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V&A director Tristram Hunt has announced that the museum will spearhead a campaign to get more children taking design and technology subjects at GCSE level in the UK. Read more View the full article

Dutch studio DoepelStrijkers incorporated a variety of innovative sustainable concepts into this multipurpose space at the offices of a bank in Amsterdam. Read more View the full article

New Mexico-based firm Archaeo has completed a low-slung home traversed by a bright red wall in the desert close to Santa Fe. Read more View the full article

Milan 2013: bamboo trees sprouted up around a topographical landscape of stone and water at this installation created by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma in Milan last month. (more...) View the full article

British studio 1508 London has converted a Victorian post office in London into an apartment where perforated concrete shutters can be used to open and close different sections of the interior (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Car brand BMW has designed a folding electric bicycle. (more…) View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with David Collins Studio, Fredrickson Stallard and United Designers, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Marcel Wanders, Hulger and more… (more…) View the full article

Architecture studio Atelier In Vitro took a nostalgic approach to the renovation of three apartments in an old building in Porto, by restoring parquet and marble floors, and adding mid-century furniture. Read more View the full article

Here are photos of the full collection of furniture designed by actor Brad Pitt, which features a dozen pieces including a bed, tables, chairs and a marble bathtub (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Architect and writer Sam Jacob wants to transform St Paul’s Cathedral in London into a live map of the phases of the moon. (more…) View the full article

WilkinsonEyre and Grant Associates have unveiled a masterplan for a "major international leisure and attraction destination" on two islands off the coast of Singapore. Read more View the full article

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a store designer at Nike, whose past interior design projects include a temporary New York space illuminated in lurid colours by Robert Storey Studio (pictured). Read more stories on Nike or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

The memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin wouldn't get built in today's xenophobic social climate, according to its architect Peter Eisenman. Read more View the full article

Japanese architect Hironaka Ogawa designed this rural house in Kagawa like a sundial, with a south-facing tower that casts shadows across a grassy courtyard (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Milan 2012: these table lamps styled like long-necked animals by Pilar Velasco and Pau Stephens are on show as part of Salone Satellite at Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan this week. (more…) View the full article

TT Architects has converted an old furniture factory in the Japanese city of Okayama into a cedar-and steel-clad home for a carpenter and his family. Read more View the full article

This house by architect Marlene Uldschmidt has been built into the side of a hill in Portugal and features a vertical light well that links its upper and lower floors (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A concrete and glass block projects out over the entrance of this red brick building in Brussels, which has been converted into offices for social services by WAW Architects. Read more View the full article

Slideshow feature: Zaha Hadid's Sheikh Zayed Bridge in Abu Dhabi is pictured in these new images by London photographers Hufton+Crow (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Perforated panels of weathering steel create sunshades for this concrete house in Chile, but also offer protection from stray balls struck by players on the adjacent golf course (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A bulky concrete first floor balances above pale brick walls and tall grasses at this family house in Brazil by São Paulo architect Guilherme Torres (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Taiwanese studio A Little Design has renovated a 22-metre-square micro apartment to serve every need of its occupant (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Our US job of the week on the new and improved Dezeen Jobs website is for a business development officer at OMA in its New York studio. The firm used translucent scrim to create a "ghost cathedral" for The Met's Manus x Machina exhibition (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Axiom Architects have proposed a tongue-in-cheek solution to the UK parliament's Brexit deadlock, which sees the Palace of Westminster transformed into a more open forum for debate. Read more

The Royal Institute of British Architects has declared a state of climate emergency, committing to a five-year plan of action for climate change. Read more