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A geometric staircase and eclectic furniture feature alongside wooden surfaces in this apartment in northern Italy, which was renovated by Italian office Jab Studio and boasts views of the mountains. Read more View the full article

Rio 2016: with a week to go until the Olympic and Paralympic games in Rio de Janeiro, we've selected eight of the city's best examples of Modernist architecture and landscaping that visitors shouldn't miss (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A courtyard divides this house that Pitsou Kedem Architects has built in the Savyon district of Israel, but elevated walkways and ramps connect the two sides. Read more

Maison&Objet 2015: Spanish studio Mut Design has created a pair of chairs to look like masculine and feminine versions of the same seat. (more…) View the full article

Transportation design studio Kolelinia has released an updated model of its three-wheeled Halfbike – which raised close to $1 million on Kickstarter in 2015 (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with designer Tom Dixon to give readers the chance to win one of five signed copies of his new book Dixonary (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Letters from the Hollywood sign appeared to have toppled from their position in the Santa Monica Mountains, as part of an installation by London studio Ordinary Architecture (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for an industrial design architect at Grimshaw in London. The firm recently submitted plans for a 90-storey skyscraper (pictured) in Sydney. See more stories about Grimshaw on Dezeen here. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs here. View the full article

Parasitic dwellings for homeless people would cling to the sides of lamp posts in this concept by British architecture graduate Milo Ayden De Luca (+ slideshow + movie). (more...) View the full article

Belgian architects Bruno Vanbesien and Christophe Meersman have designed a terraced house on the outskirts of Brussels that stands out from its post-war neighbours thanks to its timber skin and minimal form (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Gigantic tree-like columns support the overhanging roof of the Qatar National Convention Centre by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, captured in these new shots by Portuguese photographer Nelson Garrido. (more...) View the full article

This house in Tel Aviv by Israeli studio Paritzki & Liani Architects has a transparent ground floor, which reveals a terracotta-brick floor that extends out into the garden (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Mork-Ulnes Architects has completed a barn-inspired artist studio in northern California, which includes a white volume that looks like it is growing out of a reclaimed timber-clad building. (more…) View the full article

Industrial design studio PriestmanGoode has unveiled its vision for a fleet of urban delivery drones, which will feature in Dezeen's forthcoming documentary film ELEVATION. Read more View the full article

Paris studio Marchi Architectes layered up timber slats of different thicknesses and proportions to give an irregular texture to the walls of this sunken house extension in Normandy, France (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This week's roundup of houses from each of the 50 American states focuses on Wisconsin, and includes a charred timber cabin and the renovation of a Frank Lloyd Wright house outside Milwaukee (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Fraser Brown MacKenna Architects has obtained planning permission for a development of micro homes made from shipping containers with green roofs in Aylesbury, England. Read more

Perforated walls and sliding timber doors feature in this stable in Uruguay by architect Nicolas Pinto da Mota (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Rapper Kanye West has revealed plans to extend his fashion label Yeezy with an architecture division "to make the world better". Read more View the full article

Today we're launching the Dezeen and MINI World Tour, which will see us visiting eight cities to discover the most exciting new talents, the hottest trends and the most important themes in architecture and design in 2013. Find out more and watch the movie » View the full article

Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Frame Publishers to give readers the chance to win one of five books released to coincide with Dutch designer Marcel Wanders' retrospective exhibition at Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum. (more...) View the full article

A white timber roof masks the upper storey of this Japanese house by Takeru Shoji Architects, but is raised on wooden stilts to reveal the pale timber facade of the lower level (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Built in Lyon's docklands, Jakob + MacFarlane's new headquarters for international news channel Euronews features an acid-green facade punctured by two huge egg-shaped holes (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Architecture students have built a train-inspired party pavilion in the grounds of a former factory, featuring a glowing wooden carriage that shuttles along a raised platform (+ slideshow) (more…) View the full article

A team of scientists in the UK have developed a low-carbon construction material using desert sand that could take pressure off increasingly scarce natural resources. Read more View the full article