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Architecture studio MAD has designed a theatre for the city of Yiwu, China, which will be surrounded by water and topped with "glass sails" to give it the appearance of a boat sailing on a river. Read more

Cornish firm PBWC Architects has utilised 3D laser-scanning technology to create an accurate model of the rocky site and listed surroundings of a house for St Ives, which has just received planning permission (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

High-end fashion department store Dover Street Market has opened a beauty-focused branch at the heart of Paris, where products are displayed inside towering textured columns. Read more

A giant concrete-like cuboid seemingly defies gravity as it tilts and rotates in this installation by Studio Drift, shown at The Armory Show in New York. Read more View the full article

These images taken by late photographer Julius Shulman show buildings from the USA's Mid-century Modern movement that "slipped from public view" (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

German architect Frei Otto, who died on Monday, has been named the 2015 Pritzker Prize laureate. (more…) View the full article

A mixture of transparent and translucent glazing creates varying levels of privacy inside this dimly lit office created for a mortgage broker in Melbourne (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Danish brand Reform has teamed up with David Thulstrup, Note Design and Muller Van Severen for its latest set of hacked IKEA kitchens, which feature mix-and-match coloured doors and a monochromatic metal cabinet. Read more

Iconic works from artists including Piet Mondrian, Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Marcel Duchamp and more are reinterpreted as cross-sectional drawings of buildings in this series from Italian architect and illustrator Federico Babina (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Design agency SomeOne has updated the visual identity of the UK's House of Commons to make it perform better across different platforms including apps and social media. Read more

Los Angeles firm Yazadani Studio has completed a curving glass facility for cancer patients in southern California, featuring radiation treatment rooms that overlook Zen gardens (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A courtyard residence sandwiched between two existing houses (pictured), a curvaceous grand piano and a "slightly insane" hotel proposal feature in Dezeen Mail issue 237. Click through for all the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 237 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Royal College of Art student June Tong has proposed creating an Arctic thermal bath, which would be powered by cruise ship waste, in a bid to spotlight the industry's environmental impact. Read more

From female urinals for festivals to pissoirs on the streets of Paris, here are six of the freshest outdoor urinals designs for peeing in the fresh air. Read more

Milan 2014: Dutch design studio Droog has adapted pieces from the 8000 objects in Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum to create a studio space for Milan design week (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Interieur 2014: a troop of robotic vacuum cleaners "waltz" with each other around a school gymnasium in this installation for the Biennale Interieur event in Kortrijk, Belgium (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

See the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Herzog & de Meuron, Alison Brooks Architects and Haworth Tompkins, who created a new rehearsal facility for the Donmar Warehouse theatre in London (pictured). This is also the last chance to apply for roles with Habitat, Lee Broom, CZWG and more... (more…)

Architecture firm SOM has released its masterplan for a new privately funded capital city for Egypt – a 700-square-kilometre development that will boast one of the world's largest urban parks and over 100 new residential neighbourhoods (+ slideshow). (more…)

Bleached walnut, blackened steel and various types of marble feature in this high-end fitness centre by Montalba Architects, which was designed to evoke a "sculpted canyon". Read more

This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for a project designer at Clive Wilkinson Architects, whose office for a motocross apparel company in California is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Nook Architects has reduced the size of bedrooms in Caldrap, a flat in Barcelona, to make room for a spacious and versatile new living and dining space. Read more

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

London-based Studio Furthermore's Moon Rock collection is made from aluminium but designed to look like it is formed from materials mined in outer space. Read more

Nendo has designed the branding for a dust mask widely used by people in Japan to protect themselves against pollution. Read more View the full article