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Five years after the devastating Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, Klein Dytham Architecture has unveiled a community hall for recovering city Sōma, designed to look like a huge straw hat (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Business news: British luxury carmaker Aston Martin has set up a service to provide companies with design, engineering and manufacturing consultation. (more…) View the full article

Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a senior designer at Tom Dixon's Design Research Studio, which created the 1920s cruise liner-influenced interior for London's Mondrian Hotel (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

New York studio SHoP Architects and Dutch landscape firm West 8 have designed a new city quarter for Philadelphia that would extend the skyline beyond its traditional boundary, the Schuylkill River (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Exposed concrete is paired with white furnishings in this two-level Kyoto property that Japanese studio UME Architects has converted into a photographer's home and atelier (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Following the bankruptcy and collapse of Architecture for Humanity in 2015, local chapters have banded together to create a new organisation called Open Architecture Collaborative (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

The spaces behind the iconic illuminated signs of London's Piccadilly Circus are set to be occupied for the first time since the 1950s, as part of a renovation by Fletcher Priest Architects that includes a huge rooftop extension. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: the minimal Seconds watch is the first design from Nocs Atelier, a new company launched by Swedish audio brand Nocs. (more…) View the full article

Children's suitcase brand Trunki has lost its legal battle with Hong Kong rival Kiddee, after the UK's Supreme Court ruled that design rights had not been infringed. (more…) View the full article

BMW's shape-shifting concept vehicle, French architect Odile Decq's "bubble house" renovation (pictured) and Calais' Jungle refugee camp feature in the latest edition of Dezeen Mail. Read Dezeen Mail issue 296 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Italian fashion house Valentino has continued its collaboration with British architect David Chipperfield for its new flagship boutique on London's Old Bond Street (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Fibre-cement shingles cover this gabled barn in northeast France, which GENS: Association Libérale d'Architecture has converted into five apartments (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Optical light screens created mirrored rainbow effects at Dutch designer Iris van Herpen's Autumn Winter 2016 fashion show in Paris, which featured intricate garments that looked like soap bubbles (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Studio Alexander Fehre used different wall and ceiling finishes to define the spaces of this 45-square-metre flat in central London. (more…) View the full article

Reigning Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has described a proposed head-protection device fitted to the front of the racing cars as the "worst-looking" design modification in the sport's history. (more…) View the full article

Danish firm Henning Larsen Architects has unveiled designs for a beach-side pavilion in Rio de Janeiro, which will host sporting, music and culinary events during this year's Olympic Games. (more…) View the full article

The US Department of State has announced that Chicago-based Studio Gang Architects has been selected to create a new American embassy compound in Brasilia, the Brazilian capital city designed by planner Lucio Costa and architect Oscar Niemeyer. (more…) View the full article

Canadian studio Naturehumaine has used a palette of raw materials to emphasise the "structural guts" of the building that accommodates this Aesop store in Montreal (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Over 100 new tall buildings have been proposed for the British capital in the last year, but only a small number are actually being built, according to the latest industry research. (more…) View the full article

Architects and planners should study refugee camps like the Jungle in France, according to architecture undergraduate Sophie Flinder, who has completed a dissertation on the way the camp has become a fully functioning town with its own culture (+ transcript). (more…) View the full article

The A-frame exterior of this mountainside cabin in Whistler was designed by Canadian studio Scott and Scott to mimic neighbouring 1970s chalets. (more…) View the full article

London company Primo Toys has designed a "hands on" wooden play set that aims to teach three-year-old children the principles of coding without the use of screens (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Residents were invited to plan the layouts of these new homes in Manchester, England, as part of a pioneering housing project by property developer Urban Splash and architecture office ShedKM (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Zigzagging golden frames surround the facades of this apartment complex by DROO Projects, which is tucked behind a row of 19th-century shops in Melbourne's Hawthorn suburb (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Marking International Women's Day, design studio Muf has embarked on a project to transform a narrowboat into a touring cultural centre promoting contemporary female artists. (more…) View the full article