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This sculpture in the Netherlands countryside by Dutch designers Tjep. comprises a series of steel elements that when viewed from a certain point form the outline of a traditional farm building. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designer Lee Broom is to launch a collection of furniture inspired by architraves, cornicing and mouldings during the London Design Festival next month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: the expectations for new projects among European architects varies by country according to a report by Rotterdam research agency Arch-Vision. See press release below. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Foster + Partners have unveiled designs for a museum on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Next up in our review of the year are Dezeen’s most popular stories from May. Designer Ronen Kadushin’s iPhone Killer, an open-source mallet for smashing up iPhones, came in at number one. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Paris studio Plan01 Architects have completed a crematorium in Rennes, France, featuring a series of circular structures surrounded by a ring of granite blocks. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s an update from our recruitment site Dezeenjobs, including positions at furniture brand Viaduct, designers VW+BS and design organisation Hidden Art, plus this is the last chance to apply to work with Amanda Levete Architects, Micha Weidmann Studio, Vitsœ and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

FREE Fernando Romero EnterprisE have completed this anvil-shaped windowless museum in Mexico City, with a facade composed of hexagonal aluminium tiles. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen archive: since The Bird’s Nest by Inrednin Gsgruppen was so frequently mentioned on Twitter this week, so we have compiled a selection of stories from the Dezeen archive about treehouses. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Our fourth featured pavilion from Mexican pilgrimage route La Ruta del Peregrino is a precariously balanced viewing platform by Chilean architects Elemental. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Australian architects Jolson have completed a house in Melbourne where cantilevering concrete slabs appear to balance on top of a bronze garden wall. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: last week, Dezeen attended an architectural tour of Basel and Zurich organised by Swiss bathroom brand Laufen that included a trip to their concrete showroom designed by Nissen Wentzlaff Architects. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with Architectural Design (AD) to give away five copies of Narrative Architecture by Nigel Coates, the latest title from the AD Primers series. (more…) View the full article

Architect Frank Gehry has completed his first building for Make It Right, the charity founded by Brad Pitt to rehouse families made homeless in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. (more…) View the full article

London architects Liddicoat & Goldhill added an extension to a south London home with an oak-screened staircase and double-height windows. (more…) View the full article

The sounds of the countryside are amplified when you place your ear towards one of these four enormous trumpets built by architects Studio Weave (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Competition: we’re offering readers the chance to win one of five copies of this year’s Dutch Design Yearbook, featuring exemplary designs produced in the Netherlands over the past year. (more…) View the full article

News: five buildings have been shortlisted for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture, the Mies van der Rohe Award 2013, including a nursing home in Portugal (above) and the Harpa Concert and Conference Centre in Iceland. (more...) View the full article

Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for a Part III qualified architect at Duggan Morris Architects in London. The firm was nominated for the RIBA Manser Medal last year for its Old Bearhurst renovation and extension to a farm building (pictured above). Visit the ad for full details or browse many other architecture and design job opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Berlin architect Elisabeth Lux has designed a writing desk for furniture brand e15 with sliding storage compartments that can be pulled out and rearranged. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen and MINI World Tour: DMY Berlin founder Joerg Suermann gives us a guided tour of this year's design festival in our second report from Berlin. (more...) View the full article

Matthew Nurse, director of Nike Sport Research Lab, takes Dezeen behind the scenes at the laboratory where Nike tests new technologies and introduces us to Hal, a sportswear-testing robot that perspires as he runs. (more...) View the full article

News: Brian MacKay-Lyons has been selected for Canada's most prestigious architecture award thanks to his "pure, dignified, poetic and beautiful" projects (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Portuguese atelier Carvalho Araújo has converted an old military police headquarters in Braga, Portugal, into an art and culture centre with plant pots covering its walls (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

An angular wooden staircase ascends the lobby of this office renovation in the Dutch town of Hoofddorp by Amsterdam architects Studioninedots (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article