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British architect Atkins has started work on a 460-metre-high skyscraper in Ho Chi Minh City, which is set to become the tallest building in Vietnam on completion. (more…) View the full article

See the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with David Chipperfield Architects, Blair + Mui Dowd Architects and MAD Architects, which designed the landscape-inspired Chaoyang Park Plaza that is under construction in Beijing (pictured). This is also the last chance to apply for roles with Virgin Atlantic, COS, AMT Coffee and more... (more…) View the full article

Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in this movie filmed at the Royal College of Art, graduate Morten Grønning explains how he adapted an electric kitchen knife to make a prototype glove for carving hard materials. (more…) View the full article

Mizuno Architecture Design has created a concrete office and conference facility for the employees of a tuna processing factory in the Japanese seaside town of Yaizu (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Israeli designer Ezri Tarazi has created a series of nine tables based on the cultural, religious and geographical diversity of Jerusalem (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Square windows and a matching door puncture the dark brick facade of this extension to a 1920s house in a Sydney suburb, designed by local office Tribe Studio (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Danish furniture brand Fritz Hansen has commissioned seven architects including Zaha Hadid, Jean Nouvel and Snøhetta to reimagine the Series 7 chair by Danish Modernist Arne Jacobsen, to celebrate the iconic product's 60th anniversary. (more…) View the full article

Interlinking stone slabs form this collection of side tables by multi-disciplinary studio AMOO, which set out to create furniture that clients would chose over Ikea products (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Triendl und Fessler Architekten has completed an affordable home in an Austrian village, featuring a hole in its centre that provides residents with a secluded garden courtyard (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The concrete roof of this cultural centre in the French town of Chasseneuil-du-Poitou slopes down to create a cantilevered canopy across the courtyard at its entrance (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This hanging acoustic panel system by Swedish design student Johanna Jacobson Backman has LEDs set into the underside to provide lighting for desks positioned below. (more…) View the full article

Music: a crow made of matches goes on an adventure through a paper landscape in singer-songwriter Gabriel Bömher's music video for his own track The Singing Gate (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Slate-covered walls frame this swimming pool created by architecture studio LAD in the grounds of an Italian villa, which offers swimmers views of the surrounding hills and valleys (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

This week on Dezeen: our roundup of this week's top stories kicks off with Zaha Hadid's mountain-top museum (pictured), and also includes Daniel Libeskind's pointy tower proposal for Jerusalem. (more…) View the full article

Amsterdam-based Occult Studio has designed the flagship store for eyewear brand Ace & Tate – installing wooden panels with peg holes that allow displays and mirrors to be easily moved around (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A sawtooth roof with integrated skylights and solar panels gives this library and cultural centre in Denmark an industrial aesthetic that references its location at an old furniture factory (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The top two floors of this office for Nestlé Waters in Beirut projects out by 15 metres to create a clear route below for trucks to access the warehouse next door (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

San Francisco-based BAR Architects has completed a California winery designed to match the colours and textures of its natural surroundings (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Our US job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for an architect at Blair + Mui Dowd Architects, which renovated the interior of Yves Saint Laurent's New York office headquarters and showrooms (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Weathering steel – often known by the brand name Corten – continues to remain popular with architects. The pre-rusted metal, which is created when chemicals are used to speed up the oxidisation process, has recently been used to clad a Brisbane community centre and a mountaintop family retreat. The rust forms a weatherproof layer of protection. See all our stories about weathering steel » View the full article

The architecture and design of the counterculture era has been overlooked, according to the curator of an upcoming exhibition dedicated to "Hippie Modernism" (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Italian studio Arabeschi di Latte and curator Jane Withers have installed a bar at London's Selfridges that invites visitors to "imagine life without the plastic water bottle" as part of an exhibition about ocean plastic (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Images have emerged revealing previously unreported plans for a visitor centre, including a rooftop observation deck and a shop, at the Foster + Partners-designed Apple Campus 2 in California. (more…) View the full article

This raw concrete house in Tokyo was designed by Japanese firm Apollo Architects & Associates as a family home for a couple whose interests include contemporary art and cars (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a 3D visualiser with architect David Chipperfield, who is reconfiguring the Royal Academy of Arts in London (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article