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Detroit studio Rootoftwo has installed weather vanes shaped like headless chickens on five buildings in Folkestone, England, which spin around and change colour in response to fear levels on the internet rather than the climate (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Aberrant Architecture renovated the interior of this small private school in London with brightly coloured walls and furniture that pays homage to the building's Edwardian roots (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: Rem Koolhaas has defended the design of OMA's CCTV tower in Beijing, after the Chinese president called for an end to the construction of "weird architecture" in the country. (more...) View the full article

This house in Portugal is made up of three volumes of different shapes and sizes, with narrow terraces slotted in between. (more…) View the full article

Our latest Pinterest board is filled with tea houses by architects and designers including Shigeru Ban, Sou Fujimoto and Tokujin Yoshioka. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more tea houses on Dezeen View the full article

This see-through floating hut designed by Elise Morin and Florent Albinet is modelled on the remote cabin built by American author Henry David Thoreau in the mid-19th century (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Norwegian studio Jarmund/Vigsnæs Architects has designed a small wooden cabin at the end of a garden in Oslo with an angular form that frames different views of its surroundings (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

With a group of architects branding timber as the wonder material of the 21st century, we've created a Pinterest board full of the best wooden architecture projects from the pages of Dezeen. Explore examples including Finland's tallest wooden apartment block, a house with a burnt-wood exterior, and much more. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See the latest timber buildings in our archives View the full article

Exclusive interview: universities are failing to give architects the training that will enable them to find solutions for an imminent global housing crisis, says 2016 Pritzker Prize laureate Alejandro Aravena. (more…) View the full article

Five blackened timber structures dot the shoreline of a remote island in the Stockholm archipelago to form a holiday home by Margen Wigow Arkitektkontor (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for an eyewear designer at Ron Arad Associates in London – the studio that created 3D-printed single-piece glasses for pq eyewear (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Milan 2016: rotating arms complete loops of copper to switch on these lights, which were designed by Odd Matter Studio to resemble electrical diagrams (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with graduate show New Designers to offer readers the chance to win one of five pairs of tickets to the event, taking place in London from 29 June to 9 July 2016 (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Beijing studio Vector Architects has built a concrete chapel on a Chinese beach, but raised it up above the sands so that seawater can wash underneath (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Opinion: designers need to stop thinking about business as a dirty word and consider the legacy of their company, says Paul Priestman, chairman of transport design firm PriestmanGoode. Here, he explains why he has effectively sold his company to his employees. (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

OMA has teamed up with creative studio Bengler to propose a "disruption-as-a-service toolkit" for the workers of digital sharing platforms like Uber and Airbnb. (more…) View the full article

Was advertising agency BETC right to remove the extensive graffiti during its overhaul of a derelict flour and grain warehouse? Find out what readers thought in this week's comments update. Read more View the full article

This tiny aluminium-clad cabin by Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti cantilevers over the edge of a mountain on the Slovenian-Italian border. Read more View the full article

Dynamic, colourful patterns represent the way organisms interact and evolve in the visuals for Max Cooper's latest music video, which was directed by Maxime Teresuac. Read more View the full article

The fiddly ritual of assembling IKEA furniture is set to become a thing of the past as the furniture giant introduces products that snap together "like a jigsaw puzzle". Read more View the full article

As automation places millions of us at risk of losing our jobs, now is the time to rethink how humans and robots will coexist on this planet, says designer Madeline Gannon in this Opinion column. Read more View the full article

In response to increasing electrical waste, design graduate Kasey Hou has developed a flat-pack toaster that can be easily repaired if it breaks down. Read more View the full article

Following the death of IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad this week, here's a look at some of the company's biggest design milestones, from the birth of flat-pack furniture to the launch of augmented-reality shopping. Read more View the full article

British architect, critic and educator Kenneth Frampton will receive the Golden Lion lifetime achievement award at the Venice Architecture Biennale next month. Read more View the full article