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Students from the Bergen School of Architecture in Norway have constructed a school building in the village of Chimundo in Mozambique. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week, a survey conducted by Dezeen revealed a gender imbalance for the highest-ranking positions at the world's biggest architecture firms, which lead to a response from prominent female architects. Read more View the full article

This residential building for the riverbank in St. Petersburg by Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat has been approved for construction. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Artists Studio Job have sent us a couple of images of a lighting project they will present in collaboration with Dutch designer Pieke Bergmans for Italian gallery Dilmos in Milan next month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Romanian studio Square One have completed a clothing store in Bucharest with pointy display stands and a network of black electrical cables. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designer Julia Lohmann's Department of Seaweed is showing a pavilion made of kelp and rattan at the World Economic Forum conference in Davos, where world leaders have met this week. Read more View the full article

A pop-up Italian ice cream stall at St Martins Lane Hotel in London evokes the seaside with yellow beach huts and striped decking. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here are some photos of the completed Austrian pavilion by Viennese architects SPAN and Zeytinoglu, which opens at Shanghai Expo 2010 this weekend. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2010: Eindhoven designers Lanzavecchia + Wai presented their debut collection in Milan last month, featuring a range of furniture wrapped in brightly-coloured stretchy fabric. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Leather-bound blades displayed against chunky wooden blocks adorn the walls of a Finnish knife shop in Helsinki by designers Suunnittelutoimisto Amerikka. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Belgian design brand Quinze & Milan will present a sofa covered in pockets for backpack company Eastpak at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan next month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Production designer Lee Ha Jun created the house at the centre of the film Parasite based on a basic sketch drawn by director Bong Joon–Ho. In this interview, Jun explains how he designed the set that many people thought was a real house. Read more View the full article

Design students Leon Li and Ryan Ran have designed a range of wooden office furniture incorporating tree branches. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: architectural theorist Charles Jencks has written a new article for Blueprint magazine about the resurgence of postmodern architecture over the past twenty years, during which time other commentators claim it has become defunct. Jencks points to projects from the likes of Frank Gehry, Rem Koolhaas, Herzog & de Meuron and Santiago Calatrava as demonstrative of the continuing influence of postmodern ideas, which he claims have led to “the explosive growth in iconic buildings and landmark sculptures.” The V&A is currently hosting an exhibition of postmodern architecture and design and you can see all of our stories on postmodernism here. </img&g…

This concrete house in Hiedaira, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, by Kyoto firm Thomas Daniell Studio, is located next door to the house and studio we published on Dezeen last week (see our earlier story here). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Dezeen are proud to be media partners of The Tramshed, a new east London destination open 22-26 September during the London Design Festival. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This sculpture in the Netherlands countryside by Dutch designers Tjep. comprises a series of steel elements that when viewed from a certain point form the outline of a traditional farm building. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Design has not been valued in Africa for decades, says Nigerian interior designer Titi Ogufere, who has launched a design week in Lagos in a bid to change that. Read more

Something a bit seasonal: designer Rolf Sachs has fused two sledges together to make a coffee table. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designers PostlerFerguson presented this conceptual packaging for an airline meal at Belgrade Design Week last month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Brazilian designer Mauricio Arruda has designed a collection of storage units that house ubiquitous plastic crates. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: British design retailer SCP will host new product launches and a seven metre-high installation by Michael Marriott at their east London store as part of Shoreditch Design Triangle during the London Design Festival this month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Hungarian studio A+Z Design will present these cute lamps with squashed heads at Tent London during the London Design Festival next month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Gagosian are to open a new gallery in Paris, designed by London studio Caruso St. John and Paris architect Jean-Francois Bodin. (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 us at Dezeen, David Chipperfield and Marcel Wanders, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Fredrikson Stallard, Herman Miller and more… (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article