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Álvaro Siza builds Capela do Monte chapel for off-grid retreat in the Algarve

Architect Álvaro Siza Viera has completed a simple countryside chapel in the south of Portugal, designed to function without electricity, heat or running water. More ›

 
 

MIT engineers create 3D-printed magnetic shape-shifters

Engineers from MIT have designed soft, 3D-printed structures that can transform their shape "almost instantaneously" with the wave of a magnet. More ›

 
 

Delfino Lozano transforms traditional Guadalajara house into light-filled family home

Delfino Lozano Guadalajara house

Architect Delfino Lozano has modernised a house in the Mexican city of Guadalajara by rearranging the living spaces so they look onto a pair of brick-paved courtyards. More ›

 
 

Top five architecture and design jobs this week include IKEA and Allies and Morrison

IKEA launches its first range of speakers

Our pick of the best architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs this week include positions with furniture brand IKEA and architecture firm Allies and Morrison. More ›

 
 

Smarin stacks cushions to create seating that looks like military defences

Recalling the sandbag barricades used in war zones, piles of haphazardly stacked cushions form this public seating installation by French furniture brand SmarinMore ›

 
 

Large openings connect grey-brick extension by Soup Architects with landscaped garden

Oatlands Close by Soup Architects

This angular extension to a typical suburban house in the English town of Weybridge was designed by Soup Architects to make the most of the unusually shaped plot. More ›

 
 

Alfonso Arango builds tiny black cabin next to his childhood home

House on the Mist by Alfonso Arango

Architect Alfonso Arango has designed himself a 24-square-metre weekend retreat next to his childhood home overlooking the Andes mountains in Colombia. More ›

 
 

Estudio Carme Pinós reveals timber latticework design for 2018 MPavilion

MPavilion by Estudio Carme Pinós

Intersecting timber latticework frames make up Barcelona-based studio Estudio Carme Pinós's design for this year's MPavilion, which is set to open in Melbourne's historic Queen Victoria Gardens this October. More ›