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Derelict shed converted by Sue Architekten into writer's studio and playroom

Sue Architekten has converted a 1930s outhouse near Vienna into a writing studio, guest room and playhouse, accessed via a trapdoor (+ slideshow).

 
 

Job of the week: architects at Schmidt Hammer Lassen

Job of the week: architects at Schmidt Hammer Lassen

Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for architects of all levels at the China office of Schmidt Hammer Lassen, which transformed an ageing Shanghai office block into a business incubator, featuring a translucent aluminium skin (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.

 
 

Competition: five copies of a children's origami book to be won

Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with publisher Owl & Dog Playbooks to give away five copies of a children's book filled with pre-scored sheets for making folded paper models of fish (+ slideshow).

 
 

Timber-clad Gamla Villan by Mer Architects offers views of Finnish meadow and sea

A grand window offers views of the woodland and sea in this house in Hanko, Finland, designed by Mer Architects as a contemporary update of the town's historic villas (+ slideshow).

 
 

JamesPlumb reworks antique indigo-dyed fabric for limited-edition bench

London design studio JamesPlumb has revisited an antique textile that is created using medieval techniques, and has this time used it to create a limited-edition bench (+ slideshow).

 
 

ZGF wraps Arizona medical facility in layer of creased metal panels

American firm ZGF Architects has completed a cancer centre in downtown Phoenix with a faceted, copper-coloured screen that evokes the scaly skin of a desert reptile (+ slideshow).

 
 

Dezeen Mail issue 326 features this week's best stories and discussions

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Toyo Ito's sculptural opera house in Taiwan features in this week's issue of Dezeen Mail, along with Zaha Hadid's final furniture collection for David Gill Gallery and Renault's new electric concept car.

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Caruso St John wins Stirling Prize 2016 for Damien Hirst's Newport Street Gallery

Caruso St John Architects has won the RIBA Stirling Prize 2016 with the "highly accomplished and expertly detailed" London gallery it designed for British artist Damien Hirst (+ slideshow).

 
 

10 of the most pristine minimalist kitchens

With the demand for minimalist homes increasing, architects are coming up with innovative ways to hide bulky appliances and storage units. We've rounded up 10 of the most stripped-back kitchens on Dezeen, including one concealed behind perforated metal screens and another crafted from raw materials (+ slideshow).

 
 

Google and Monotype collaborate on font that spans all written language

International font company Monotype has worked with Google to create one typeface that can be used by everyone in the world, writing in any language (+ movie).

 
 

Competition: win a trip to Biennale Interieur 2016

Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Biennale Interieur to give away five travel packs to this year's event, including transport, accommodation and dinner.

 
 

Brexit's impact on education is a disaster for design says Ben Evans

EU students are deferring or cancelling their offers from UK design schools over Brexit with major implications for the future of the sector, according to London Design Festival co-founder and UAL governor Ben Evans.

 
 

Vancouver architect Bing Thom dies aged 75

Architect Bing Thom, designer of several major buildings in Vancouver, has died aged 75 following a brain aneurysm.

 
 

Five of the best houses in Wyoming on Dezeen

A house with a climbing wall up one side and a home wrapped around a giant boulder both feature in this Wyoming-focused edition of our series about residential architecture from different US states (+ slideshow).

 
 

LDF director and Wired UK editor to speak at Global Futures Forum 2016

Dezeen promotion: this year's Global Futures Forum will feature workshops, debates and presentations lead by creative industry professionals, including London Design Festival director Ben Evans and Wired UK editor David Rowan.

 
 
 
   
 
 

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