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See the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with BIG, Heatherwick Studio and Sam Jacob Studio, the new practice by Dezeen columnist and Venice Biennale 2012 pavilion curator Sam Jacob. This is also the last chance to apply for roles with Santiago Calatrava, Soho House and more... (more…) View the full article

Guide: As Design Miami – the final major design event of 2014 – prepares to open tomorrow, we're launching a new, easy-to-use version of our international architecture and design event listings for 2015. Go to Dezeen Guide 2015 » View the full article

These exclusive photographs show Neri&Hu's Aranya Art Center, which opens today in Qinhuangdao on the Gold Coast in China. Read more

The US Department of State has announced that Chicago-based Studio Gang Architects has been selected to create a new American embassy compound in Brasilia, the Brazilian capital city designed by planner Lucio Costa and architect Oscar Niemeyer. (more…) View the full article

This week on Dezeen, university graduates created problem-solving designs including an anti-manspreading chair that forces sitters to close their legs, and a masturbation suit for people with disabilities. Read more

Every surface inside the top floor of the Russian Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale is covered in QR codes, which visitors decode using tablet computers to explore ideas for a new Russian city dedicated to science. (more…) View the full article

Bubble-wrap partitions reveal the former layout of a derelict west London hotel as part of an installation by UK artist Michael Iveson (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Icelandic artist and director Harald Haraldsson turned a wall of bookshelves into a fractured and futuristic backdrop for this music video (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Behind our sixth A-Zdvent calendar window is British architect Norman Foster. One of his most famous buildings is the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Headquarters completed in 1986 (pictured) and his firm Foster + Partners this week revealed its collaboration with designer Thomas Heatherwick on a finance centre that is currently under construction in Shanghai. See more architecture by Foster + Partners » View the full article

Dezeen Music Project: English electronic group Metronomy's latest single Reservoir is accompanied by an animated music video created with felt-tip pens by director Daniel Brereton. (more...) View the full article

News: Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has been named as the designer of this year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, which will be a cloud-like structure made from a lattice of steel poles. (more...) View the full article

Construction workers in New York have staged a major demonstration on Park Avenue to protest the developer of the city's vast Hudson Yards, because the company intends to use nonunion labour for the project's next stage. Read more View the full article

This dressing table by London designer Florian Schmid comprises a circular mirror with a two-legged table slicing halfway across it. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen archive: this week's archive features architecture from Brazil including a house with no walls on the ground floor and a dream house hidden behind a mysterious orange door. See all our stories about architecture in Brazil » See all our archive stories » View the full article

The driver of an electric Tesla car has been killed in a road accident after its Autopilot mode failed to recognise an oncoming lorry. (more…) View the full article

PLP Architecture and researchers from the University of Cambridge have revealed a concept for London's first wooden skyscraper – a 300-metre-tall addition to the Barbican housing estate. (more…) View the full article

Episode II of Italian designer Luca Nichetto's 50/50 collection for De La Espada will be presented during New York Design Week this week as part of a specially designed exhibition. (more...) View the full article

Co-working company WeWork has completed a light-filled headquarters in San Francisco's 61-storey Salesforce Tower, featuring mid-century furniture, vibrant rugs and bold artwork. Read more

A brass table with a gently rippled surface provides the reading area of this Japanese library dedicated to the sea and designed by Swedish studio ETAT arkitekter (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Shiny metal cladding and exposed ducting lend an industrial feel to this auditorium for a virtual-reality research centre in Portalegre, Portugal, by Eduardo Souto de Moura and Graça Correia (+ slideshow). (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

This house in Malavli, India, features walls made from local Kotah stone and a glazed, subterranean courtyard (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Swedish studio Malmö Upcycling Service has repurposed waste material from six different industries to create a range of decorative home objects, launched at this year's DesignMarch festival in Iceland. Read more View the full article

Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for an architect working with David Adjaye (pictured above) who was recently interviewed by Dezeen as part of the Mini World Tour. See more stories about David Adjaye on Dezeen » Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Italian plastic brand Kartell has released its first accessories collection of translucent bags with shoes to match (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This charging cable by product design company Native Union uses a weight to stay anchored in place. Read more View the full article