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Kengo Kuma dresses Shanghai tower in pleated aluminium for Soho China

Strips of perforated aluminium give a pleated appearance to the facade of this Shanghai tower designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma for property developer Soho China (+ slideshow).

 
 

Job of the week: rides and attractions designer at Merlin Entertainments

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Our job of the week on the new and improved Dezeen Jobs is for a rides and attractions designer at European company Merlin Entertainments, whose Thorpe park resort in Surrey, UK is pictured. Visit the ad for full details of the position or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.

 
 

Brexit vote bad for design recruitment – but good for exports, Dezeen finds

Brexit crisis: the UK's vote to leave the European Union has led to a sharp fall in architecture and design recruitment activity in the country but has led to a dramatic rise in product sales overseas, according to data from Dezeen Jobs and Dezeen Watch Store.

 
 

Sylph chair by Atelier Deshaus has a steel back bent to look like a line drawing

Chinese studio Atelier Deshaus' Sylph chair features a back made from a continuous piece of tubular steel, curved by hand to look like a line drawing (+ slideshow).

 
 

"In the future we will all be homeless" says co-living entrepreneur

Home ownership is set to become a thing of the past, according to the entrepreneur behind London  co-living start-up The Collective, because socially liberated millennials are more likely to choose "living as a service".

 
 

Loyn & Co builds "earth shelter" that nestles against a Gloucestershire hillside

Glazed courtyards puncture the expansive grass roof of this English countryside house by Loyn & Co, which is in the running for both the Stirling Prize and the RIBA House of the Year award (+ slideshow).

 
 

Peca crafts shelves and cubbyholes from volcanic rock

Mexican design studio Peca has handcrafted a collection of shelves by carving blocks of lava stone (+ slideshow).

 
 

Bark cladding and clashing colours create "joyful chaos" in school by Dominique Coulon & Associés

Hot pink and orange paintwork accentuate niches in the wooden facade of this  school designed by French office Dominique Coulon & Associés for the Parisian suburb of Colombes (+ slideshow).

 
 

Architecture students create studio building in rural Utah using recycled materials

Students in a design-build programme at the University of Utah have completed a studio building on a remote campus in the desert where they live and work for part of the year (+ slideshow).

 
 

Pokédrone allows Pokémon Go users to catch out-of-reach species

Tech brand TRNDlabs has customised its miniature drone so Pokémon Go video game players can access Pokémon in difficult places and avoid walking into hazards (+ movie).

 
 

New York gives thumbs up to subterreanean Lowline park

New York's City Hall has given the go-ahead for the Lowline underground park, which aims to emulate the success of the city's elevated High Line (+ slideshow).

 
 

Max Fraser to curate exhibition of Scandinavian design at London Design Festival

London Design Festival 2016: British design writer Max Fraser has been named as the curator of this year's 100% Norway exhibition, which will return to the London Design Festival in September (+ slideshow).

 
 

10 houses featuring excessively steep gable roofs

The A-frame roof, one of the oldest forms in construction, is back in vogue and pointier than ever. Here are 10 of the best examples that show why gabled roofs are the new flat roofs.

 
 

Dezeen Mail issue 314 features this week's best stories and discussions

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A group of micro holiday homes for stressed-out city dwellers (pictured), the six buildings shortlisted for this year's Stirling Prize, and augmented-reality gaming phenomenon Pokémon GO all feature in this week's edition of Dezeen Mail.

Read Dezeen Mail issue 314 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail 

 
 

Tom Dixon transforms London Regency building into explorer-themed Bronte restaurant

British designer Tom Dixon has created a pink concrete bar, green leather booths and a cabinet of curiosities for London restaurant Bronte (+ slideshow).

 
 

Robert and Jessica Barker build trio of London houses including live-work space for themselves

Brick piers frame the double-height windows of these three houses that husband and wife team Robert and Jessica Barker have slotted behind a row of Victorian terraces in southeast London (+ slideshow).

 
 
 
   
 
 

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