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Split House by BKK Architects is made up of two angular wooden structures

Angular volumes clad in timber and metal step down the side of a sloping site to form this house near Melbourne with ocean views (+ slideshow).

 
 

This week, Heatherwick unveiled the centrepiece for New York's Hudson Yards development

This week on Dezeen: this week British designer Thomas Heatherwick presented a structure comprising 154 staircases for a vast development Manhattan's West Side and we geared up for next week's London Design Festival.

 
 

Paul Cocksedge's Vamp Stereo plays music wirelessly on any two old speakers

Paul Cocksedge has unveiled the latest design in his mission to save vintage speakers from obsolescence, with a small Bluetooth device that can now provide stereo sound (+ movie).

 
 

Ghiora Aharoni uses art deco references for Chelsea pied-à-terre interior

New York-based Ghiora Aharoni Design Studio has added curved oak panels and silver leafing to an apartment in an art-deco Manhattan building to better reflect its original style (+ slideshow).

 
 

Chen + Suchart extends historic Arizona home with metal-clad gabled addition

US firm Chen + Suchart Studio has renovated and expanded a 1930s dwelling in Phoenix, Arizona, adding a metal-clad volume with a window wall and a pointy roof (+ slideshow).

 
 

US job of the week: exhibition production manager at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum

Dezeen Jobs architecture and design recruitment

Our US job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for an exhibition production manager at New York's subterranean National September 11 Memorial and Museum, which was completed in 2014 (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.

 
 

"DS+R's education building suggests architectural innovation can still be put to the public good"

Opinion: the light-filled, social spaces at Diller Scofidio + Renfro's medical education centre at Columbia University could make future doctors demand more from their workspaces and ultimately pave the way for better hospitals, says Alan G Brake.

 
 

10 of the best private homes to explore in London during Open House

Dingle Price Architects creates house for a painter in London

Open House London takes place this weekend, giving members of the public access to 750 buildings. Dezeen editor Anna Winston picks 10 of the best houses and apartments that will open their doors to nosy visitors and architecture enthusiasts.

 
 

Benjamin Hubert lights V&A's medieval tapestry room with rippling steel installation

London Design Festival 2016: 50,000 metal triangles make up British designer Benjamin Hubert's undulating Foil installation, which casts light onto the V&A's medieval tapestries (+ slideshow).

 
 

AÃRK experiments with circular forms to create new Dome watch

Dezeen Watch Store: circles are used through the design of Australian brand AÃRK's latest watch collection.

 
 

Brexit decision is "criminal" says Konstantin Grcic

Brexit: the EU Referendum should never have happened according to German designer Konstantin Grcic, who said the decision by Britain's former prime minister David Cameron to host the vote was criminal.

 
 

Government to launch inquiry into impact of Brexit on creative industries

The government's House of Commons committee has announced plans for an inquiry that will focus in part on employment within the creative industries post Brexit.

 
 

10 of the most popular brick interiors on Dezeen's Pinterest boards

This week we're counting down the most-pinned brick interiors on Dezeen, including an auditorium in the Netherlands featuring vertical brickwork and a converted 1920s shophouse in Singapore (+ slideshow).

 
 

Mathieu Lehanneur sculpts a seascape from blocks of black marble

London Design Festival 2016: French designer Mathieu Lehanneur has convincingly sculpted blocks of black marble to look like the sea for an installation at the V&A museum.

 
 

Nendo shows 50 Manga Chairs within light installation at New York's Friedman Benda

Nendo has taken its collection of chairs based on Japanese manga comics to New York, where they are on show as part of a light installation at Friedman Benda gallery (+ movie).

 
 

Call for entries to NLA's Don't Move, Improve! awards 2017

Dezeen promotion: New London Architecture is now accepting entries for Don't Move, Improve! 2017, a competition to find the best house extensions in London.

 
 
 
   
 
 

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