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Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with us at Dezeen, Form Us With Love, and Faye Toogood, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Edmund Sumner, Dezeen and more… (more…) View the full article

A hotel designed by famed Brazilian modernist Oscar Niemeyer has reopened as a luxury resort in Rio de Janeiro, after being closed for over 20 years. Read more View the full article

News: French architect Jean Nouvel will curate an exhibition of office spaces in Milan in April, presenting a range of scenarios to replace the "grey cultural world" of purpose-built offices (+ interview). (more...) View the full article

British designer Jasper Morrison has created a home for a fictional inhabitant inside the VitraHaus in Germany. Read more View the full article

Dezeen archive: this week one of our most popular stories was about a robot that builds architectural structures from sand (bottom left), so our latest archive is all about sand. See all all the stories » See all the archive stories » View the full article

American architect Eric J Smith has used stone, oak and glass in this poet's writing studio, to "reinforce its sense of belonging" in the Connecticut woods. 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

A colourful cashmere sofa, bronze chandeliers and stained-glass sculptures are among the mix of plush and sculptural objects American designer Misha Kahn is displaying at New York gallery Friedman Benda. Read more View the full article

London Design Festival 2013: British design brand Noble & Wood is presenting its debut collection of crafted furniture and products at designjunction this week (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The first products from new Danish design brand Herman Cph include a series of side tables with oak tops and slender steel legs (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This exclusive photography by Monica Nouwens captures the razing of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, as part of controversial plans to redevelop the site with a Peter Zumthor-designed building. Read more View the full article

A bubblegum-pink corridor and a forest green kitchen feature inside this Bilbao apartment, which architecture studio Azab has brightened up with bold hues. Read more View the full article

Dezeenwire: Alice Rawsthorn takes a look at the colour trends companies have forecast for this year and why they’re likely to be a self-fulfilling prophecy - New York Times </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese architect Hiroyuki Tanaka designed the structure of this table based on the roof and pillar systems of ancient temples. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The top stories on Dezeen this week are all about slides, skyscrapers and animal products. (more…) View the full article

VDF products fair: The flexible Plug & Light fixture by Jung features a magnetic LED that can be rotated, removed and replaced Read more View the full article

We’ve teamed up with London designers BarberOsgerby to give away five signed copies of their new monograph The Design Work of Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: The Telegraph has confirmed that UK magazine Design Week is to close, as reported by Dezeen earlier today. New Media Age magazine will also close, although the websites of both titles will continue. Dezeen understands that Design Week editor Lynda Relph-Knight and most of her editorial team have been made redundant. Read The Telegraph’s story | Read our earlier story </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2012: in response to the growing number of freelancers looking for workspaces outside of their homes, London studio Aberrant Architecture have created pub tables that can be adapted into desks by day and games tables by night. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: in her latest article for The New York Times, design critic Alice Rawsthorn explains how Dutch designer Aldo Bakker‘s expressive process and relentless attention to detail make him “one of the new wave of designers who could be called design-auteurs” – The New York Times Bakker’s products and furniture perform simple functions in ways that Rawsthorn says demonstrate “a quiet confidence, as if every element has been resolved with nothing left to chance.” Bakker says of his creative methods, which can lead to each product taking years to develop: “I love having the freedom to pay attention to every detail in my work, no matter how crazy.” See designs by Ald…

Tiny dimples and raised dots cover these ceramic tiles by French designers Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: plans for a 40-storey tower designed by British architect Richard Rogers to sit on top of the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York have been shelved following the Chinese backer’s decision to pull out – The New York Times See a skyscraper in London completed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners earlier this year. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: here’s a live stream of a debate with all seven partners of architects OMA, taking place at the Barbican Art Gallery in London tonight. Watch the live stream on Dezeen Screen » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch designer Marcel Wanders has exhibited a plastic water bottle he used for three months at an exhibition promoting recycled plastic objects in Milan. Read more

London Design Festival 2011: designers Max Frommeld and Arno Mathies showed off their folding boat that’s made from a single, standard-sized sheet of plastic at Multiplex at The Dock last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article