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IKEA Foundation CEO says adapting refugee shelter is "like playing with Lego"

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Better Shelter is the latest IKEA product to be hacked, according to the head of the company's charitable foundation, who told Dezeen the modular refugee cabin is now being used to create doctors' surgeries and schools.

 
 

BIG teaser video reveals Hyperloop plans for Abu Dhabi and Dubai

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In this exclusive video from BIG, partner Jakob Lange discusses how its plans for a Hyperloop high-speed transportation system between Abu Dhabi and Dubai will transform how people live. 

 
 

Viktor & Rolf shows two decades of work in first Australian exhibition

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More than 35 haute couture pieces from the archive of Dutch fashion designers Viktor & Rolf feature in an exhibition at Melbourne's National Gallery of Victoria. 

 
 

Job of the day: animator/visualiser at PriestmanGoode

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Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an animator/visualiser at London design studio PriestmanGoode, which recently revealed a design to tackle train overcrowding. Read more stories on PriestmanGoode or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.

 
 

Henri Bredenkamp converts derelict university building into family home

The Study House by Studio 30 Architects

Architect Henri Bredenkamp has overhauled a London house once used as a teaching space by Goldsmiths university to create a light-filled home for his family.

 
 

Sheng-Hung Lee's TetraPOT is a greener alternative to concrete coastal defences

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Chinese designer Sheng-Hung Lee has created a concept for a new kind of sea defence that also functions as a set of giant plant pots.

 
 

Tibetan school in China is clad is stone to match mountainous setting

Batang People Primary School by Livil Architects

Chinese studio Livil Architects has added a monolithic stone-clad canteen featuring cave-like interiors and an office building to a school in the town of Batang, Tibet.

 
 

Retractable garage-style doors open Amsterdam entrepreneur hub to the elements

BETA completes Ru ParΓ© community

Dutch studio BETA has transformed an old school in Amsterdam into a hub for entrepreneurs featuring full-height windows that can be retracted to open the entire facade.

 
 

Miel Arquitectos designs Barcelona apartment for "short but vibrant" stays

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Miel Arquitectos has added bright pops of colour to a Barcelona apartment that is tailored towards tourists.

 
 

Christian Heikoop's Glissade furniture is erected from metal rods like a tent

Christian Heikoop Glissade chair

Dutch designer Christian Heikoop has created a flat-pack furniture collection that is assembled in the same way as a tent.

 
 

RΓ„S studio updates Barcelona apartment with monochrome paintwork and textured tiles

La Olga by RΓ„S studio

Dark grey tiles, black and white paintwork, and leafy pot plants complete this minimalist apartment in Barcelona designed by Spanish architects RΓ„S studio.

 
 
 
   
 
 

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