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Four-metre-wide house built in Tokyo by Atelier HAKO Architects

Atelier HAKO Architects has squeezed a three-storey house onto a four-metre-wide site in Tokyo, suggesting that skinny houses are still the rage in Japan (+ slideshow).

 
 

Replacement housing revealed for London's doomed Robin Hood Gardens

Haworth Tompkins and Metropolitan Workshop have revealed their designs for housing that will replace London's historic Robin Hood Gardens estate by Brutalist architects Alison and Peter Smithson.

 
 

Official Rio 2016 Olympics posters unveiled

Rio 2016: 13 artists have designed posters for this year's summer Olympics, which start in Rio later this week.

 
 

Bartlett head calls for new models of education to protect future UK architects

The head of one of the world's top architecture schools has called for an overhaul of architecture education and accreditation in the UK following new statistics about the high rate of mental health issues among students.

 
 

Ed Carpenter's bestselling Pigeon Light was an unexpected icon

Most Loved: in our next exclusive movie, designer Ed Carpenter reflects on how the pigeon-shaped lamp he presented at his graduation show in 2001 became a bestseller in museums and design shops around the world.

 
 

Piero Lissoni designs customisable kitchens for Boffi

London Design Festival 2016: Italian architect Piero Lissoni has designed a series of customisable kitchen and bathroom systems for Italian brand Boffi.

 
 

Matt Gibson's faceted Shadow House extends an Edwardian home in Melbourne

Australian architect Matt Gibson used zinc cladding to distinguish this faceted structure from the Edwardian residence it extends (+ movie).

 
 

Getty Foundation donates over $1 million to preserve Modern architectural landmarks

Lina Bo Bardi's first building and Eileen Gray's villa defaced by Le Corbusier are among the structures that will receive conservation grants from the LA-based Getty Foundation, as part of its initiative to preserve Modernist architecture from the 20th century (+ slideshow).

 
 

Seven of the best new buildings and interiors in Rio that have nothing to do with sports

Rio 2016: sporting venues aren't the only projects to have completed in Rio de Janeiro in the run up to this month's Olympic games. Here are seven impressive cultural buildings, offices and retail spaces that have opened since the city won its bid to host the event (+ slideshow).

 
 

Designers submit ideas for Brexit design manifesto

Brexit design summit: the freedom to recruit talented staff from overseas is "completely essential" according to leading UK designers, who have submitted ideas for a design manifesto to help the sector thrive after Brexit.

 
 

Augmented reality "will change the way architects work" says Greg Lynn

Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: augmented reality will revolutionise the architecture and construction industries according to architect Greg Lynn, who used Microsoft HoloLens to design his contribution to the US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (+ movie).

 
 

San Francisco's Millennium Tower is sinking say experts

Millennium Tower, San Francisco

The tallest residential skyscraper in San Francisco is tilting and sinking, according to reports.

 
 

Traffic-straddling bus makes first test run on Chinese roads

A bus that straddles traffic has made its first journey in the Chinese city of Qinhuangdao (+ slideshow).

 
 

Allee separates lakeside Connecticut house into two distinct volumes

Lush greenery tops one half of this three-bedroom residence on the shore of Connecticut's Lake Wononscopomuc, which local studio Allee Architecture and Design created as two separate parts (+ slideshow).

 
 
 
   
 
 

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