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Architecture studio Denizen Works has remodelled a north London house, transforming the "small dark bachelor pad" into a family home with a light-filled kitchen and dining space. (more…) View the full article

California's Salk Institute for Biological Studies is developing a plant that can store excess carbon dioxide in its roots, in a bid to curb the effects of climate change. Read more

Dezeen promotion: Riluxa has expanded its Corian surface material collection with an array of new colours to help users create vibrant yet minimal bathrooms. Read more View the full article

See the latest updates from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with LAVA, Marc Newson and MVRDV, whose Glass Farm shop and office complex disguised as an old farmhouse is pictured. This is also the last chance to apply for roles with Studio Urquiola, Marcel Wanders, Foster + Partners and more... (more...) View the full article

Dutch Design Week 2015: Dutch furniture designer Piet Hein Eek has joined the debate about whether non-architects should design buildings, saying most architects are "not interested" in construction. (more…) View the full article

Bright yellow spectator stands line the edge of this timber-framed sports hall in the Netherlands by Dutch firm Koppert + Koenis Architects (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Japanese tatami mats have been moved from off of the floor and onto the furniture in this collection by French designer José Lévy (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Dornbracht has unveiled a collection of spa-inspired bathroom fittings, including a massaging shower that targets three points of the spine and a tap designed for home facials. Read more View the full article

Architect Steven Holl has completed a concrete and glass art school at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, where students can relax in an outdoor sculpture park and a ramped roof garden. Read more View the full article

Amongst the bustling 24-hour shopping district of South Korea's capital city, Zaha Hadid has completed a 38,000-square-metre cultural complex with a twinkling aluminium facade (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: cantilevered holiday cabins in Norway, a faceted coastal sauna in Finland and a peculiar black house are among the winners of this year's A' Design Award and Competition. Read more View the full article

Concrete sound mirrors, used in the UK to intercept coastal attacks in the aftermath of the first world war, are captured in this photography series by Piercarclo Quecchia. Read more View the full article

News: Danish firm 3XN has been selected as preferred architect to design a new headquarters for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Switzerland. (more...) View the full article

Michael Arad, the architect behind New York's 9/11 Memorial, has revealed plans for a monument dedicated to the victims of a shooting massacre that took place at Charleston's Mother Emanuel AME Church. Read more View the full article

Swedish firm White Arkitekter has won a competition to design a sustainable housing development on a sloped, uninhabited hillside in the Faroe Islands. (more…) View the full article

Hundreds of circular apertures perforate the reinforced concrete walls of this office tower in Seoul by Korean studio Archium, designed to recreate the structural strength of honeycomb (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: architect and researcher Ammar Mirjan explains how drones could be programmed to construct buildings in the first of two movies about the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in architecture. (more…) View the full article

Breezeblocks form walls in this disaster relief shelter near Guatemala City by DEOC Arquitectos, which was proposed after the deadly eruption of Volcan de Fuego in 2018. Read more View the full article

Milan 2012: this cabinet that looks like scaled-up dolls’ house furniture by London designer Donna Wilson is on show with design brand SCP at MOST this week. (more…) View the full article

A hardware filter called Winston that users plug into their modem to protect their data has launched, in response to mounting concern over digital privacy and surveillance. Read more

Our US job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for interior designers at Robert A M Stern Architects, which led the design of the 15 Central Park West apartment block in New York (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Tokyo studio International Royal Architecture designed this seaside house with the “form of a pure white arrow”. (more…) View the full article

Canadian studio Lateral Office has installed 12 oversized seesaws that light up and make sounds on the streets of New York City's Garment District. Read more View the full article

This minimal concrete and glass pavilion in Flanders, Belgium, by Govaert & Vanhoutte Architectuurburo houses a visitor centre for the world's largest Commonwealth war cemetery, where 11,956 servicemen of the First World War are buried or commemorated (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A red "cannonball" pulley system is among the distinctive features of a 1950s beach house by American architect Paul Rudolph that will be auctioned off next week by Sotheby's. Read more View the full article