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Towels printed with designs from traditional maritime signalling flags are locked into place using ropes to form the seats of these wooden-framed deck chairs by ECAL graduate Júlia Esqué. (more...) View the full article

This house in the English countryside by London firm Wilkinson King Architects features red cedar cladding and a folded roof designed to evoke the line of hills on the horizon (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Swedish studio Tham & Videgård Arkitekter has unveiled plans for a row of high-rise apartment blocks constructed from timber that will tower over an old harbour in Stockholm. (more…)

This week Bjarke Ingels unveiled plans to enliven Battersea Power Station with electric sparks (after designing a power plant that blows smoke rings) while Henning Larsen completed a building with a moving facade. Here's a reminder of all our stories about architecture that moves, including a building that flaps its wings like a giant insect and a house with rotating bedrooms. See all our stories about moving architecture » [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

This week on Dezeen: London's Royal College of Art hit the headlines this week following the suspension of its world-famous Design Interactions course and supermodel Kate Moss (pictured right) announced her foray into interior design. (more…) View the full article

Music: audiovisual artist Kamiel Rongen used his own frozen urine to create visuals in the music video for Dutch musician Marle Thomson's debut track Levitation (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a senior designer at Tom Dixon's Design Research Studio, which created the 1920s cruise liner-influenced interior for London's Mondrian Hotel (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Sportswear brand Nike has opened a textile design studio in east London to develop new fabrics for its shoes and apparel. (more…) View the full article

Music: Bristol-based director Ruffmercy has combined archive footage of J Dilla with hand-drawn animation in the music video for the late American rapper's most recent posthumous track The Sickness (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena has used over 90 tonnes of waste generated by the Venice Art Biennale 2015 to create two introductory rooms for this year's architecture event (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Our job of the week on the new and improved Dezeen Jobs is for a senior designer to work with Dutch designer Piet Boon, who recently transformed a former military hospital chapel into a restaurant (pictured). Visit the ad for full details of the position or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

An American artist has turned the remains of legendary Mexican architect Luis Barragán into a diamond, and is offering to exchange the gem for the architect's professional archive, which is currently housed on the Vitra campus (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

British artist Conrad Shawcross has installed a 49-metre-high structure around the soon-to-be built chimneys of an energy centre on Greenwich Peninsula in southeast London (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Plans by former footballers Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs to build a luxury hotel and shopping centre in Manchester may be scuppered as the Twentieth Century Society seeks emergency heritage listing for a synagogue on the site. Read more View the full article

A+Awards: angular polycarbonate windows create tessellating shapes across the facade of this gymnasium in France's Champagné region, a winner at this year's Architizer A+Awards. Read more View the full article

The latest addition to the terrazzo trend is a set of speckled pedestal tables designed by furniture company Another Brand. Read more View the full article

This stone villa in Arizona by Los Angeles architect Marwan Al-Sayed was conceived as a succession of interior and exterior spaces that are organised around a central courtyard. Read more View the full article

Wind-catching towers emerge from the circular rippled roof of this brick and wood school building in Koudougou, Burkina Faso, which was designed by the architect of this year's Serpentine Pavilion, Diébédo Francis Kéré. Read more View the full article

Our pick of the best architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs this week include positions with designer Tom Dixon and architecture firms Marks Barfield and Benthem Crouwel Architects. Read more View the full article

A woman in Arizona has died after being struck by an autonomous vehicle; the first fatal accident between a pedestrian and a driverless car. Read more View the full article

A new amusement park in Japan will bring to life the worlds of Studio Ghibli, the Oscar-winning animation house known for its films Spirited Away and My Neighbour Totoro. Read more View the full article

A network of members-only co-living spaces branded Norm have launched in spots across Europe and the US, which are designed to train guests in the "art of conversation". Read more View the full article

We've updated our Pinterest board dedicated to shingles, including a pavilion in the grounds of Japan's Shinshoji Zen Museum with a contoured form and a cedar-clad residence connected by a breezeway in Maine. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › View the full article

Hundreds of chateaux have been abandoned at the Burj Al Babas luxury housing development in central Turkey, after its developer filed for bankruptcy, as shown in this drone footage. Read more

From an isolated house in a Californian nature reserve, to a rural house in China that encourages villagers to be self-sufficient, here are 10 off-grid homes where people are living sustainably. Read more