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Graduate shows 2016: architecture graduate Kit Stiby Harris has proposed relocating the "fake" Parthenon from Athens to the British Museum in London. (more…) View the full article

Our US job of the week on the new and improved Dezeen Jobs website is for an architect to work on affordable housing projects at New York-based Dattner Architects, which designed the mixed-use 425 Grand Concourse residential development in The Bronx (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Traditional wilderness huts inspired this bar and kitchen in Adelaide, designed by local office Sans Arc Studio to slot into a narrow alleyway. (more…) View the full article

In this movie, Karen Hennessy of the Design & Crafts Council of Ireland reflects on the achievements of the Irish Design 2015 initiative, which promoted the work of Irish architects and designers around the world. (more…) View the full article

Brooklyn's Bushwick neighbourhood is set to receive a vast housing development designed as a "European village" by architecture firm ODA New York (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: Hong Kong-based brand VOID is launching its first women's watch and popular unisex timepiece in a new colour combination. (more…) View the full article

EU referendum: the UK's architects and designers have been left reeling by the results of yesterday's referendum, in which the country voted to leave the European Union. (more…) View the full article

Spanish studio PYO Arquitectos has removed some of the internal walls in a Madrid flat to make it less segregated and bring in more light (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Graduate shows 2016: Royal College of Art graduate Ted Hunt has designed a search engine that allows users to search the web using principles based on the Socratic method. (more…) View the full article

Beijing studio Vector Architects has built a concrete chapel on a Chinese beach, but raised it up above the sands so that seawater can wash underneath (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

San Francisco firm Terry & Terry Architecture has transformed a century-old brick building into a design agency's headquarters, adding a second level that features a folding glass wall and roof terrace (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Graduate shows 2016: a toaster that sneezes out bread crumbs and a vacuum cleaner that poos when it's full are among a range of "cute" products created by Royal College of Art graduate Hyerim Shin (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

An early 20th-century pier in central Montreal is to receive an overhaul by local firm Provencher Roy, which will add a towering beacon and a public promenade (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Architecture studio OMA has completed its extension to the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Quebec, which features a stack of stepped galleries and a protruding, angular staircase. (more…) View the full article

Floating saffron-coloured pathways on Italy's Lake Iseo (pictured), updates on the UK's European Union referendum and the opening of Herzog & de Meuron's Tate Modern extension feature in this week's Dezeen Mail. Read Dezeen Mail issue 311 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Italian luxury brand Molteni has opened a flagship showroom in the Iranian capital, describing itself as a "pioneer" for design companies moving into the country following the lifting of trade embargoes earlier this year. (more…) View the full article

As the UK goes to the polls to decide whether it should stay a member of the European Union, we've rounded up all of our stories looking at how the outcome will affect the architecture and design industries. See Dezeen's coverage of the EU referendum » View the full article

Graduate shows 2016: Central Saint Martins student Mi Zhang has used dust from a prominent quarrying town in China to create a collection of colourful vessels (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

The Royal Institute of British Architects has revealed the 46 winners of its national awards, including a library covered in weathering steel, a bulbous blue drawing studio and Damien Hirst's London gallery (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Students in a design-build program at the Southern California Institute of Architecture have completed a house in a crime-ridden area of Los Angeles, with features included to help occupants feel "safe and secure" (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Graduate shows 2016: Taiwanese designer Shawn Yang has created a giant version of a Spirograph toy that makes three-dimensional patterns on homeware (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Our second roundup of houses from different US states focuses on Massachusetts, where some of the best homes we've featured include a sculptural weekend home (pictured) and a translucent plastic building with giant shutters on wheels (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A gold pyramid and a suspended rock face feature in British artist Anish Kapoor's abstract set design for the English National Opera's production of Tristan and Isolde (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Leading UK architects and designers will vote overwhelmingly to remain in tomorrow's EU referendum, according to a straw poll conducted by Dezeen, with figures including David Chipperfield and Ron Arad explaining how they will vote and why. (more…) View the full article

Iranian studio Next Office has completed a house in Tehran that splits in the middle to create two curvy wings (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article