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Architecture Interiors Design News Jobs Watch Store       IKEA aims to take 200,000 people out of poverty in massive social sustainability drive IKEA is to open production centres in refugee camps in Jordan this summer as part of a long-term plan to create employment for 200,000 disadvantaged people around the world through social entrepreneurship programmes. More ›     David Chipperfield, Diébédo Francis Kéré and Ma Yansong to speak at RIBA International Week Dezeen promotion: architects David Chipperfield, Diébédo Francis Kéré and Ma Yansong will join Dr Joan Clos of UN-Habitat for the centrepiece conference of the Royal Institute of British Architects' International Week in July. More ›     I don't believe in plonking "a Gehry here, a Gehry there", says Kerry Hill In our final movie from the AHEAD Asia awards last month, Australian architect Kerry Hill says he doesn't believe in "plonk architecture" and instead approaches every building differently. More ›     Tatiana Bilbao's Ventura House "grows organically" out from a forested Mexico hillside This house by Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao  comprises a cluster of five-sided concrete blocks that emerge from a forested hillside to offer panoramic views towards the city of Monterrey. More ›     Job of the day: deputy range manager at IKEA Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a deputy range manager of kitchen and dining at IKEA in Älmhult, which launched kitchens made out of recycled plastic bottles by Form Us With Love earlier this year. More ›     Olivia Lee designs furniture to help solve technology-related daily dilemmas A vanity table optimised for selfies and a tactile rug that helps you avoid walking into walls while virtual-reality gaming were among the objects presented at this year's Milan design week by Singaporean designer Olivia Lee. More ›     White box forms sleeping nook in Toronto loft by StudioAC Toronto-based StudioAC has remodelled the interior of a local apartment for a young client, balancing a bright and open living space with a cosy bedroom tucked away inside a millwork box. More ›     Adrian Phiffer envisions concrete Toronto home with cutouts and angled walls This conceptual, exposed concrete home by the Office of Adrian Phiffer is meant to respond to the banal character of its proposed location in Midtown Toronto. More ›     Villa K by Paul de Ruiter Architects lies long and low on a German hillside A+Awards: a swimming pool that starts inside this Architizer A+Award-winning house in central Germany continues out perpendicular to the low-slung volume and projects from the sloped site. More ›     Apple secures license to test self-driving cars in California Tech giant Apple has joined the list of companies approved to test driverless vehicles on California's roads. More ›     SHoP creates immersive terracotta enclosure as a space to pause and reflect Over 1,500 terracotta blocks were intricately carved and stacked to create this installation in Milan, which SHoP architects hoped would provide visitors with a moment of solace. 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