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Described by architects Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen as a "monolithic prism of concrete", this top-heavy house nestles into the hillside beside a Chilean lagoon (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen competition: Dezeen has teamed up with lighting brand Luceplan to give away three pairs of tickets to an exclusive design talk in New York, plus one Tivedo lamp designed by Sebastian Bergne. (more…) View the full article

American firm Modal Design has created a studio building for a video art collector in California, which features an angular roof and multi-tonal zinc cladding. Read more View the full article

Swathes of ribbed concrete and glass form curvaceous walls and a spiralling walkway for this art faculty at a Tenerife university, designed by local studio GPY Arquitectos (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Blackened timber, zinc and cement boards add variety to the facade of this beachside home near Melbourne, which is made up of several intersecting and overhanging blocks (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Vertical wooden laths cyclically pummel the floor of a cavernous New York factory building in this installation by Swiss artist Zimoun (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

CES 2015: German car manufacturer Volkswagen has debuted a gesture-controlled concept model of its popular Golf car at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

PES Architects used custom-developed ceramic tiles and louvres to create the curving lines of the Strait Culture and Art Centre in Fuzhou, China. Read more View the full article

London Design Festival: data streams from all over the city are visualised on the faceted surfaces of Japanese designer Keiichi Matsuda‘s installation inside the cupola of the V&A museum for the London Design Festival. (more…) View the full article

Metal-clad boxes stand on opposite sides of a glazed atrium to form this sports education and training facility at the University of Canberra, which features an indoor sprint track (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Milan's annual furniture fair, the Salone del Mobile, has published a manifesto calling for the city and the design industry to promote innovation and sustainability at this year's event. Read more View the full article

Did we fool you with our spoof story today? Here are today's best architecture and design April fools including plans for a gondola in Edinburgh, a dog walking drone and Swiss Army sunglasses. Read more

The top architecture and design opportunities available on Dezeen Jobs this week, include vacancies at architecture firm Foster + Partners and coffee giant Starbucks. Read more

A cafe in a cross-shaped tent, a mirrored hideaway and a pop-up art gallery are among the shelters that architects have dotted along a frozen river in Winnipeg, Canada (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Aerial photographs reveal the angular geometries of this rooftop swimming pool in Bangkok by Thai landscape architects T.R.O.P. (+ slideshow) (more...) View the full article

This wind-up toy by British design brand All Lovely Stuff creates abstract art when let loose on a sheet of paper. (more...) View the full article

News: British architects are enjoying their busiest period since the financial crisis began in 2008, while the Italian market looks set to decline by 14% this year, according to new industry research form Arch-Vision. (more...) View the full article

Raised on stilts above a field in northeast Belgium, Stal Collectief's self-designed studio features charred timber walls that can be wheeled back to reveal the interior (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

New York studio Young Projects has completed a warming hut for a housing development in Alberta that consists of a fireplace set within a slatted wooden box (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

US studio Merge Architects has completed a family home in the Boston area with facades clad in pre-rusted steel and interior spaces that overlook slot gardens (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for a 3D artist with David Chipperfield Architects, whose gallery designed to showcase the largest private art collection in Latin America is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

An uncompromising grid of square rooms and courtyards makes up this dental clinic in Gunma, Japan, in our third story in the last week from architect Hironaka Ogawa (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Architects Spark have added a stairwell resembling a giant wedge of Swiss cheese onto two Bangkok shophouses they’ve converted into a youth centre. (more…) View the full article

News: One World Trade Center in New York has topped out with the addition of a 124-metre steel spire. (more...) View the full article

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