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Ruined "cultural palace" in Romania revived by architect Vlad Rusu

Romanian architect Vlad Rusu has resurrected a "cultural palace" that was originally built in the 1930s but has sat in ruin for 20 years after being ravaged by fire (+ slideshow).

 
 

This week, Kanye West asked Ikea to collaborate and the Rio 2016 Olympics kicked off

Official Rio 2016 Olympics posters unveiled

This week on Dezeen: architecture and design stories about this year's summer Olympics flooded out as the event commenced in Rio de Janeiro  this week, while Kanye West hit the headlines after declaring his desire to work with furniture giant Ikea.

 
 

Le Corbusier's Immeuble Clarté housing informed his Unité d'Habitation design

World Heritage Corb: long before he built the famed Cité Radieuse in Marseille, French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier explored similar housing principles for the 1932 Immeuble Clarté in Geneva – one of 17 of his buildings added to UNESCO's World Heritage list (+ slideshow).

 
 

Supercake combines shelves and plant pots in modular storage system for renters

Italian design studio Supercake has created a customisable shelving system for growing and displaying plants, which is aimed at people living in rented accommodation (+ slideshow).

 
 

Double-sided tape secures cladding to LA residence by Studio Pali Fekete

Los Angeles architecture firm Studio Pali Fekete has used double-sided sticky tape to affix the cladding panels to this home for an executive of adhesives company 3M (+ slideshow).

 
 

Airbnb launches internal design studio Samara with future house prototype

Home rentals website Airbnb has launched its own design studio, creating a house of the future for a Tokyo exhibition as its first project (+ slideshow).

 
 

Beebe Skidmore's dark green Portland home takes cues from Arts and Crafts architecture

This cedar-clad dwelling in Portland, Oregon, by local studio Beebe Skidmore Architects serves as a modern interpretation of the historic Craftsman-style bungalows found throughout the city (+ slideshow).

 
 

New York's supertall towers "damage the city fabric" says Elizabeth Diller

Diller Scofidio + Renfro co-founder Elizabeth Diller has hit out at New York's spate of luxury skyscrapers, saying that the city is at risk of being "consumed by the dollar" (+ interview).

 
 

Nucleo relaunches Terra grass chair with new grow-it-yourself cardboard kit

Italian design collective Nucleo has tweaked its popular design for a grass armchair that grows over time, relaunching it with a crowdfunding campaign (+ slideshow).

 
 

US job of the week: designer/architect at Machado Silvetti

Dezeen US job of the week: Machado Silvetti

Our US job of the week on the new and improved Dezeen Jobs website is for a designer/architect at Machado Silvetti in Boston, which has completed a gallery extension clad in over 3,000 ceramic tiles (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.

 
 

Diller Scofidio + Renfro completes Vagelos Education Center for Columbia University

New York firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro has completed a new medical centre for Columbia University that features a vivid orange "study cascade" occupying the whole south facade (+ slideshow).

 
 

Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics venues photographed by Leonardo Finotti

Rio 2016: explore the stadiums and arenas poised to host events during this month's Olympic games in these images by Brazilian photographer Leonardo Finotti (+ slideshow).

 
 

10 of the most popular plywood interiors from Dezeen's Pinterest boards

From a sculptural juice bar clad in wooden slats to a deliberately unfinished Tokyo apartmentplywood interiors are a firm favourite with Dezeen readers. We're counting down the top 10 most-pinned plywood projects as chosen by our Pinterest followers (+ slideshow).

 
 
 
   
 
 

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