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Latest architecture and design news from Dezeen.

Architecture Interiors Design News Jobs Watch Store       Hiroshi Sambuichi creates sculptural roofs over Naoshima community centre Huge sculptural roofs made from cypress wood provide shelter for this community centre and hall, completed by architect Hiroshi Sambuichi on a small Japanese  island. More ›     Innovators at Heart exhibition sets out Bolon's ambition to move beyond flooring, say directors In the next instalment of our exclusive video series with Bolon, directors Marie and Annica Eklund explain how the Swedish brand's Stockholm Design Week exhibition marked the start of "a new chapter" for Bolon. More ›     Dezeen now has a million Instagram followers! We've reached our biggest social-media milestone yet – 1,000,000 followers on Instagram. More ›     DUA completes contemporary Dublin mews house with sunken concrete bathroom This Dublin mews house  – designed by Irish studio DUA for a young bachelor – features a sunken concrete bathtub, custom fittings, and reclaimed-brick and pine-plywood walls. More ›     Job of the day: Part-II architectural assistant at Jonathan Tuckey Design Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a Part-II architectural assistant at Jonathan Tuckey Design, which used mid-century shelving to create a new archival space for London's Southbank Centre in 2015.  More ›     DBA Design Effectiveness Awards honour year's best branding and packaging A brand design for a sealant company that lifted sales revenue by 744 per cent has been named the winner of the Grand Prix in this year's DBA Design Effectiveness Awards. More ›     Modernist desert homes by o2 Architecture and Al Beadle complete in Palm Springs Lance O'Donnell of o2 Architecture has overseen the completion of two dwellings in Palm Springs – a contemporary home he designed, and a never-built residence by famed mid-century modernist architect Al Beadle. More ›     Renzo Piano joins roster of starchitects adding to San Francisco's skyline Another skyscraper is set for San Francisco's SoMa district, this time by Italian architect Renzo Piano. More ›     RCR Arquitectes describe ambitions for "architecture that conveys beauty" in Pritzker Prize movies In this series of movies, Pritzker Prize 2017 laureates Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem and Ramon Vilalta describe how nature, landscape and "atmospheres" influence their approach to architecture. More ›     Key projects by Pritzker Prize 2017 winner RCR Arquitectes With the news that little-known Catalan studio RCR Arquitectes has won this year's Pritzker Prize, here's a look at some of the firm's most important projects. More ›     Space & Interiors announces lightness theme for 2017 exhibition Dezeen promotion: Space & Interiors will focus on the use of light in interior products for this year's event, which takes place during Milan design week. More ›     RCR Arquitectes wins Pritzker Prize 2017 Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem and Ramon Vilalta of Spanish studio RCR Arquitectes  have been named as the 2017 laureates of the Pritzker Prize, architecture's most prestigious award. More ›     Yves Béhar creates unthreatening design for Cobalt security robot Yves Béhar's studio Fuseproject worked with robotics company Cobalt to create this robot security guard, designed to be in "stark contrast to the Hollywood dystopian Robocop". 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