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Sculpted concrete facade directs daylight into Smart Design Studio's house for an art collector

Indigo Slam by Smart Design Studio

Geometric concrete forms collide to create the sculptural facade of this house for a Sydney art collector, which features numerable windows and skylights that illuminate the gallery-like interior.

 
 

Arturo Vittori's Warka Water towers harvest clean drinking water from the air

Warka Water's water-collecting tower

Future Makers: in this exclusive movie, Italian architect Arturo Vittori explains how his wooden Warka Water structures can provide clean drinking water for rural communities in the developing world.

 
 

Architecture dominates first Dezeen Hot List, as Zaha Hadid and Bjarke Ingels claim top spots

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The inaugural Dezeen Hot List has revealed that the late Zaha Hadid is the most talked-about design figure on earth, and that architecture is the hottest topic among Dezeen readers.

 
 

Precarious Alpine shelter by OFIS offers shelter to Slovenian climbers

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This tiny aluminium-clad cabin by Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti cantilevers over the edge of a mountain on the Slovenian-Italian border.

 
 

Job of the day: architects at MVRDV

Dezeen Jobs architecture and design recruitment

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for German-speaking architects at MVRDV in Rotterdam, whose design for the Paradise City entertainment complex in South Korea is pictured. Read more stories about MVRDV  or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.

 
 

Peter Saville designs laboratory-style glassware for Museum of Science & Industry

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British designer Peter Saville has created a range of three glass flasks for Manchester's Museum of Science & Industry.

 
 

Walters & Cohen combines fluted stone and glass at London's American School

American School in London Arts Building by Walters & Cohen

Fluted stone panels form a frame around a huge window in the facade of this building designed by Walters & Cohen Architects for the American School in London.

 
 

BIG completes pair of twisting towers in Miami's Coconut Grove

Grove at Grand Bay by BIG

Work has finished on Bjarke Ingels Group's first condominium project in the United States, a pair of glass high-rise buildings that overlook Biscayne Bay.

 
 

10 of the best cabins in the Canadian woods

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The US election result has driven some Americans to search for a way out across the northern border – so many that the website for Canadian Immigration has been crashing from demand. For those keeping that daydream alive, here are ten cabins in Canada that would be perfect to escape to.

 
 

Illustrators react to Donald Trump's shock US election win

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Illustrators are taking to Instagram and Twitter to express their feelings about Donald Trump becoming the next president of the USA.

 
 

"How Donald Trump will solve America's infrastructure problems is completely unclear"

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Hillary Clinton's plans to improve infrastructure in the USA weren't ambitious enough, but at least she had plans, says Aaron Betsky in this Opinion column.

 
 

Parsons School of Design launches new digital design masters programme

Parsons School of Design launches new digital design masters programme

Dezeen promotion: Parsons School of Design in New York has introduced a digital product design course to its masters programme.

 
 

Nike's Zoom Spiridon trainers are covered in London Underground font

Nike x Roundel Zoom Spiridon

Nike has released a pair of trainers patterned with the Johnston100 typeface – the font used by Transport for London.