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Opinion: designers can't save the world, but even the smallest intervention could help improve the conditions faced by the unprecedented number of refugees flooding Europe, says Richard van der Laken. (more…) View the full article

Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: a resurgence of handmade architecture is one of the biggest themes to emerge from this year's Venice Biennale, according to Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. (more…) View the full article

Traditional wilderness huts inspired this bar and kitchen in Adelaide, designed by local office Sans Arc Studio to slot into a narrow alleyway. (more…) View the full article

Glass walls slides and fold open to completely reveal the living spaces of this house in Brazil by Studio Arthur Casas, allowing residents to look out on their swimming pool and over the golf course beyond (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

An exposed concrete island, a dark walnut staircase and spotty tiles all feature in our roundup of the most-pinned kitchens to be featured on Dezeen (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Our US job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for an exhibition production manager at New York's subterranean National September 11 Memorial and Museum, which was completed in 2014 (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Dezeen promotion: the government must prioritise new models of affordable workspaces to ensure that London maintains its "global competitiveness" as a centre of commerce, according to a new report by New London Architecture. Read more View the full article

Illustrators are taking to Instagram and Twitter to express their feelings about Donald Trump becoming the next president of the USA. Read more View the full article

This towering Seoul residence created by South Korean architect Moon Hoon for a photographer and his mother, features a relief-patterned facade punctured by small windows. Read more View the full article

Canadian studio Omar Gandhi Architect has created a remote vacation home in Nova Scotia for an urban couple, with floor-to-ceiling windows that provide sweeping views of the sea. Read more View the full article

Concrete walls, cement floors, grey tiles, marble and dark stained wood meet in this Taipei apartment created by Wei Yi International Design Associates for "an elder with great fortune and rich experience". Read more View the full article

Wisconsin company Three Square Market is offering microchip implants to all of its workers, enabling them to make purchases and log into computers with the wave of a hand. Read more View the full article

A pitched roof extends well beyond the internal walls to create sheltered terraces around the edges of this summer house designed by Danish architecture studio CEBRA for a site overlooking the country's Vejle Fjord. Read more View the full article

Updated interior finishes and a new guest house are among the modifications that US studio Butler Armsden Architects has made to a 44-year-old, wood-clad residence that overlooks the Pacific Ocean. Read more View the full article

Our pick of the best architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs this week include positions with BIG in New York and RIBA in London. Read more View the full article

Our updated Pinterest board showcases inventive shed design, including a converted 1930s outhouse and a shed-cum-painting studio in the Netherlands. Read more View the full article

Parasitic structures, 3D-printed homes, floating architecture and even flying houses feature on the Dezeen x MINI Living Future Urban Home competition shortlist, which is unveiled today. Read more

Architecture firm Studio 512 has designed a concrete chapel in Texas that rises up on one side to form a pointy volume evoking a steeple. Read more

Open Architecture is building a concert hall in a valley north of Beijing, designed to look "as if a strange and prehistoric boulder had fallen there long ago". Read more

Frida Escobedo has based this collection of drinking vessels for tequila brand Maestro Dobel on the rich materials and textures found in the Mexican landscape. Read more

The governor of Illinois, whose family started the Pritzker Prize, is set to sell Helmut Jahn's James R Thompson Center in Chicago, putting the fate of the postmodern building in "serious trouble". Read more

Creating the sets for the final season of fantasy epic Game of Thrones was a "logistical nightmare", says production designer Deborah Riley. Read more

A dodecahedron is nestled within an icosahedron to form this pendant lamp designed by artist Olafur Eliasson for Danish lighting brand Louis Poulsen. Read more

Circular economy champion Ellen MacArthur has called on designers to help transform the global economy along sustainable lines. Read more

Patagonia's rolling topography and challenging weather informed the design of this slightly bent rural dwelling designed by Chilean architect Ignacio Correa. Read more