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Architecture Interiors Design News Jobs Watch Store       RIBA names top 20 homes for 2017 in House of the Year Award long list Richard Meier's first UK building and a cork-covered holiday in Essex marshland are among the 20 contenders for this year's RIBA  House of the Year Award. More ›     Diller Scofidio + Renfro's US Olympic Museum breaks ground New York architecture studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro  has released new images of its spiralling US Olympic Museum in Colorado Springs, as construction on the project officially starts. More ›     OFIS Architects extends Slovenian house with trio of stacked wooden boxes Three stacked cuboids covered in strips of dark-stained wood form this extension to a 1930s house in Ljubljana by Slovenian firm OFIS Arhitekti. More ›     Call for entries to the Archiboo Web Awards 2017 Dezeen promotion: networking platform Archiboo is seeking entries for its annual awards, which recognise innovative digital platforms specialising in architecture.  More ›     Central Saint Martins graduate creates misbehaving robots designed purely to annoy you Swiss-Mexican designer Nicole Pérez has designed a series of misbehaving robots that mimic the annoying aspects of intimate relationships. More ›     Job of the day: teaching fellow in architectural design at The Bartlett Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a teaching fellow in architectural design at The Bartlett School of Architecture, where students recently devised a method of turning felt into load-bearing structures. More ›     RIBA reveals the best of British architecture for 2017 The Royal Institute of British Architects has named 49 winners of its national awards, ranging from a cluster of luxury townhouses, to a new wing for the Tate Modern museum and workshops for the National Arboretum. More ›     ODA creates thick gridded facade for Manhattan condo building American studio ODA has taken cues from New York's historic character while designing this apartment block, which aims to "combat the cold modernism of so much contemporary construction". More ›     Salón Sociedad bar brings together corporate employees in dark, cosy interior Black and white tiles, brick arches and wooden furniture all help to create a welcoming ambience at this social space in Monterrey by Mexican studios Communal and OTRA Arquitectura. More ›     Visual X kit allows users to live out sexual fantasies through virtual reality Central Saint Martins graduate Marta Dunjó has developed a sex toy-cum-virtual reality kit that she believes could help rehabilitate those with "extreme sexual fantasies". More ›     Eight exercise studios that are perfectly suited for yoga To mark International Yoga Day, a worldwide celebration of the popular physical, mental and spiritual practice, here are eight spaces designed to offer the ideal setting for a meditative workout. More ›     ANDlight launches modular pendant lighting by Lukas Peet Dezeen promotion: two shades slot together to make up these pendant lights, recently launched by Canadian lighting brand ANDlight. More ›     Grenfell Tower residents to be rehomed in luxury Kensington apartments Survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire are to be given permanent homes in a luxury apartment block nearing completion at High Street Kensington, London. More ›     IKEA teams with Apple to create a "game-changing" AR-based shopping app Two of the most influential brands on the planet, Apple and IKEA  have revealed that they are working together on a new AR-based shopping app that is slated to launch in autumn 2017. More ›     "A golden age of architectural drawing awaits" The advent of 3D-modelling software may not spell the end for architectural drawing after all, says Owen Hopkins. 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