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French studio FREAKS freearchitects has renovated an apartment on the Rue de Rivoli in Paris, once the address of Napoleon I, so the architects decided to dress up as the former emperor for the photo shoot (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This week on Dezeen: leading architects including Norman Foster, Bjarke Ingels, Richard Rogers and Daniel Libeskind paid tribute to the late Zaha Hadid this week in an exclusive Dezeen movie. (more…) View the full article

News: Apple has agreed to pay Swiss railway operator SBB an undisclosed amount for copying its trademark station clock design (above) in the new iPad, reports Bloomberg. (more…) View the full article

This Kevlar rucksack with a built-in protective hood by Israeli designer Hila Raam is perfect for anyone who wants to go backpacking in a war zone. (more...) View the full article

Slideshow: American architect David Jameson has completed a two-storey house in Bethesda, Maryland, with white walls that look like pixellated blocks. (more…) View the full article

Product news: London studio PearsonLloyd has designed a range of plastic stacking chairs with colourful metal legs for Danish brand HOWE. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: the deadline to apply for this year’s A’ Design Award is 29 February. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Madrid-based designer Jorge Penadés has designed and fabricated a colourful shop for Spanish footwear brand Camper from simple perforated metal profiles. Read more View the full article

Earthy colours and soft materials feature in this veterinary facility by New York firm Islyn Studio, which is intended to ease the "stress and trauma often associated with vet's offices". Read more View the full article

Dutch Design Week 2014: these textiles by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Alexandra Stück are infused with different remedial herbal scents to make the wearer feel calm, focused or horny. (more...) View the full article

Skyscraper-shaped dildos and a sculptural butt plug are among the silicone erotic toys created by design studio Wolfgang & Hite to critique New York's high-end real estate projects. Read more

A+Awards: this community centre and mosque in Tehran by Kalout Architecture Studio, which won a 2016 Architizer A+Award, is designed to look like linking hands. Read more View the full article

Interior design studio Roman and Williams has installed cabinets inside its New York showroom that are filled with tchotchkes coloured to match a new paint palette by Farrow & Ball. Read more View the full article

Music: director Bradley Munkowitz used the infrared emitter from a Microsoft Kinect to cast the constellation-like patterns of light in this music video for American musician Tycho's latest single See. (more...) View the full article

London design studio Sella Concept used plush furnishings, grandiose light fixtures and a "sophisticated" colour palette to ditch the stereotypical aesthetic of startups inside this central London co-working space. Read more

OMA has won a competition to build The Link hotel and department store in Vienna, which will be topped by a series of public rooftop gardens. Read more

See the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with O'Donnell + Tuomey, Studio Arthur Casas and the AA School of Architecture, from which a group of students suspended a translucent pyramid from tree trunks (pictured). This is also the last chance to apply for roles with the RIBA, Allied Works Architecture, WilkinsonEyre and more... (more…) View the full article

This week we've selected the top roles on Dezeen Jobs for interior architects including vacancies at British fashion brand Burberry and global architecture firm Conran + Partners. Read more

We've selected five of the best architecture and design roles available via Dezeen Jobs this week, including positions with architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron and furniture brand Hem. Read more View the full article

This week we reported on Patrik Schumacher's rant against critics, proposals by Snohetta (pictured) and SANAA for a new Budapest museum, and all the highlights from Milan's annual design week. Read on to catch up with the latest architecture and design news. (more…) View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with MAD, G Star Raw and Philips, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Wikinson Eyre, Wanda Creative, Carpenters Workshop Gallery and more… (more…) View the full article

Terry Farrell and Nicholas Grimshaw built Park Road Apartments, which contained their own homes, in the 1970s. We continue our high-tech architecture series by looking at the metal-clad housing block. Read more View the full article

Cement-fibre panels that appear to have the same texture as an elephant's skin clad the exterior of this home that architect Sean Guess built for himself in Austin, Texas. Read more View the full article

A vision to transform the desolate Los Angeles River into a bustling oasis featuring cycle paths, play areas, public art and kayaking facilities features in the latest movie from our Dezeen x MINI Living video series. Read more View the full article

Design firms Bloco Arquitetos and Equipe Lamas used a mix of warm and cool materials in their refurbishment of a visitor centre in Brasília, designed by the late architect Oscar Niemeyer in the 1970s. Read more View the full article