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UK architecture firm 5th Studio has added a shingle-clad extension to a house in a listed former inn that is raised above the flood level of the River Cam in Cambridgeshire (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A series of extruded volumes face specific views of the coastline and farmland surrounding this house in New South Wales, Australia. Read more View the full article

New York fashion brand The Arrivals has created a puffer jacket with a Faraday pocket that blocks cellular and GPS signals on smartphones, to encourage wearers to switch off and "reconnect with the outdoors". Read more View the full article

Hudson Architects has transformed a heritage-listed building in eastern England into an architecture school, featuring a staircase that references an ornately patterned original balustrade (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Niall McLaughlin Architects has refurbished a prayer room at a priory in Dublin, placing walls and furniture made from solid ash wood inside the existing space. Read more View the full article

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an architecture assistant at Rodić Davidson Architects in London, which recently built a black-stained house on Dungeness beach (pictured). See more stories about Rodić Daividson Architects, or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Architects and designers can take an activist approach to instigate social change, according to participants in this year's Beirut Design Week. Read more View the full article

The 2016 Burning Man festival is taking place this week in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, where New York-based creative director PieterJan Mattan has photographed his highlights from this year's event (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Giorgio Busnelli is to step down as chairman of B&B Italia and leave the business, ending his family's link to the luxury furniture brand his father founded over 60 years ago. Read more

A theatre for flying monks, a pink and green striped house and tower complex built around a "plant-covered mountain" are among 218 architecture projects that made the longlist for the first Dezeen Awards. Read more View the full article

New Chinese car company Lynk & Co has added an SUV to its range of vehicles targeting the sharing economy. Read more View the full article

The craggy rocks of the nearby Mediterranean shore inspired the faceted form of this auditorium building in Alicante, designed by Spanish architect Francisco Mangado. (more…) View the full article

Photographer Sebastian Weiss has captured Beijing's white and silver architectural highlights by studios including Zaha Hadid Architects and OMA set against blue skies, for his latest photo series. Read more

British firm Grimshaw has been given the go-ahead for its Heathrow expansion plans, as the government approves a third runway at the UK's busiest airport. Read more View the full article

Japanese studio Nendo has designed a collection of furniture and homeware for Danish brand BoConcept, which includes a seat that appears to hug itself and accessories with patterns based on origami. (more...) View the full article

Art galleries are held inside an illuminated glass tunnel and balanced high above the ground at this museum by Steven Holl, the centrepiece of an architecture complex in a forest near Nanjing, China. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: SilentLab will be showcasing its range of self-contained private workspaces at this year's London Design Fair. Read more

Japanese firm International Royal Architecture (IRA) minimised partitions and balustrades inside this split-level house in Tokyo to make the interior feel as spacious as possible (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Architecture firm Dialog has built a wooden pedestrian bridge, glass elevator and a tiny railway into a sloping terrain in Canada to leads from downtown Edmonton to the North Saskatchewan River Valley. Read more

Our US job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for senior AutoCAD operator at Laguarda Low Architects in New York, whose St Augustine Park Pavillion (pictured) frames a panoramic view of the park. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Melbourne practice Architecture Architecture has altered the orientation of a house in the Australian city so the main living areas get the best of the northern sunlight (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

London studio Duggan Morris Architects has completed a community facility in south London that combines exposed concrete frames with raw brickwork and warm oak (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

MVRDV has revealed its design for a pair of mixed-use towers in The Hague, which will feature natural stone facades that stagger into wooden outdoor spaces on top. Read more View the full article

Our most widely read story in March was a tea house and library constructed around a tree by Archi-Union, plus we launched two new projects of our own. (more...) View the full article

This earthquake-proof house on a hillside in western Chile by architects Pezo von Ellrichshausen has six rooms with glass walls (+ photos by Cristobal Palma). (more…) View the full article