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Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with designers Tom Dixon and Heatherwick Studio, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Matteo Thun & Partners, Marcel Wanders, Buro Ole Scheeren and more… (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The architect of this Portuguese residence describes it as a grey house with a black backpack (photos by Fernando Guerra). (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Workshops clad in timber batons sit atop this children’s centre outside Paris by French architects SOA. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A brightly striped facade of colour-coated windows, mirrors and coloured panels encases this nursery in north Paris (photos by Julien Lanoo). (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

On 17 November 2006 Dezeen published its first ever story about the Design Museum dropping the Designer of the Year award. That week we also reported on the resignation of Wallpaper editor Jeremy Langmead and the announcement that Jaime Hayon would be one of the speakers at the following year’s Design Indaba conference. Our first image-based story was a new collection of furniture by Ineke Hans, including chairs wrapped in bandages and lamps covered in tape. See all our stories from November 2006 » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This extension to a north London home comprises three shed-like blocks clad in unfinished larch. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This take-away packaging by Casey Ng combines a paper bag top with a rigid carton for the base. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This time last year Foster + Partners completed a solar-powered urban development in Abu Dhabi and unveiled plans for a museum in the same city with wing-shaped towers designed to act as thermal chimneys. Dezeen compiled an extensive report for kitchen appliances brand Scholtès that explored the relationship between food and design, Yves Béhar of Fuseproject sent us early sketches of his Jambox speaker and we rounded up all of our stories on education buildings. Zaha Hadid Architects’ proposal for a theatre in Morocco was described by one reader as looking like “a giant mobile phone or maybe a vacuum cleaner,” and architect Álvaro Leite Siza designed a home for himsel…

Danish architects BIG and Paris studio OFF have won a competition to design a research centre for Sorbonne Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen launched five years ago this week and we’re celebrating our birthday by looking back at our favourite stories, parties and projects over the last five years. We’ve travelled all over since launching in 2006 and here we’ve compiled the most memorable design weeks and festivals we’ve attended. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: apparently, tomorrow is World Toilet Day and the latest issue of Colors magazine focuses on all things faecal, including the taboos, dangers and practical applications of excrement – Colors magazine </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Inside awards: as part of our series of Dezeen Talks filmed at the Inside awards in Barcelona, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs talks to Andy Walker from Nike Football and Sean Pearson from RUFproject about the Football Training Centre in Soweto, which won the culture and civic category. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week on Dezeen we celebrated our fifth birthday! We picked some of our favourite parties, stories and projects since 2006 and published a selection of the lovely tweets we received. Meanwhile, Foster + Partners designed a glossy production facility for supercar brand McLaren, new images of Daniel Libeskind’s museum in Dresden provoked more negative responses and one reader said a border checkpoint by Berlin architect J. Mayer H. looks “like a disfigured 1960′s spaceship with a caravan on top.” Japanese designers Nendo created an interior full of fake doors for a boutique in Kyoto and a sunken bridge that traverses the moat of a Dutch fort received reviews such as…

Dezeen Wire: The latest RIBA Future Trends Survey shows that the private housing sector is benefiting from all-time low interest rates but overall confidence about future workloads remains low. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Danish architects ADEPT and Luplau & Poulsen have won a competition to design harbour-side housing blocks in their hometown of Aarhus. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

American designer Chad Wright stretched the archetypal birdhouse shape to create penthouse nest boxes with varying heights. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: in his latest article for the Financial Times architecture critic Edwin Heathcote analyses how some cities have successfully reinvented themselves as hubs of creativity and commerce – Financial Times Heathcote states that “the city stands out as an engine of progress and modernity,” using examples from urban centres such as San Francisco, Milan, Turin, Pittsburgh and London to demonstrate how intelligent state funding can encourage creative vitality and economic growth. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architect Filipe Balestra of Urban Nouveau has sent us his proposal for a series of towers built in the swamps surrounding Mumbai, sketched out on a napkin. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

New York architect Stan Allen constructed this pavilion of bamboo scaffolding at a former airport in Taichung, Taiwan. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: a new exhibition documenting the career of Terence Conran has provoked a flurry of media interest in the man who founded retail brand Habitat and London’s Design Museum. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architects Foster + Partners have completed a production centre for British sports car brand McLaren. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Check out the latest issue of Dezeen Mail for all the best stories and comments from Dezeen, including a Snoopy-shaped border checkpoint and stocking-shaped blood pack. There’s also an update from Dezeen Wire, the latest movies on Dezeen Screen, all our new competitions and jobs, plus news on our Christmas shop The Temporium. Dezeen Mail is sent out every couple of weeks and you can subscribe here. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: In this movie from the Tales of the Hunt series of interviews made by Brussels gallerist Victor Hunt, German designer Johannes Hemann explains how he makes sculptural lamps by generating a storm in his studio. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Today is Dezeen’s actual fifth birthday! Thanks for all your lovely tweets – we’ll publish a selection of them below. We’ve also been compiling our five most memorable parties, stories and projects since we launched in 2006 – take a look back with us here. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

British photographers Hufton + Crow have sent us new images of the Dresden Museum of Military History, which reopened last month following an extension by New York architect Daniel Libeskind. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article