Exclusive Maarten Baas interview | Rotterdam house by MVRDV

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Architecture Interiors Design News Jobs Watch Store       MVRDV wraps glass facade of Rotterdam house around a mature olive tree Two tiers of glazing sweep around a stout olive tree in the back garden of this Rotterdam residence by MVRDV, contrasting with the almost windowless brick walls that face the street and neighbouring houses. More ›     "I really want to keep on shaking things up" says Maarten Baas Scorched furniture, theatrical clocks and an indoor circus are among the projects that Dutch designer Maarten Baas presents in his first retrospective, at the Groninger Museum. In this exclusive interview, he explains why taking risks has been crucial to his success. More ›     Job of the day: senior designer at PearsonLloyd Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a senior designer at PearsonLloyd's London studio, whose recent projects include a collection of bins designed to promote home recycling.  More ›     House L27 by dIONISO LAB is arranged around a curving courtyard in northern Portugal Straight walls are in short supply at this house in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, which curls around the edges of a curving cobbled courtyard. More ›     Royal College of Art students design The Brinery home fermentation tool The Brinery is a home fermentation vessel designed by a team of Royal College of Art students to kickstart interest in the "forgotten" process of preserving vegetables. More ›     Rob Hootsmans adds serrated glass extension to stone-clad Dutch courthouse Architect Rob Hootsmans has renovated a 1970s courthouse in the Dutch city of Zwolle and added a "transparent and approachable" extension featuring sawtoothed glass facades. More ›     Biasol creates Melbourne cafe interior based on 1950s Greek delicatessens Concrete surfaces, hand-painted teal tiles and brass details all feature in this Melbourne cafe, designed by local studio Biasol  to pay tribute to the Greek delicatessens that could be found in the city in the 1950s. More ›     IM Pei's Museum of Islamic Art captured in new photographs by Yueqi Jazzy Li These photographs by Yueqi Jazzy Li show the monumental form of IM Pei's Museum of Islamic Art, eight years after the building completed in Doha, Qatar. More ›     Alain Gilles' Mass tables rest on wireframe-style metal bases The bases of these tables by Brussels designer Alain Gilles  are made from bent metal frameworks that resemble crinoline petticoats. More ›     Curving wood-lined nooks create private reading spaces in Shanghai children's library Huge arched doorways lead to a suite of cosy wood-lined reading nooks in this children's library in Shanghai, designed by Muxin Studio to be like a "giant toy". 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