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Latest architecture and design news from Dezeen.
 
   
 
   
 
   
 

World Building of the Year 2016 shortlist announced

World Architecture Festival 2016: a Brazilian rainforest house, a spiralling university building in Tenerife and a bulbous blue drawing studio are among the 343 projects shortlisted for awards at the World Architecture Festival in Berlin this November (+ slideshow).

 
 

Dezeen Jobs: latest jobs update

Dezeen Jobs architecture and design recruitment

See the latest from our new and improved recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Piet Boon Studio, Layer and Carlo Ratti Associati, whose projects include a concept for using the Internet of Things to create personalised office environments  (pictured). This is also the last chance to apply for roles with Heatherwick Studio, MAD Architects, John McAslan & Partners and more...

 
 

Dog-stretching device by Hyerim Shin questions the "dark side of cuteness"

Graduate shows 2016: Royal College of Art graduate Hyerim Shin's Cuteness Tool for Dachshunds is a conceptual device that lengthens the bodies of sausage dogs.

 
 

Sliding and spinning walls animate facade of house by Matharoo Associates

At the touch of a button, the chunky marble walls that surround this house in India divide up into spinning and sliding panels, revealing a more lightweight glass facade behind (photos by Edmund Sumner + slideshow).

 
 

Ciaran Scannell proposes "fantastical world" in London's HS2 railway tunnels

Graduate shows 2016: the UK's high-speed railway network could incorporate an underground swimming pool, museum and concert hall, suggests Royal College of Art graduate Ciaran Scannell.

 
 

Studio Seilern hides secret library at the heart of converted English barn

A book-lined room is concealed behind secret doors in this 17th-century barn conversion carried out by Studio Seilern Architects at an estate in Oxfordshire, England (+ slideshow).

 
 

Vitra launches adaptable Hack desk by Konstantin Grcic

German designer Konstantin Grcic has created a utilitarian flat-pack office system for Vitra featuring desks that can be turned into sofas (+ slideshow).

 
 

Studio David Thulstrup looks beyond Scandinavian style in Copenhagen apartment

When designing the interior for a newly built apartment in Copenhagen, Studio David Thulstrup used over 300 antiques and bespoke elements to "avoid the usual collection of Scandinavian classics" (+ slideshow).

 
 
 
   
 
 

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