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Concrete dovecote transformed into children's playhouse by AZO Sequeira

A small concrete structure once used as a house for doves has been transformed by Portuguese studio AZO Sequeira Arquitectos Associados into a garden playroom.

 
 

This week, Caruso St John won the Stirling Prize and Google launched a universal typeface

This week on Dezeen: Google unveiled a typeface that spans every written language, and this year's Stirling Prize was awarded to Caruso St John with its gallery for Damien Hirst.

 
 

Plumen's WattNott LED lightbulb has a lifespan of 25 years

Lighting brand Plumen has designed a set of LED Edison light bulbs that it claims have a lifespan of a quarter of a century (+ slideshow).

 
 

Waterfront home near Seattle is lifted on bridge-like structural supports

Design-and-construction firm First Lamp Architects has raised this family home near Seattle above a nearby body of water, drawing references from bridge structures (+ slideshow).

 
 

Chicago's century-old Navy Pier revitalised by James Corner Field Operations and nArchitects

Kiosks with stainless steel canopies and a towering glass and chrome sculpture are among the recent enhancements made to Chicago's Navy Pier, one of the largest public piers in the world (+ slideshow).

 
 

United Nude and Issey Miyake experiment with wood and leather for Rock and Wrap shoes

Dutch footwear brand United Nude has teamed up with Japanese fashion label Issey Miyake to create two new designs – a fragmented platform sandal with a wooden sole and a wrapped leather shoe.

 
 

Footbridge forced to close as 15,000 visitors flock to Amanda Levete's MAAT museum in Lisbon

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A footbridge providing the main access point to the AL_A-designed Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology in Lisbon has been closed over fears of collapse, after 15,000 visitors turned out for the opening of the museum.

 
 

Temporary floating parliament on the Thames could save the UK millions, claims Gensler

The world's biggest architecture firm has proposed moving the UK's Lords and MPs into a bubble-like building on London's River Thames to reduce the cost of refurbishing the crumbling Palace of Westminster.

 
 

US job of the week: School of Design director at San Francisco State University

US job of the week: School of Design director at San Francisco State University

Our US job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a director position for the School of Design at San Francisco State University, where the Mashouf Performing Arts Center by Michael Maltzan Architecture (pictured) is located. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.

 
 

Design brand SCP auctions off furniture made from its scraps

London Design Festival 2016: designers raided the SCP warehouse for discarded furniture to make the pieces in the The Thing With MaltaSingh exhibition, set to be auctioned next week.

 
 

FXFOWLE reveals Statue of Liberty Museum for New York's iconic landmark

Architecture firm FXFOWLE has unveiled plans for a new museum beside the Statue of Liberty, featuring a green roof and viewing platform overlooking New York harbour (+ slideshow).

 
 

10 of the most popular pink-hued interiors on Dezeen's Pinterest boards

Designers have been tickled pink recently. We're counting down the most-pinned examples of pink interiors on Dezeen, including a Japanese nail salon inspired by a French manicure and an Antwerp fashion boutique with a cabinet full of barbie dolls (+ slideshow).

 
 

"Installation art has finally taken over the last bastion of architecture"

Opinion: colossal public artworks like Thomas Heatherwick's interlinking staircases for New York are the architectural monuments of our time, says Aaron Betsky.

 
 

Denis Guidone's new watch for Projects references a Kandinsky artwork

Dezeen Watch Store: the latest watch from American brand Projects takes its unusual dial design from a drawing produced in the 1920s by influential Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky.

 
 
 
   
 
 

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