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EU headquarters features glass box containing curvaceous glowing "lantern"

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The European Union is moving into a new headquarters in Brussels, which features a huge glass atrium enclosing a bulging, lantern-like structure. More ›

 
 

Hawkins\Brown remodels Bloomsbury building for The Bartlett architecture school

The Bartlett - 22 Gordon Street

The Bartlett School of Architecture  now has a new Hawkins\Brown-designed facility in central London featuring a staircase designed as a "social generator" and studios with no doors. More ›

 
 

Dezeen Watch Store spotlights design heritage with new watch category

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Dezeen Watch Store has created a new page on the website where customers can browse watches with a unique design story or heritage. More ›

 
 

GF Smith opens London show space with basementful of paper towers

G.F Smith show space

Papermaker GF Smith has opened its first show space in London, which includes a gallery filled with an undulating installation of colourful paper rolls. More ›

 
 

Job of the day: architecture assistant at Tigg Coll Architects

Dezeen Jobs architecture and design recruitment

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a part-II architectural assistant at Tigg Coll Architects, which recently renovated a student housing block in London's Kings Cross  (pictured). Read more stories about Tigg Coll Architects or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.

 
 

Post Architecture adds monochrome staircase with built-in storage to Toronto house

Junction Shadow House in Toronto by Post Architecture

A black staircase lined with perforated white walls zig-zags up through this renovated city dwelling by Canadian studio Post Architecture. More ›

 
 

Richard Murphy's "box of tricks" home named UK house of the year 2016

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Secret hatches, moving walls and a sliding ladder all feature inside the Edinburgh home of architect Richard Murphy, which has been named RIBA House of the Year 2016. More ›

 
 

General Assembly exposes wooden beams inside revamped Brooklyn loft

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Wooden structural elements at this loft apartment in Brooklyn were uncovered and retreated during renovation work undertaken by local studio General Assembly. More ›

 
 

Tom Dixon reveals details of "top-secret" IKEA collaboration

Tom Dixon Ikea collaboration

Tom Dixon is working with students and companies to develop a product with an "ecosystem" of add-ons for IKEA, the British designer has revealed. More ›

 
 

This week's Dezeen Mail features 3D-knitted IKEA furniture and reaction to 2017's colour of the year

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This week's Dezeen Mail features Richard Meier's attack on a new crop of "disrespectful" skyscrapers in New York, IKEA's first 3D-knitted chair and readers reaction to Pantone's pick for colour of 2017. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail ›

 
 

AA director Brett Steele to become dean of UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture

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Brett Steele, director of the Architectural Association in London, has been appointed as the new head of the arts school at the University of California, Los Angeles. More ›

 
 

Dezeen's top 10 US houses of 2016

Case Inlet Retreat by MW Works

From tiny mountain cabins to vast modernist-influenced beach villas, US editor Dan Howarth has selected the 10 best American houses of 2016, as we continue our year in review. More ›

 
 

Mirrored and transparent viewpoints proposed for China's Zhangjiajie forest

Zhangjiajie bridges by Martin Duplantier Architectes

French studio Martin Duplantier Architectes has proposed a series of bridges and viewpoints for Zhangjiajie National Forest Park – the site of the world's longest and highest glass bridge. More ›