Jigsaw-like plywood staircase | Sinking skyscraper | Ettore Sottsass exhibition

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Controversial Iron Ring set to be submerged in landscape beside a Welsh castle

Iron Ring installation by George King Architects

A huge ring-shaped walkway designed by architect George King is set to be built next to Flint Castle in Wales – but has been met with fierce opposition by locals, who see it as symbol of historic oppression. More ›

 
 

Revamped London house features white surfaces and concrete details that match a brutalist neighbour

Soupçon Brut in north London by William Tozer Associates

William Tozer Associates has overhauled a Victorian terraced house in north London, introducing a white, modern living area that faces out onto a neighbouring brutalist estate. More ›

 
 

Adobe Research team proposes more playful way to mix colours digitally

Adobe Research creates digital version of artist's paint palette

Researchers at software brand Adobe have developed a prototype tool that allows users to mix colours on screen as if they were working in real paint. More ›

 
 

Job of the day: marketing director at Studio Gang Architects

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a marketing director to join Chicago-based Studio Gang, which recently created an installation from stacked paper tubes for Washington DC's National Building MuseumMore ›

 
 

Tsuruta Architects designs staircase in London house from thousands of plywood pieces

Nearly 2,000 pieces of plywood slot together like a puzzle in this staircase, which features in a London home that has been overhauled by local studio Tsuruta Architects. More ›

 
 

DCPP arranges dark-walled Mexico City house around two courtyards

Pale mud bricks, teak wood and a textured black coating are all used to front this house in Mexico City, which architecture studio DCPP  has designed around a pair of patios. More ›

 
 

Met Breuer exhibition contextualises Ettore Sottsass' colourful designs

Ettore Sottsass: Design Radical at The Met Breuer

Boldly shaped and coloured designs by Memphis group founder Ettore Sottsass are on display alongside some of the historic artefacts they reference, and contemporary objects they in turn influenced, at The Met Breuer museum in New York. More ›

 
 

Engineers propose solution for San Francisco's sinking Millennium Tower

Millennium Tower, San Francisco

San Francisco's sinking skyscraper has descended another inch, but engineers have come up with a potential fix. More ›

 
 

Jeff Jordan adds light and storage to Jersey City home using pine interiors

Wayne Street Row House by Jeff Jordan Architects

Custom-made pinewood cabinetry and white marble walls feature in this 19th-century row house in New Jersey, which has been overhauled by local studio Jeff Jordan Architects. More ›

 
 

"Unregulated scientific innovation on an isolated island? Sounds like a very bad thing"

A proposal to construct self-sufficient cities that would operate outside of national borders sparked a discussion between readers around governance and regulation in this weeks comments update. More ›

 
 

US tech company offers to turn employees into cyborgs with microchip implants

Microchip implant

Wisconsin company Three Square Market is offering microchip implants to all of its workers, enabling them to make purchases and log into computers with the wave of a hand. More ›

 
 

Competition: win a book exploring the simplicity and functionality of Nordic design

Dezeen has teamed up with Oak Publishing and Phaidon to give away  five copies of The Red Thread: Nordic Design – a comprehensive look at objects designed "for a practical lifestyle" from Scandinavia and Finland. More ›

 
 

Henry Dreyfuss Associates' classic Humanscale design manuals to be reissued

Humanscale design manual by IA Collaborative

A Kickstarter campaign is raising money to rerelease a set of influential manuals that offer precise guides to designing for human comfort. More ›

 
 

Architects must work harder "to put new ideas on the table" says Liz Diller

co-founder of New York architecture firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro

Architects should be more proactive in driving forward development proposals, says architect Elizabeth Diller in this exclusive video interview Dezeen filmed at the RIBA International Conference in London. More ›