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Dublin practice GKMP Architects has added two tiny extensions to a nineteenth century terraced house in the city, one of which incorporates a wooden window seat looking out onto the garden. (more...) View the full article

Belgian duo Studio Job has patterned giant windows at the Faena Art Center in Buenos Aires with coloured symbols and replicated the motifs on the floor of a roller disco inside (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A staircase with living areas on its large landings replaces unnecessary rooms at the centre of this Brussels apartment, which was renovated and extended by Belgian architecture studios Mamout and AUXAU. Read more View the full article

Designs of the Year category winners were announced this week and Dezeen is media partner for the awards, so we've collected together all the nominees and winners from our pages and pinned them to a dedicated Pinterest board. See our new Pinterest board » Follow Dezeen on Pinterest » View the full article

Oriented strand board panels can slide back and forth to create a flexible floor plan whilst concealing utilities in this family apartment remodelled for a single inhabitant in Madrid by TallerDE2 Architects (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

The entrance to the Russian national pavilion at this year's World Expo will be sheltered beneath a 30-metre-long cantilevered canopy that visitors can walk on (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Dutch company Organisation in Design is calling for designers and brands to show at the Ventura Lambrate 2014 exhibition during the Salone de Mobile design event in Milan next April. (more...) View the full article

Trend forecaster Li Edelkoort teamed up with Google's Hardware Design Studio to curate this Tokyo exhibition demonstrating how the company's latest products can be integrated into living spaces. Read more View the full article

Sou Fujimoto is the nineteenth architect to feature on our festive calendar. The Japanese architect, who claims to design structures "in between" architecture and nature, designed a cloud-like structure for this year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion and previously completed a tiny wooden house built from a stack of chunky timber beams (pictured). See more architecture by Sou Fujimoto » View the full article

The government of the Indian state of Maharashtra has approved Virgin Hyperloop One's plans to develop a high-speed line between Mumbai and Pune, which could become the world's first hyperloop. Read more

A slatted wooden screen wraps around the extended living space of this 1960s bungalow in Sydney, forming a protective surface that shields the interior from direct sunlight and views from the street (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

These plates, bowls, dishes and vessels would create Thanksgiving table settings guaranteed to impress the relatives. Read more

Heiko Weissbach oversees a team of architects at the newly opened Berlin office of CF Møller Architects. He explains how he became head of the firm's latest studio for the Dezeen Jobs careers guide. Read more

French practice Bertrand Guillon Architecture has made the most of extra height at the front of this shop in Marseille when transforming the interior into an épicerie (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Every attendee at our Dezeen Day conference in London on 30 October will receive a free Herschel backpack worth £60. Read more

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 2015: London designer Max Lamb presented 42 of his seat designs made using a wide variety of materials and processes within a disused garage in Milan last week (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Cinimod Studio (whose lighting installation is shown above), Allford Hall Monaghan Morris and Skandium, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Heatherwick Studio, Foster + Partners and more... (more...) View the full article

Philip Johnson's iconic Glass House is set to vanish as part of an installation by Japanese artist Fujiko Nakaya that will see the building temporarily engulfed in dense clouds of mist. (more...) View the full article

Audi has transformed a virtual car design taken from video game Gran Turismo into a real-life racing vehicle. Read more View the full article

French studio CUT Architectures has revamped a 1960s community centre in a Paris suburb, adding perforated golden cladding that references the original yellow-painted facades (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Brazilian firm Saito Arquitetos has reorganised an apartment set in São Paulo's historic Conjunto Nacional building around a large wooden box. Read more

Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled new images and a movie showing the studio's proposals to convert an old textile factory in Belgrade, Serbia, into a free-flowing complex of apartments, offices and leisure facilities. (more...) View the full article

Manhattan's newly opened Hudson Yards is all shine and no substance, and New York City deserves better says Alan G Brake in this Opinion column. Read more

Bags made of supposedly biodegradable plastics remain intact and useable three years after being dropped in the sea or buried underground, researchers have found. Read more