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Architecture Interiors Design News Jobs Watch Store       Albanian photography museum by Casanova + Hernandez features gridded glass walls Panes of transparent and translucent glass create a gridded facade for this photography museum in Albania by Dutch studio Casanova + Hernandez Architects (+ slideshow).     Lego unveils plans for "informal and inspirational" office campus by CF Møller Scandinavian firm CF Møller has designed a new headquarters for Lego in Billund, Denmark, featuring both work and play spaces for employees (+ movie).     Today we like: contemporary mosque design Today is the beginning of Eid al-Fitr, a holiday marking the end of the month-long Ramadan fasting period for Muslims. To celebrate, we're revisiting some of the best contemporary mosque designs from around the world, including Emre Arolat's "cave-like" prayer hall near Istanbul and Amanda Levete's proposal for the World Trade Center Abu Dhabi development (pictured). See more mosque design »     The most important tool in the kitchen is the countertop says Caesarstone CEO Movie: Caesarstone CEO Yos Shiran reveals how the company develops and manufactures new countertop products in this exclusive video Dezeen produced for the quartz surface brand.     Architecture ranks fifth in list of jobs most linked to suicide A US study has listed architects among the people most likely to take their own life.     Katharina Grosse gives colourful makeover to decaying building at Rockaway Beach A condemned structure on a New York beach has been transformed into an artwork using brightly coloured spray paint by German artist Katharina Grosse (+ slideshow).     Old ambulance station converted into holiday home by Marta Nowicka & Co Marta Nowicka & Co has transformed a former St John's Ambulance Station in East Sussex, England, to create a family retreat featuring exposed brick walls and industrial-style finishes (+ slideshow).     Puma unveils X-Cat Disc trainers based on shapeshifting sports car Sports brand Puma has based its latest Disc trainers on a fabric-covered concept car released by BMW (+ movie).     Wedge-shaped reading and sleeping nooks feature in Christopher Polly's Sydney extension Australian architect Christopher Polly has added an asymmetric extension to an early 20th-century house in Sydney, creating a bright double-height living space filled with Modernist furniture (+ slideshow).     Tippet Rise Art Center opens on a cattle ranch in rural Montana Massive earthen sculptures and a wooden concert hall form part of the new Tippet Rise Art Center, a vast performance venue and park in a remote area of Montana (+ slideshow).     Tom Dixon continues US expansion with two new retail locations Business news: British designer Tom Dixon has opened retail locations in Los Angeles and New York in the space of a month.     11 of the best new buildings from Iran's architectural awakening Iran's contemporary architecture scene is on the brink of a boom after the lifting of economic sanctions. We've collected together 11 of the best examples from the country's new crop of buildings and bridges.     Marco Maycotte designs pleasure garden to become "the Las Vegas of Scandinavia" Graduate shows 2016: the town of Vejle in Denmark is transformed into a pleasure garden in the spirit of Peter Pan's Neverland in this design by Aarhus School of Architecture graduate Marco Maycotte (+ slideshow).     "Driverless cars will always pose a risk" Comments update: readers have been hotly contesting the safety of autonomous vehicles this week after the first death caused by a self-driving car was reported.     Giulia Tomasello's home-grown sanitary pad helps balance vaginal flora Graduate shows 2016: Central Saint Martins student Giulia Tomasello's Future Flora kit lets women grow and harvest living cultures that can support intimate health (+ slideshow).     Freiluft uses concrete "tree" to form rooms within Swiss barn conversion Swiss practice Freiluft has inserted a branching concrete structure inside an old barn in Switzerland's Emmental valley, as part of its conversion into a pair of apartments.     United Nations teams up with MIT to overhaul "very top-down" refugee design strategy The United Nations High Commission for Refugees is working with MIT to develop design strategies that enable refugees to solve their own problems rather than relying on solutions provided by aid agencies (+ interview).       Follow us You've signed up to receive all Dezeen's architecture and design stories in one daily email. Preferences | Unsubscribe     Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise