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Dezeen Wire: London’s Barbican Art Gallery will broadcast a live stream of a debate featuring all seven partners of architecture practice OMA in public conversation for the first time ever at 7pm this evening. The discussion will be chaired by Tate Modern director Chris Dercon. Click here to watch it via the Barbican’s Facebook page. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: the Design Council in the UK have announced a new Board of Trustees, following their merger with CABE in April. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Luxembourg firm Dagli+ Atelier d’Architecture have completed an office located on a rooftop in Dudelange, Luxembourg. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This multi-purpose sports hall by Parisian studio AP 5 Architects has shutters in the facade to open the lower part of the building. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Foreign Office Architects have completed the new tile-covered campus for Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication, located on the Greenwich Peninsula in London. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architecture and design collective Edit has designed a vacuum cleaner that requires three people to operate as a feminist thought experiment to draw attention to women's unwaged domestic labour. Read more

Self-driving cars should swerve to protect young people over the elderly and humans over animals, according to the Moral Machine survey of more than two million people, conducted by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Vello Bike is an ultra-light bicycle developed by Valentin Vodev, which can be folded into a portable size in seconds. Read more View the full article

A plywood storage wall stores and displays furniture, ingredients and cooking apparatus at this Paris culinary workshop by architecture studio Septembre (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Our selection of the best opportunities in architecture, interiors and design on Dezeen Jobs this week includes positions at Skidmore Ownings & Merrill and 3XN Architects. Read more

Studio Joanna Laajisto used local materials to fashion the pared-back interior of this womenswear shop in Helsinki, which has been revamped to compete with online shopping. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Wire: England footballer Wayne Rooney has hired architects Pulmann Associates to design a shed in the garden of his £4 million home – The Sun </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A bevelled cantilever contains the living room of this house in Nagoya, Japan, by architects Studio SKLIM. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London's Aram Gallery has put together an exhibition of conceptual products that highlight visitors' dependance on digital communication, including a selfie-taking robot and a plugin that reports on internet usage patterns (+ slideshow). (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

This pharmacy in Athens by Greek studio KLab Architecture has a branching facade and green panels suspended from the ceiling inside. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The BBC has apologised to Zaha Hadid after the architect cut short a live radio interview over poorly researched questions. (more…) View the full article

New York design agency Sagmeister & Walsh has created an animated visual identity for cloud software management brand Fugue that responds to touch and sound (+ movie). (more…)

Unable to prevent revellers urinating against their trees, Roskilde Festival in Denmark installed tree-mounted urinals by Dutch designers Aandeboom. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: while Dezeen prepares for the 2011 London Design Festival, here’s a previously unseen interview we filmed with Spanish designer Jaime Hayón during last year’s festival. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Japanese kimono dresses informed the design of this bed-like sofa by Spanish brand Sancal, which features quilted fabric covers ideal for afternoon napping. Read more View the full article

Qubique 2011: this light by German collective llot llov can be adjusted by hooking the shade onto one of a string of twenty turned wooden balls. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Canadian architecture studio Office Ou has surrounded a detached garage in Toronto with glass doors and windows to convert it into a multifunctional space. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Scenario by Italian brand MCZ is a combined TV and fireplace. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Photographer Roland Halbe has sent us these images of an extension to a museum inside a ruined castle in Halle, Germany, by Spanish studio Niento Sobejano Arquitectos. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article