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TWO/BO Arquitectura and architect Luis Twose have converted a sixteenth-century Catalan house into a business academy for a pharmaceutical company. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French architects Stephane Maupin and Nicolas Hugon have completed this ship-like building outside Paris as a base for rail and subway employees. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Los Angeles architects Emergent have won a competition to design a sports centre and arena for the 12th National Games of the People’s Republic of China, to be held in Liaoning in 2013. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with us at Dezeen Watch Store and architects David Chipperfield, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Sugru, Martin Brudnizki Design Studio, Architonic and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

More from plusminuszero: the Japanese design company also launched this credit card-sized calculator in Milan last month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Portuguese firm A+R Arquitectos installed this staircase with floating wooden treads and a zig-zag hand rail as part of the renovation of a Portuguese house. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

 London Design Festival 2011: our latest Dezeen Watch Store pop-up is now open at designjunction, Victoria House Basement 37-63 Southampton Row, London WC1B 4DA until Sunday. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The façade of this house in Valencia by Spanish architects BBLab Arquitectos is punctured with a pattern of circular holes. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Interview: following the popularity of the hyper-realistic computer renderings of Staithe End house that we published earlier in the month, Henry Goss, the architect and visualiser who produced the renders, talks to Dezeen about how 3D visualisations are becoming indistinguishable from real photographs. (more...) View the full article

We’ve teamed up with Zaha Hadid Architects to offer our readers the chance to win one of five copies of The Autopoiesis of Architecture by Patrik Schumacher, a partner at the firm. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scottish studio Groves-Raines Architects have completed a composting shed in Edinburgh made of the bars normally used to reinforce concrete. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A central staircase rises through split levels in this narrow house in Osaka by Japanese architect Shintaro Fujiwara. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

New Designers 2011: Kingston University graduate Oscar Medley-Whitfield presented these benches that rely on each other for support at New Designers in London last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Blankets hang from wooden frames to represent a rural village in this installation at Helmrinderknecht gallery in Berlin by Dutch designers Studio Makkink & Bey. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Estonian studio Salto Architects have completed a temporary summer theatre in Tallinn made of black spray-painted straw bales. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: our latest movie made in Milan last week features Yves Behar of fuseproject talking about Jambox, the wireless speaker he designed for Jawbone, and JamScape, the audio installation presented in the Ventura Lambrate design district. Watch the movie </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2010: British brand Established & Sons have collaborated with Italian glass company Venini to lauch a collection of objects by designers including Konstantin Grcic, and Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In this week's comments update, readers are questioning Nikolas and Lukas Bentel's decision to design vision-impairing Squiggle Glasses. Read more

Dutch designers designer Atelier Van Lieshout have created a sofa system with sliding backrests for furniture brand Lensvelt of Breda in the Netherlands. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll down for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeenjobs this week, including positions with architects Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM) and designer Tom Dixon. This is also the last chance to apply to work with Arata Isozaki & Associates Shanghai, Schmidt Hammer Lassen and more… (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: a television series about design, called The Genius of Design, will be broadcast on BBC 2 in the UK starting Friday 7 May. See press release below. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Jars of tea and second-hand books are separated in stacked wooden cubes at a Taipei teahouse. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve just sent out Dezeenmail issue #53 - have a look at it here. Dezeenmail is sent out roughly every two weeks and contains a selection of Dezeen’s best stories and comments, along with all our latest competitions and jobs. You can subscribe here. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: Swedish designers TAF have created this polypropylene light in a hand knitted net for Swedish design brand Zero. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Family members can see into all rooms across the central courtyard of this Japanese house by Sapporo studio Archi LAB. t+m. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article