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Kieran Timberlake completes £75 million "crystalline cube" for US Embassy in London

Kieran Timberlake has completed work on the US Embassy in London, a glass cube swathed in shimmering sails of plastic that is set on a plinth and surrounded by a moat-like pond on the edge of the River Thames. More ›

 
 

Dezeen's 10 biggest design trends of 2017

Continuing our review of 2017, design editor Alice Morby reflects on the year's trends, which include a rise in political responses, eco-friendly solutions, and a focus on food consumption. More ›

 
 

World Landscape of the Year 2017 teaches people about China's farming history, says Turenscape

The Chinese rice farm that was recently named World Landscape of the Year is designed to teach people about traditional agriculture, according to Stanley Lung of landscape architecture firm TurenscapeMore ›

 
 

Top five architecture and design jobs this week include Aesop and Wilkinson Eyre

Embargoed: New Dyson campus

Our pick of the best architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs this week include positions with skincare brand Aesop, and architecture firms Wilkinson Eyre and Gustafson Porter + Bowman. More ›

 
 

Ineke Hans combines new and old production techniques to create chair for the Kunsthalle Wien

Dutch designer Ineke Hans has designed a steam bent conference chair for Kunsthalle Wien

Dutch designer Ineke Hans has designed a steam-bent conference chair for one of its Austria's most important art galleries, which is manufactured using both manual and digital production methods.  More ›

 
 

Competition: win a copy of The Kinfolk Entrepreneur

Dezeen has teamed up with lifestyle publication Kinfolk to give five readers the chance to win a copy of its new book, which features over 40 interviews with entrepreneurial business owners. More ›

 
 

Grey Griffiths Architects completes London extension featuring exposed oak roof structure

Grey Griffiths Architects completes London extension featuring exposed oak roof structure

Exposed rafters support a pitched roof incorporating a large skylight that allows daylight to flood into this rear extension added to a Victorian house in south London by local studio Grey Griffiths Architects. More ›

 
 

Vladimir Radutny honours Mies' minimalism at renovated Lake Shore Drive apartment

Unit 9C by Vladimir Radutny Architects

Architect Vladimir Radutny has renovated an apartment in the iconic 860-880 Lake Shore Drive complex by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in Chicago, using a restrained palette to show off the architecture and the views. More ›

 
 

Pietro Airoldi transforms old Sicilian apartment into bright open-plan space

Apartment renovation in Palermo by Pietro Airoldi Studio

Architect Pietro Airoldi left traces of old partition walls on the ceiling of this renovated 1930s apartment in Sicily as a reminder of its previous layout. More ›