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Architecture studio dRMM created a visitor centre clad in salvaged wooden boards as part of its overhaul of a seaside pier in Hastings, England – one of six projects in the running for this year's Stirling Prize. Read more View the full article

One ring rules an entire augmented-reality interface in this project by Royal College of Art graduate Nat Martin. Read more View the full article

Architecture studio Elding Oscarson has added a Corten steel extension to the Skissernas Museum in Lund, Sweden, designed to open the building up to the adjacent sculpture park. Read more View the full article

Loughborough University graduate Benjamin Cullis Watson has designed a smell-free rubbish bin that can quickly compost waste from the kitchen. Read more View the full article

With a new exhibition on at the V&A spotlighting plywood, we've updated an existing Pinterest board to show the how adaptable the material is, with projects including IKEA hacks, curvy roofs and stitched wooden furniture. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › View the full article

This black woodland house on the outskirts of Seattle is set around a gravelled courtyard, which provides its residents with a secluded outdoor space safe from roaming elk. Read more View the full article

Local practice MNB Design Studio has refurbished an apartment in Hong Kong, adding a house-shaped wooden frame to section off the dining area. Read more View the full article

Architecture firm Arcgency has turned an industrial coal crane in a Copenhagen harbour into a luxury two-person retreat. Read more View the full article

Another Country's adjustable Work Series furniture is designed to combat perceptions of the office as "cold and clinical". Read more View the full article

One of the founders of 31/44 Architects has built his own London home, which is arranged around three courtyards to make it easy for domestic life to spill outdoors. Read more View the full article

This week on Dezeen, RIBA revealed the six projects shortlisted for this year's Stirling Prize, while IKEA unveiled its new collaboration with Hay. Read more View the full article

The owner of a construction company in Houston has collaborated with Seattle architects Suyama Peterson Deguchi to create a Japanese-influenced home that she built for herself. Read more View the full article

A survey of UK university applicants in 2017 has revealed that 14,000 fewer students are opting to enrol onto art and design courses than last year. Read more View the full article

Cascading balconies top this Brooklyn apartment block by American studio ODA, which is shown in a movie starring the design team throwing footballs, catching flowers and passing balloons between the terraces. Read more View the full article

Glass-walled pavilions at a California winery, Apple's new hijab emoji and BIG's latest building all feature in the latest edition of Dezeen Mail, our weekly newsletter. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail › View the full article

The Met's Comme des Garçons exhibition demonstrates how forward-thinking designers like Rei Kawakubo are using new digital crafts to manipulate both the body and architectural space, says Aaron Betsky in his latest Opinion column. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Pritzker Prize-winning studio RCR Arquitectes worked with Neolith sintered stone to create the colour-washed walls and surfaces inside the new restaurant of former elBulli head chef Albert Adrià. Read more View the full article

A huge school for Syrian refugees is set to be built at a camp in Jordan, using a modular and re-deployable construction system developed with the help of former Architecture for Humanity director Cameron Sinclair. Read more View the full article

In response to increasing electrical waste, design graduate Kasey Hou has developed a flat-pack toaster that can be easily repaired if it breaks down. Read more View the full article

The part of Oslo's government quarter damaged during the 2011 terrorist bombing will be replaced by one of two proposals – one by a team including Haptic and Nordic, and another by a team featuring A-Lab and LPO Architects. Read more View the full article

Sports brand Reebok has released a space boot designed specifically for astronauts taking part in an upcoming voyage to the International Space Station. Read more View the full article

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a press manager to join New York-based SHoP Architects, which recently completed a pair of "dancing" copper-clad luxury apartment towers in Manhattan. More › View the full article

A studio for photographer Juergen Teller, a new wing at the British Museum and a revived seaside pier are among the projects shortlisted for this year's Stirling Prize. Read more View the full article

As prefabricated buildings become increasingly prolific, Silicon Valley design-build firm Katerra hopes to revolutionise the construction industry by using a technology-driven and full-services approach to creating structures at a large scale. Read more View the full article

IKEA and Hay have released a set of images that show the full range of furniture and homeware products from their collaboration. Read more View the full article