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The latest issue of Dezeen Mail leads with “breathtaking” mountain lookouts (above) and includes interviews with Steven Holl and Jaime Hayon, plus new jobs, competitions and music. Read Dezeen Mail issue 109 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Chilean architect Gonzalo Claro has renovated a family home in Santiago, reducing the ground floor footprint but adding a level for bedrooms. Read more View the full article

US firm Chen + Suchart Studio has renovated and expanded a 1930s dwelling in Phoenix, Arizona, adding a metal-clad volume with a window wall and a pointy roof (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

One of our most-clicked recent stories is the Zayed National Museum by Foster + Partners, so this week here’s a roundup of all the museums we’ve published on Dezeen. See all the stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Show RCA 2011: Royal College of Art graduate Ariane Prin uses waste from college workshops as the raw material for her on-site pencil factory (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: users can pin their own paper shades onto this cork light fitting by London design studio Raw Edges for Portugese brand Materia. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll down for the latest update from our recruitment site Dezeenjobs, including jobs with United Nude in China, UXUS in Amsterdam and Xindao in Shanghai, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles at Levi Strauss, 1508 London and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

TTC Elite Saigon Kindergarten in Ho Chi Minh City by Kientruc O has a playful facade decorated with colourful patterns and irregularly shaped windows. Read more

Light colours and glass walls create the illusion of extra space within this Bauhaus apartment in Tel Aviv, which has been refurbished by architect Amir Navon of Studio 6b Design School and interior designer Maayan Zusman. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: we’re clearing space for our summer collection and Dezeen Watch Store is having a spring sale! Save 20% on many great watches including Jak by Karim Rashid for Alessi and An Alarm by Industrial Facility (below). Read on for more details or visit the sale: (more…) View the full article

Japanese architect Masato Sekiya has slotted one timber structure inside another to construct a law firm in Nara. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Local practice MNB Design Studio has refurbished an apartment in Hong Kong, adding a house-shaped wooden frame to section off the dining area. Read more View the full article

Dezeen is giving five readers the chance to win an activity book filled with briefs to complete drawings of urban architecture. Read more View the full article

Architects Foster + Partners have completed a production centre for British sports car brand McLaren. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Swiss watchmakers Tudor present two models in their 2010 collection, including the Tudor Heritage Chrono (above). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

See the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Studio Weave, Heatherwick Studio and Waugh Thistleton Architects, one of the studios pioneering the construction of timber-framed high-rises (pictured). This is also the last chance to apply for roles with Hawkins\Brown Architects, UNStudio, RIBA and more... (more…) View the full article

Greek firm Point Supreme Architects have completed an installation for a gallery in Athens that is a half-size replica of the room in which it sits. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The six shortlisted entries in the RIBA competition to design new electricity pylons for the UK have been announced. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Waugh Thistleton Architects has proposed creating 6,500 mobile vaccination centres in shipping containers that could travel around the UK and immunise the entire population against coronavirus in 16 weeks. Read more View the full article

This huge nest with a retractable staircase by Swedish designers Inrednin Gsgruppen forms part of a hotel in the trees in northern Sweden. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese studio Yutaka Yoshida Architect & Associates have completed this concrete family home in Hiroshima, Japan. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week on Dezeen, London's best new home extensions and renovations were revealed in the shortlist for this year's Don't Move, Improve! competition. Read more View the full article

Interiors studio Esoteriko has selected light colours and natural materials for every room in this house in Sydney, apart from one bright blue bedroom. Read more View the full article

A grid of timber louvres screens the end facades of this Japanese house by architects AE5 Partners. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Space: Estonian graphic designer Evelin Kasikov takes her place at our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space today. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article