World's best-designed passports | Niemeyer's Israel library updated

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Architecture Interiors Design News Jobs Watch Store       Asaf Lerman updates Oscar Niemeyer's Haifa University library building in Israel Tel Aviv architect Asaf Lerman has renovated a library building designed by Oscar Niemeyer for Israel's Haifa University, and added a new wing to complement its brutalist concrete and glass construction. More ›     Where's Wally-style ad campaign highlights lack of women in the Egyptian workforce It takes concentration to spot the sole woman in the crowds of workers on these posters, created by illustrators IC4Design and marketing agency DDB for UN Women in Egypt. More ›     Scooped rooflights and sinuous forms define Strasbourg tennis clubhouse by Paul Le Quernec The flight path of a tennis ball informed the curving interior of this clubhouse in Strasbourg, which features dome-like skylights, a serpentine bar and brightly coloured floors. More ›     Job of the day: Part-I architectural assistant at Gort Scott Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a Part-I architectural assistant at Gort Scott in London, which is working on plans to replace an out-of-use office block in the city with 45 "pocket" apartments. More ›     UPS unveils drone-launching delivery truck American company UPS is testing a drone-launching delivery truck that it hopes will make its parcel service more efficient in rural locations. More ›     FHHH Friends arranges flexible rooms over split levels in slender Seoul house A skylit stairwell ascends through the split levels of this tall and narrow house in Seoul to a roof terrace with separate entrances for people and cats. More ›     California architecture students design shelters for LA's growing homeless population Students at the University of Southern California's School of Architecture have conceived a series of shelters for homeless people, ranging from a shopping cart converted into a tent structure to a tiny house made of scavenged material. More ›     Mehdi Ghadyanloo's surrealist utopian paintings feature in London exhibition Monolithic volumes against gradated backgrounds and staircases that lead to nowhere are depicted in the architectural paintings of Iranian artist Mehdi Ghadyanloo, which are set to go on show in London next month. More ›     Five passports that fly the flag for good design With Dezeen's Brexit passport design competition underway, we're taking a look at existing travel documents that any citizen would be proud to slap down at customs. More ›     Campaign to fund David Bowie memorial for Brixton launches A crowdfunding campaign to bring a lightning-bolt statue in memory of David Bowie to London aims to raise just under £1 million in 28 days. More ›     David Chipperfield's West Village residences finally receive go ahead After three rejected planning applications, British architect David Chipperfield has been given the go-ahead for a residential building in New York's West Village. More ›     Dezeen remembers the mobile phones that time forgot Flip phones, lipstick phones, mango phones – the announcement that Nokia may be reissuing the iconic 3310 mobile phone has the Dezeen team reminiscing about the handsets of years gone by. More ›     Tonkin Liu reveals tapering tower complex for Zhengzhou London-based architecture firm Tonkin Liu  has revealed its plans for a family of fritted-glass skyscrapers, which will be arranged around a central plaza in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou.  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