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Architecture Interiors Design News Jobs Watch Store       TOOP Architectuur arranges timber and concrete house around a recessed patio The facades of this low-lying concrete and wood house in rural Belgium are interrupted large windows, and a central patio that separates the living and sleeping areas. More ›     Seven unusual treehouses you can sleep inside at Sweden's Treehotel Seven Scandinavian architects have now built treehouses for Sweden's Treehotel, including a bird's nest, a mirrored cube  and the charred timber cabin added earlier this month by Snøhetta. More ›     VeloMetro's pedal-powered Veemo vehicle aims to get people out of their cars Future Makers:  in this movie filmed in Vancouver, Kody Baker explains how his start-up VeloMetro is hoping to convince people to switch to a cleaner, healthier form of transport with a car-like vehicle that you pedal like a bike. More ›     Job of the day: materials researcher at Heatherwick Studio Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a materials researcher at Heatherwick Studio, whose current projects include a canal-side shopping centre in London's Kings Cross.  More ›     Philippe Starck and Jerome Olivet present gelatinous vision for future smartphone French designers Philippe Starck and Jerome Olivet have proposed a radical concept for the future of smartphones based around holograms and voice control. More ›     Photographers go behind the scenes at 16 Paris architecture studios The offices of 16 Parisian architecture studios, including Renzo Piano Building Workshop  and Périphériques, feature in this set of images by photographers Marc Goodwin and Mathieu Fiol. More ›     Shawn Yang's Duplex light can be flipped from a desk lamp to a pendant Taiwan-based designer Shawn Yang has designed a wooden lampshade that can serve as both a desk lamp and a pendant light. More ›     Theis + Khan updates Notting Hill house with basement pool and cinema This west London house has been overhauled by British practice Theis + Khan  to include a "cave-like" swimming pool in the basement and a twisting white staircase. More ›     America's most expensive home boasts $250 million price tag This mansion designed for the "ultimate billionaire" in Bel Air, Los Angeles, has set the record for the priciest home ever listed for sale in the USA. More ›     MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple elevates cedar-clad cabin in Nova Scotia on concrete plinths Canadian studio MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple has completed a coastal dwelling that features wooden shingles, gabled roofs, and concrete fins that elevate the home off the ground to protect it from tidal surges. More ›     Snøhetta designs pared-back Slack offices in Lower Manhattan Wooden bleachers and planted screens are intended to evoke New York City's urban courtyards at this headquarters for workplace messaging system Slack, by architecture firm Snøhetta. More ›     Alberto Bellamoli creates dappled terrazzo tables, bowls and candleholders Italian designer Alberto Bellamoli has added to the growing trend for terrazzo, unveiling homeware patterned with coloured marble spots. More ›     Steven Holl unveils Shanghai cultural complex to be built from white concrete Steven Holl Architects has revealed plans to build a health and cultural complex in Shanghai, comprising a pair of white concrete blocks punctured by the firm's signature cutouts. More ›     Marc Fornes creates coral-like installation for Orlando convention centre Strips of curving perforated aluminium are joined together to create this huge branching installation  by architect Marc Fornes and his studio The Very Many. More ›     UK government makes creative industries a pillar of post-Brexit growth plan The UK government has made the creative sector a priority in its new industrial strategy, signalling what industry representatives are calling a potentially "new, bold and imaginative understanding of business". More ›       Follow us     Forward this newsletter to a friend You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Daily. Unsubscribe     Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise