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Architecture Interiors Design News Jobs Watch Store       Checa Romero Architects "makes the most" of small brick house by extending in every direction Architect Curro Checa Romero has refurbished and extended a 1980s house in east London, more than doubling its interior dimensions and creating a series of light-filled spaces with an improved connection to the rear garden. More ›     Carmody Groarke unveils plans for art centre at Sheffield's Park Hill estate Park Hill estate is to receive a new Carmody Groarke-designed art gallery and suite of studios, as part of the redevelopment of the brutalist housing scheme built in 1961. More ›     Zaha Hadid Architects begins work on Mexico City's "highest residential tower" Construction has begun on Zaha Hadid Architects' residential high-rise in the Mexican capital, set to become the city's tallest apartment building. More ›     Compac launches quartz surface collection based on natural patterns and forms Dezeen promotion: Spanish surface manufacturer Compac has revealed five new variations of its quartz surface material, each based on textures and patterns found in the natural environment. More ›     "Can a house be beautiful simply because of what we know, not because of what we see?" A simple house features on the cover of Reinier de Graaf's new book, Four Walls and a Roof: The Complex Nature of a Simple Profession. In this extract, the OMA partner reveals the building's secret, politically fuelled past. More ›     Sella Concept applies "cocoon of rich materials and colour" to interiors of east London office The smooth surface and soft-pink hue of a newly plastered wall provided the starting point for the design of communal workspaces at this new creative hub in east London by local studio Sella Concept. More ›     Nick Rennie designs cordless floor lamp that sways side-to-side The spherical, weighted base of this floor lamp by Australian designer Nick Rennie stops it from falling over if pushed or knocked. More ›     Terraced gardens echoing paddy fields fill centre of Singapore's Marina One Snaking wooden walkways traverse a terraced garden planted with 700 trees at the heart of this tower development in Singapore's Marina Bay by Ingenhoven Architects and landscape firm Gustafson Porter + Bowman. More ›     Raf Simons and Sterling Ruby transform Calvin Klein store with yellow scaffolding The Calvin Klein flagship on New York's Madison Avenue has gone from "minimal to maximal", with a bright yellow makeover forming the backdrop for artworks celebrating Americana. More ›     BIG designs kindergarten in New York City for WeWork WeWork is continuing its expansion beyond coworking with a kindergarten called WeGrow, which will be designed by Danish architecture firm BIG in New York City. More ›     Latest Dezeen Mail features MVRDV's cavernous library and architects' pencils Photographs showing the drawing tools of architects and designers feature in this week's Dezeen Mail, alongside an eye-shaped library by MVRDV and therapy tools for sexual abuse. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail ›     Six ideas to transform Britain's decommissioned gasholders make shortlist in RIBA competition A crematorium, a sports field and a multi-storey charging station for driverless cars are among six shortlisted proposals to repurpose decommissioned gasholder sites across the UK. More ›     Hotel design event Sleep announces 2017 programme Dezeen promotion: this year's Sleep – an annual gathering for hotel architects and designers – will focus on the role of design in creating loyal, returning hotel guests. More ›     Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion loses its marble walls Architects Anna and Eugeni Bach are making the Barcelona Pavilion more minimal than ever before – by covering all of its walls with white panels. More ›     Six appealing opportunities for architectural visualisers on Dezeen Jobs this week There are numerous architectural firms looking to add visualisation artists to their teams. Our pick of the best positions available via Dezeen Jobs include roles with London-based David Chipperfield Architects, Rotterdam-based MVRDV and Visualhouse in New York. More ›     Lamborghini teams up with MIT researchers to create "self-healing" sports car Lamborghini has collaborated with a group of researchers from MIT to create a conceptual electric sports car, which has a carbon fibre shell that is able to repair any cracks or damages by itself.  More ›     Movie protests demolition of Helmut Jahn's Thompson Center in Chicago Filmmaker Nathan Eddy has released a movie showcasing architect Helmut Jahn's James R Thompson Center in Chicago, in a bid to protect the postmodern government building from demolition. 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