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Movable wooden walls front Benjamin Garcia Saxe's Ocean Eye House

Wooden walls can be folded back from the front of this house on Costa Rica's coastline, opening up ocean views for the bedrooms and living spaces within (+ slideshow).

 
 

Job of the week: lecturer in design at Glasgow School of Art

Job of the week: lecturer in design at Glasgow School of Art

Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a lecturer in design at the Glasgow School of Art, which has a geometric matt-glass extension by American architect Steven Holl (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.

 
 

En Design Studio remodels new-build apartment in Israel to add character

Israeli practice En Design Studio made strategic interventions into this new-build apartment interior to give the home a "young and unique character" (+ slideshow).

 
 

Rohan Chavan's public toilets aim to provide a safe socialising space for women

These public toilets by architect Rohan Chavan are built around an old tree in the Indian city Thane, and include a hot-pink sitting area where women can socialise (+ slideshow).

 
 

Geometric coat stands and book shelves feature in Kristina Dam's Sculptural Minimalism collection

Maison&Objet 2016: Danish design firm Kristina Dam Studio has created Minimalist coat stands and book shelves based on intersecting geometric shapes (+ slideshow).

 
 

Atelier Tom Vanhee adds pair of gabled extensions to brick farmhouse in Belgium

Belgian studio Atelier Tom Vanhee has added two offset gabled volumes onto the side of an existing brick structure near the village of Aartrijke to turn it into a modern home (+ slideshow).

 
 

Tadao Ando's Cerro Pelon Ranch for Tom Ford shown in dramatic architectural film

A promotional movie has been released to entice potential buyers for a massive ranch in New Mexico that features buildings by Japanese architect Tadao Ando (+ movie).

 
 

Socialist Modernism photography series by BACU aims to help preserve Eastern Bloc architecture

This photographic series documents buildings in the former Eastern Bloc, with the intention to save them despite association with a totalitarian regime (+ slideshow).

 
 

Julius Shulman's Modernism Rediscovered photos show America's mid-century architecture

These images taken by late photographer Julius Shulman show buildings from the USA's Mid-century Modern movement that "slipped from public view" (+ slideshow).

 
 

Wang Shu's Ningbo History Museum built from the remains of demolished villages

Movie: in this exclusive Dezeen movie, Chinese architect Wang Shu of Amateur Architecture Studio explains why he recycled material from traditional Chinese buildings to construct the Ningbo History Museum.

 
 

Dezeen Mail issue 319 features this week's best stories and discussions

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A house in Aspen that has been renovated to celebrate its imperfections (pictured), Peter Zumthor's latest renders for the new Los Angeles County Museum of Art  and a debate over the relevance of the Kardashians to architecture feature in this week's issue of Dezeen Mail.

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"Architecture can feel like a paltry gesture in times like ours"

Opinion: meaningful architectural reactions to crises may take time, but quick temporary structures can be just as effective, and both are far preferable to not responding at all says Mimi Zeiger.

 
 

TGI Fridays unveils new look at Corpus Christi concept restaurant

Restaurant chain TGI Fridays has ditched its dark wood and red-striped interiors in favour of a muted Scandinavian-style aesthetic at a branch in Corpus Christi, Texas, following similar revamps by McDonalds and Burger King (+ slideshow).

 
 

Dezeen has reached 750,000 Instagram followers!

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French illustrator and animator Guillaume Kurkdjian made this image to celebrate Dezeen reaching 750,000 followers on Instagram. Follow us here for a stunning curation of architecture, design and interiors images.

 
 
 
   
 
 

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