OMA's Facebook village | 10 low-cost houses | Tiny forest cabin

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Architecture Interiors Design News Jobs Watch Store       Chequerboard facades front Andreas Martin-Löf Arkitekter's affordable housing in Stockholm Stockholm studio Andreas Martin-Löf Arkitekter has completed a cluster of affordable apartment blocks in the Swedish capital, featuring facades with alternating opaque and transparent sections. More ›     This week, the world's best new buildings were revealed in WAF 2017 shortlist This week on Dezeen, projects from 68 countries including work by BIG, Heatherwick Studio and Zaha Hadid Architects were shortlisted for awards at this year's World Architecture Festival. More ›     Memphis Group's Nathalie du Pasquier shows new works in London exhibition French designer and Memphis Group member Nathalie du Pasquier has created more than 50 new pieces for her first solo show in the UK in 25 years. More ›     Single-room cabin by JacobsChang is set among trees in upstate New York Manhattan studio JacobsChang designed this tiny blackened timber cabin on a shoestring budget for clients who built it in a forest in upstate New York with the help of their friends. More ›     Facebook appoints OMA to masterplan new residential village next to its Gehry-designed campus Facebook has announced that architecture firm OMA will masterplan a new village for the area adjacent to its Frank Gehry-designed campus in Menlo Park, California. More ›     France to ban all petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040 France has revealed plans to make all the country's vehicles carbon-neutral, with the announcement that it will ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2040. More ›     10 low-cost homes that could help to tackle the global housing crisis An affordable micro home that takes less than a day to build has just launched in the UK, so we're taking a look at 10 properties around the world that have been completed to an extremely tight budget and offer some solutions to widespread housing shortages. More ›     RCA graduate proposal would see ordinary people driving NASA's space exploration rovers Royal College of Art graduate Brian Black has designed a concept rover and virtual-reality interface that would allow anyone on earth to contribute to space exploration missions. More ›     The Society Hotel offers affordable boutique accommodation in downtown Portland A former sailor's lodge was overhauled to create this boutique hotel in downtown Portland, Oregon, which includes hostel-style bunkbeds and compact rooms, aimed at design-conscious travellers on a budget. More ›     Hong Kong's Skypark rooftop provides a playground for "balance-centric millennials" Dezeen promotion: entrepreneur Adrian Cheng has worked alongside Dutch architecture studio Concrete to create a new social space in Hong Kong tower Skypark that meets the needs of its youthful residents. 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