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Italian architect Renzo Piano has finished a major new park, library and theatre complex in Athens, following one of the largest donations for a cultural building project in history (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

US firm In Situ Studio has clad this rural North Carolina cabin in darkened wood and set it far back from the road to protect it from view (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

New York-based SHoP Architects has beaten Adjaye Associates and Snøhetta in a competition to design a centre for war veterans at Syracuse University (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Timber slats cover the walls and the windows of this house in Isfahan, Iran, allowing light to filter in without compromising the privacy of its occupants (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

EU referendum: architects and designers in the UK should stop complaining about the outcome of the EU referendum and instead start fighting for better post-Brexit policies for their industry, according to a former senior policy adviser to the government. (more…) View the full article

See the latest from our new and improved recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Marks Barfield Architects, Dattner Architects, and David Chipperfield, who won the prestigious commission for the new Nobel Center in Sweden (pictured). This is also the last chance to apply for roles with The Science Museum, Howe, and Acme. (more…) View the full article

The facade of this house in the Spanish town of Novelda is divided into three sections that are each angled to make the most of the available views and sunlight (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

International font company Monotype has brought the London Tube's 100-year-old typeface into the 21st century, adding the hashtag, at sign and lighter weights more suitable for digital use (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This riverside house in southeast England was designed by Sandy Rendel Architects with an upper storey clad entirely in weathering steel mesh, and a base of exposed concrete and glass (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Paris firm Belus & Hénocq Architectes has added a timber-clad educational centre and student dormitory to a boarding school, which sits in a landscaped park in the Saint-Denis area of Paris (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Zaha Hadid 1950-2016: British architect Amanda Levete explains why the BMW Central Building in Leipzig, Germany, is her favourite Zaha Hadid project in the next movie in our exclusive video series. (more…) View the full article

Designers Lanzavecchia + Wai are the latest to craft objects in coloured glass, producing bright blue tableware for online retailer Luisa Via Roma (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A large tree grows through the centre of this Amsterdam cold pressed juice shop, which local practice Standard Studio designed to reflect the city's hidden green spaces (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dutch design studio Waarmakers has used standard cardboard tubing to create a ceiling light that can be assembled from its own packaging (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

A concrete chapel raised above the tide of a Chinese beach was popular this week, so we've pinned dozens of picturesque chapels from our archive to a new Pinterest board. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more chapels in our archive View the full article

Circular openings form entrances and windows for this housing development in the Spanish town of Conil de la Frontera, designed by Seville studio Kauh (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Photo essay: Philadelphia-based photographer Mark Havens has captured the Modernist architecture and neon signage of motels in a New Jersey resort town, just before many were lost to condominium development (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Music: musician and director Kamiel Rongen mixed water and oil with paint, sugar, and even an air freshener to create a series of misty surreal landscapes for this music video (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Dining areas within this Melbourne restaurant are housed beneath individual pitched roofs, which local practice Biasol Design Studio added to give the space a "home away from home" feeling (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Brazilian firm Studio Colnaghi Arquitetura has completed a house in Xangrilá, Brazil, featuring a concrete-framed games room that projects out over a poolside terrace (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: 25 designs that offer a range of solutions for improving the lives of refugees living in urban environments have been shortlisted for the first What Design Can Do Refugee Challenge (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This week on Dezeen: architects and designers were left reeling this week following the UK's dramatic decision to sever ties with the European Union in Thursday's referendum. (more…) View the full article

New Zealand designer Mark Wilson has used a water jet cutter to create a steel knife with a purposefully irregular edge (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Milwaukee firm The Kubala Washatko Architects has renovated a Frank Lloyd Wright house near the city, adding a pool house that was informed by the home's original site plan (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Graduate shows 2016: Royal College of Art graduate Tessa Silva-Dawson has used cow's milk to create a natural alternative to plastic (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article