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BIG's prefabricated timber housing in Stockholm is designed to be "manmade hillside"

Bjarke Ingels' architecture studio BIG has completed a modular apartment block called 79 & Park in Stockholm that looks like a verdant wooden hillside.

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"Brian Eno's ideas have unexpected resonance for architecture"

Brian Eno's approach to producing music, through simple, open systems, should be adopted for the design of our towns and cities, says Finn Williams.

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Competition: win an overnight stay at Bauhaus Dessau

As part of our Bauhaus 100 series celebrating the school's centenary, the latest Dezeen competition offers five readers the chance to win a night stay for two people at the Bauhaus school building in Dessau.

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Xandra van der Eijk's metalwork explores effects of chemical waste dumping

Dutch designer Xandra van der Eijk has poured household chemicals onto widely available metal objects in an installation that aims to demonstrate how chemical waste dumping is affecting the earth in the anthropocene era.

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Loffi's smiley cycling glove combats the "complex issue" of road rage

Architect Jack Hudspith and product designer Ben Pawle have created a cycling glove with a smiley face on each side, to encourage road users to communicate with each other better.

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Herzog & de Meuron unveils plans for mountaintop outpost in Swiss Alps

Set on a mountain summit more than 3,000 metres above sea level, Herzog & de Meuron's Titilis 3020 station and restaurants will cantilever out over the Swiss Alps.

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Artek and Heath present limited-edition tiled furniture in 1960s setting

A fictional meeting between Finnish architect Alvar Aalto and American ceramicist Edith Heath formed the basis of a collaboration that combines their designs, displayed in an installation by LA studio The Archers.

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Latest Dezeen Weekly features the world's tallest statue and a Muji bus

The latest edition of our newsletter Dezeen Weekly features the world's tallest statue, Muji's design for a bus and a profile of the Bauhaus' founder. Subscribe to Dezeen Weekly ›

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UK government urged to sack housing-commission chair Roger Scruton over controversial comments

Roger Scruton, chair of the UK government's Building Better, Building Beautiful commission, is under scrutiny for voicing opinions on Jewish people, rape and homosexuality.

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Samsung unveils Infinity Flex smartphone that unfolds to become a tablet

Samsung has revealed a prototype of its long-awaited foldable smartphone, which allows consumers to own a tablet and a phone in one device.

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Eco-luxury domes by Bourgeois/Lechasseur peer out from Quebec forest

A trio of grey camping domes, which peek out like beady eyes from a hillside forest in Quebec, form a luxury eco-resort designed by Canadian firm Bourgeois/Lechasseur.

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We Are Human Rights develops tools for change by pairing designers with activists

Designers have developed projects for human-rights defenders in seven countries: Sudan, Nicaragua, Colombia, Russia, Kenya, Mexico and Burundi.

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