furniture. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This shopping centre by Mexican firm Rojkind Arquitectos is nearing completion in Huixquilucan, Mexico. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

VDF products fair: Antique German leather trousers are reclaimed to form the upper of the Triglav Lederhosen shoes by Berlin designer Matthias Winkler. Read more View the full article

Elliott Architects has designed this barn-like house in the Tyne Valley, England, with double-height living space beneath a steep gable ceiling. Read more View the full article

New York practice John Puttick Associates has won the competition to redevelop the Brutalist 1960s bus station in Preston, England, with a design that features a rooftop football pitch, a climbing wall and a skate park. (more…) View the full article

Dezeenwire: Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs will interview designers Werner Aisslinger, Mathias Hahn and the [D3] Contest winners live on stage from 12.30 in the The Ramazzotti D3 Lounge at imm Cologne today, as part of our Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents series. The interviews will be broadcast on Dezeen at a later date. More info plus the full schedule in our earlier story. See films of all the Dezeentalks at last year’s fair here. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen and Anneloes van Gaalen, author of Never Use More Than Two Different Typefaces And 50 Other Ridiculous Typography Rules, have teamed up to offer readers the chance to win one of five copies. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: new plans by Dixon Jones, Squire & Partners and Kim Wilkie to redevelop the controversial Chelsea Barracks site in central London have been approved by Westminster Council - BBC Developer Qatari Diar withdrew its earlier plan by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners in 2009, following criticism of the design from Prince Charles. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2010: London brand Uniform Wares have launched their second collection of watches – come and try one on at our Dezeen Watch Store pop-up at the The Tramshed in east London this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

New York studio Worrell Yeung has overhauled an awkwardly shaped apartment inside a landmarked hotel in the city, adding decorative marble and brass to reference its history, and a curved plaster hallway to clean up the layout. Read more View the full article

This week MVRDV caused a commotion by designing two towers engulfed in a pixellated cloud that put readers in mind of the World Trade Centre’s destruction on September 11. Meanwhile UNStudio unveiled designs for a Singapore skyscraper with chunks missing from its facade. Artist Olafur Eliasson designed fort-like banking headquarters to rise out of the sea and Thomas Heatherwick completed a Hong Kong shopping centre with waves of stone parting either side of the entrance. On Dezeen Wire Herman Hertzberger was named as the recipient of this year’s Royal Gold Medal for architecture – we’ve rounded up his key projects here - and a sci-fi animation about robots took home o…

US firm Woodhouse Tinucci Architects has spruced up reading room in the University of Chicago's Joseph Regenstein Library, a 1970s building originally designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Read more View the full article

Ghana's first Building Code marks a pivotal moment for architecture and construction in the country, says Ghanian British architect David Adjaye. Read more

Simon Astridge has used pigmented concrete to create the pink facade of this extension to a north London house, accenting the warm-toned colours found in the existing brick walls. Read more View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Klein Dytham architecture, Swatch and Studio Octopi, whose projects include an office with a mysterious dark tunnel (pictured). Plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with ING Media, Philippe Starck, Wilkinson Eyre Architects and more... (more...) View the full article

Concertinaed paper-like ribbons swoop through an exhibition about performance art and movement designed by London firm Amanda Levete Architects at the Hayward Gallery in London. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this Dezeen movie designer Paul Priestman, one of the judges of the Inside awards, talks about current trends in hotel design. 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

This month the World Architecture Festival and Inside Festival are taking place in Singapore (pictured). We've also updated the World Design Guide to feature four new events coming up this year. (more...) View the full article