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Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an architect at Aesop – the Melbourne-based skin and haircare brand with a wide array of clever store designs, including an amphitheatre-inspired space by Snøhetta (pictured). More › View the full article

Design events that had planned to exhibit in Milan during Salone del Mobile are revising their plans after the furniture fair switched from its traditional April slot to 16-21 June due to coronavirus. Read more View the full article

Container ships could be converted into giant hospitals that could sail to cities most impacted by coronavirus, under a proposal by UK architecture studio Weston Williamson + Partners. Read more View the full article

Fuglemyrhytta is a self-service cabin designed by Snøhetta for walkers trekking near Vettakollen, Norway, to take advantage of the views across the Oslofjord. Read more

Opinion: show flats for residential developments don't just tell us about a developer's dream demographic – they have the potential to turn a sales fantasy into part of the city's built fabric, says Sam Jacob. (more...) View the full article

Portuguese practice António Costa Lima Arquitectos has inserted a perforated, lattice-like brick volume into the stone shell of a former warehouse to create this new home along Lisbon's waterfront. Read more View the full article

Jonathan Bocca introduces the Essenza lighting collection as part of VDF's collaboration with Ventura Projects. Read more View the full article

DNK Architecture Group has turned a former furniture factory in Moscow into apartments, replacing prefabricated concrete panel cladding with hand-made bricks. Read more

Shimmering aluminium panels are ridged like the top surfaces of bricks on the exterior of this country house in upstate New York by architects Grzywinski + Pons (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The government in Italy has closed all non-essential factories as the country has become the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more View the full article

Swiss architects Bureau A have created decorative steel gates to discourage nocturnal “illegal activities” in the entrance to their Geneva studio. (more…) View the full article

Clerkenwell Design Week takes place in London next week and Dezeen Watch Store will once again pop up at the Farmiloe Building at 34 St John Street, the event’s main venue. (more…) View the full article

Portuguese architect Miguel Marcelino has completed a rural family house with red concrete walls and three separate terraces. (more…) View the full article

An appeal has been launched for the 305.3-metre-high Tulip tower designed by Foster + Partners, which was blocked by London's mayor Sadiq Khan last year. Read more View the full article

Our review of the year continues with October, during which the design of Zaha Hadid's stadium for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics was set to be scaled back after a number of high-profile architects rallied against its colossal size. (more...) View the full article

This kit launched by Belgian designer Laurence Humier includes sets of containers filled with materials that children can mix together to learn simple chemical reactions. (more...) View the full article

Circular economy champion Ellen MacArthur has called on designers to help transform the global economy along sustainable lines. Read more

Five years ago this week the Zaha Hadid – Architecture and Design exhibition opened at the Design Museum in London and Dezeen were reporting live from the show as well as running the exhibition blog. (more…) View the full article

This combined champagne and canapé holder by Belgian designer Vincent Olm can be inverted to stand upright on a table top. (more…) View the full article

Polish architect Jakub Szczesny claims to have built the world’s narrowest house, just 122 centimetres across at its widest point. (more…) View the full article

Swedish brand Voice has a launched a collection of "fundamental" furniture for the modern home, based on the concept of basics in fashion. Read more View the full article

Architecture firm Tham & Videgård has turned a former Stockholm design college into a members club that aims to make creative professionals feel "a little spoiled". Read more View the full article

Rio 2016: a 2.5 million-square-metre area west of Rio de Janeiro has been transformed by Brazilian firm Vigliecca & Associados to become one of two major locations during the city's Olympic and Paralympic games (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

New York studio Ray Kingston Inc. has developed a wireless speaker that you wear over your sneakers. (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival 2013: Dezeen Watch Store will be popping up at designjunction in central London from tomorrow. The store will debut a selection of men's watches from the new Nixon S13-3 collection. (more...) View the full article