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NeoCon 2016: London studio Industrial Facility has designed a modular seating system for US furniture company Herman Miller that hooks together to turn "a communal gathering area into a lecture theatre". (more…) View the full article

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has been commissioned to design a residential tower for Vancouver that its developers claim will be the tallest hybrid timber structure in the world. (more…) View the full article

China's "fatalist" government is causing the country's architectural profession to stagnate, according to artist and political activist Ai Weiwei. (more…) View the full article

The kitchen inside this Melbourne apartment is designed to look more like a gallery, where furniture and fittings appear as art objects (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Most Loved: in our next exclusive movie, Janne Kyttanen explains how the the delicate flower-shaped lamp he designed in 2002 demonstrated how 3D printing could be used to create desirable objects for the home. (more…) View the full article

Dutch company Ortega has designed an electric submersible for divers, which it claims is the fastest of its kind. Read more View the full article

MAD has completed the first phase of its Fake Hills development – an apartment complex in Beihai, China, with an undulating roofline that accommodates tennis courts and swimming pools. Read more View the full article

US firm Studio Gang has unveiled plans for a glass tower that is "sculpted by the angles of the sun", adjacent to the High Line in New York's Meatpacking district. Read more View the full article

Mexican architecture studio Arqmov Workshop has overhauled a V-shaped industrial building by adding a patterned facade, windows that angle outward and a prominent entrance on the pointy corner. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Dutch tile manufacturer Mosa has launched a new range of ceramic tiles named "μ" (mu), which appears to change colour throughout the day. Read more View the full article

Following the unveiling of the shortlist for the 2017 Arcaid Images Architectural Photography Awards, we've created a Pinterest board of some of the most eye-catching architecture images on Dezeen, taken by photographers such as Rory Gardiner, Edmund Sumner and Iwan Baan. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest View the full article

A stone-filled gabion wall runs along one side of this green-roofed visitors pavilion by architect Anne Carrier, which emerges from a slope at a heritage site in Canada. Read more View the full article

Design firm Crosby Studios has created a playful series of purple furniture and home accessories, which is launching as part of the NYCxDesign festival this month. Read more View the full article

A former car mechanic has designed three squishy silicone containers for design brand Good Thing, which are being used for serving food at two eateries during New York City's restaurant week. Read more View the full article

Architectural historian Beatriz Colomina wants to know what people get up to in bed – it will affect the way we design cities in the future, she says. Read more View the full article

University of Pennsylvania engineers have altered a sheet of nickel to produce a material they call "metallic wood", which is extremely strong and light. Read more

Large openings all along the front of the concrete facade of Frame House on the Spanish island of Menorca frame expansive views towards the sea. Read more

Artist JR has created a giant 3D optical illusion from paper that imagines the iconic pyramid at the Louvre in Paris continuing underground. Read more

Chinese automotive brand Lynk & Co is set to launch a subscription service in Europe in 2020, which will disrupt the car industry like "Uber has changed the taxi industry", according to company CEO Alain Visser. Read more

Dezeen promotion: architects and designers working throughout the Middle East and Africa now have more time to submit hotel projects to the 2019 AHEAD MEA Awards, which has extended its deadline. Read more

Our pick of the five best jobs in architecture, interiors and design on Dezeen Jobs this week include opportunities at British architecture firms Allies and Morrison and Caruso St John Architects. Read more

Central Saint Martins fashion graduate Beatrice Sangster-Bullers integrates artificial intelligence into garments that display the wearer's emotions. Read more

A zinc-clad concert hall by Steven Holl Architects and Architecture Acts will cantilever over the 1960s modernist House of Culture in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Read more

Stinessen Arkitektur has built three cabins and a sauna on an island in the remote Steigen Archipelago off the coast of Norway in the arctic circle. Read more

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is to investigate Joichi Ito, the director of the school's Media Lab, after it was revealed he accepted donations from American businessman and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Read more