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Last week Amsterdam studios DUS Architecten and Studio for Unsolicited Architecture built a dome of umbrellas around a lamp post in Rotterdam and held a party under it. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French studio Tracks Architectes has built a cinema fronted by an irregular arched colonnade in the grounds of a former convent in the town of Riom, central France. Read more View the full article

Pale timber partitions were used to transform a 180-year-old barn in Spain into an office space for and by studio Nordest Arquitectura. Read more View the full article

This apartment full of holes in Amsterdam was designed by Dutch interior architects i29. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Justin McGuirk attacks “success culture” and applauds grassroots design in his review of the London Design Festival - Guardian </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Sjoerd Vroonland of the Netherlands has designed a collection of chairs, including this one with branches sprouting from the back-rest. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: Japanese designers Nendo have designed these hand-blown glass lights with the blowers pipe still attached, for Czech lighting company Lasvit, exhibited in Milan earlier this month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with us at Dezeen, architects Theis + Khan and designers Heatherwick Studio, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Benjamin Hubert Studio, Kokaistudio and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Show RCA 2011: Royal College of Art graduate Malene Hartmann Rasmussen created this ceramic installation evoking a surreal forest hut from a Brothers Grimm fairytale for her graduation show earlier this summer. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese artist Takaya adorns the heads of models with raw vegetables and blossoming flowers. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

One year ago Dezeen readers looked ahead to the apocalypse, when an armoured cabin might come in handy, while Frank Gehry unveiled controversial designs for a business school with a crumpled-up facade. We featured a chair made from squashed-up fibre cement and a pair of 3D-printed shoes that one reader called “blister-tastic”. Meanwhile, a youth hostel filled with fabric bedroom pods opened in a former factory in Italy and a futuristic, cave-like bar made a few readers feel nauseous. We revealed the news that industrial designer James Dyson was succeeding Terence Conran as Provost of London’s Royal College of Art and our most popular stories of the week were a pair …

The monochrome, mosaic-clad classrooms at this preschool in Santa Marta, Colombia, are grouped into modular clusters around triangular courtyards. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A small wooden dining table at the heart of this house in Fukuoka, Japan, is overlooked from every other room. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Slideshow: our second project this week by Madrid studio Exit Architects is a civic and cultural centre inside a former prison in Palencia, Spain. (more…) View the full article

We’ve added a new board to Pinterest compiling all the best photos of kitchens from the pages of Dezeen. We now have over 3000 followers on Pinterest – join in here. See all of our stories about kitchens. View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: the popular Uniform Wares 150 Series is now back in stock at Dezeen Watch Store. The 150 Series features a lugged case creating an elegant, contemporary take on a timeless dress watch. It’s available in three different finishes including the popular rose gold (above). www.dezeenwatchstore.com View the full article

Architects J. Mayer H. have designed a building made from scaffolding to host the collections and events of the Pinakothek der Moderne museum in Munich when it closes for renovation next year. (more…) View the full article

A weaver bird’s nest was the inspiration for this wooden treehouse in Devon by London-based Jerry Tate Architects. (more…) View the full article

This golden library in Copenhagen by architects COBE and Transform is meant to resemble a pile of books. (more…) View the full article

Danish architecture firm BIG has scattered miscellaneous street furniture from 60 different nations across a brightly coloured carpet of grass and rubber at this park in Copenhagen (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Our job of the week is a position for a 3D visualiser at UXUS in Amsterdam, known for their interior design collaborations with well-known brands such as K-Swiss, Nike and H&M (shown above). Visit the ad for full details or browse many other architecture and design job opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

This yacht house on the southernmost tip of the Crimean coastline by Robin Monotti Architects includes four holiday apartments (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Students arriving at and departing from this school in Zaragoza, Spain, often obstructed sports games in the playground, so architect Guzmán de Yarza Blache decided to lift one of the sports courts up out of the way (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Milan 2013: following a teaser movie, British designer Ross Lovegrove unveils his concept car for French car brand Renault at the Triennale Design Museum in Milan (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: British firm Foster + Partners has unveiled plans for two residential skyscrapers as part of a mixed-use development in north London. (more...) View the full article