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Zaha Hadid Architects have designed two prototype villas for a site overlooking the historic town of Dubrovnik in Croatia. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Spanish firm Grupo Aranea have designed this apartment to sit on the roof of a house belonging to the client’s mother. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill have produced these images to illustrate their masterplan for a 375 hectare site in Danang, Vietnam, that is prone to frequent flooding. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: this next movie in our series filmed at the London Design Festival 2010 features curator Max Fraser talking about Lab Craft, an exhibition of work that marries craftsmanship with digital technology. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This jumbled house in India features an elevated steel tunnel, bridged corridors and a rooftop swimming pool on stilts. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Brazilian designers Humberto and Fernando Campana have completed their first hotel interior. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Dezeen Watch Store, Herman Miller and Fredrikson Stallard, plus there’s only one more week to apply for roles with Luchford APM, Sruli Recht, AECOM and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen in Israel: these high-heeled shoes that look like inflatable sex dolls are part of a collection of footwear by Tel Aviv designer Kobi Levi. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Norwegian architects Snøhetta have submitted plans for a Maggie’s Centre to provide cancer care facilities in Aberdeen, Scotland. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designers JamesPlumb present a solo show of their work in Geneva this month, including a three-piece suite made by inserting cast concrete seats between the carved frames of a reclaimed sofa and armchairs. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Cherry-shaped pendant lights hang from metal branches on the ceiling of the AS Aperitivo bar in Ljubljana by Slovenian designer Nika Zupanc. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Barcelona graphic design company Lo Siento has created a set of sculptural letters that can be read from all sides (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

This doughnut-shaped pavilion by Scottish artist Aeneas Wilder offers visitors a view across the landscape of Limburg, Belgium, from behind a ring of wooden slats (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A cross between a ladder and a staircase leads this week’s issue of Dezeen Mail, which also contains the latest news, jobs and readers’ comments. Read Dezeen Mail issue 117 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

News: a Chinese company plans to build the world’s tallest skyscraper in just seven months using pre-fabricated components slotted together like a Meccano toy. (more…) View the full article

The upper floors are stacked at right angles across garages at this fire station in the Netherlands by René van Zuuk Architekten. (more…) View the full article

The death of celebrated Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer this week has prompted a string of tributes from readers, while British architect Norman Foster declared him a hero and we looked back at some of his projects from around Brazil, including his career-defining Church of Saint Francis of Assisi (above). As usual, we’ve also chosen our track of the week from Dezeen Music Project. (more…) View the full article

News: the American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced 28 winners of this year's Institute Honor Awards, including projects by OMA, BIG and Kohn Pedersen Fox. (more...) View the full article

Google's new Tel Aviv headquarters include a meeting area filled with orange trees, workstations on a make-believe beach and slides connecting different floors (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Opinion: in this week's column, Sam Jacob argues that great architecture can't be evaluated in terms of money or cultural entertainment, but must "speak directly to ideology and love". (more...) View the full article

New York design studio FormNation has proposed a redesign for two US income tax forms to make them clearer and easier to use (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

New York studio HWKN has resurrected the nightclub of New York's popular gay resort Fire Island Pines inside an asymmetric pavilion with criss-crossing timber braces (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The rural Lo Barnechea commune in the north-eastern area of Santiago city is the setting for this small oak-clad house by architectural firm emA (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This week we reported on high-rise oddities, as a Benidorm skyscraper was rumoured to be built without a working lift and a fake mountain villa was ordered to be removed from the top of a Beijing tower. More architecture and design news follows, plus our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. (more...) View the full article

This towering commercial block in Ginza, Tokyo, by Amano Design Office features a faceted aluminium facade reminiscent of a crumpled-up sweet wrapper (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article