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Crossboundaries designs "mini village" for kindergarten in rural China

The Jiangsu Beisha Kindergarten in China has been conceived as a miniature village, with a cluster of house-like structures clustered around a square and connected via winding paths and raised walkways.

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Serpentine Pavilion designed to be "part of surrounding landscape" says Junya Ishigami

In this exclusive Dezeen video, Japanese architect Junya Ishigami explains how his design for this year's Serpentine Pavilion was built to resemble a "stone hill".

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Pierre Yovanovitch brightens Villa Noailles gift shop with bold hues

French designer Pierre Yovanovitch has offset salmon-pink and butter-yellow surfaces with cobalt blue decor details to create this striking gift shop at an art centre in southeast France.

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Careers guide: Claudia Orsetti describes how she became project leader at Heatherwick Studio

Claudia Orsetti joined Heatherwick Studio six years ago, having previously worked at architecture firms SANAA and ACME. For the Dezeen Jobs careers guide, she explains how she worked her way up to project leader.

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Central Saint Martins students design prison cell furniture

The Cell Furniture project sees product design students at London's Central Saint Martins create flexible furniture for prisons, which will be made by the inmates.

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3XN builds new headquarters for the Olympics on shore of Lake Geneva

Copenhagen studio 3XN has completed Olympic House, a new headquarters for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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Lindsey Adelman presents "precarious and vulnerable" light at Design Miami/Basel

New York industrial designer Lindsey Adelman's latest light comprises a series of glass orbs that appear to dangle precariously together on a gridded metal frame.

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OMA completes stepped glass tower The Avery in San Francisco

Architecture firm OMA has completed its first project on America's West Coast: a glass condo tower in San Francisco with stepped corners.

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"Inventing a story means no design decision is arbitrary" says David Rockwell

New York architect David Rockwell explains how constructing a narrative can guide the design of hospitality spaces in this video produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD Awards.

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More details of Junya Ishigami's craggy Serpentine Pavilion revealed in full photo set

This slideshow of images by photographer Ste Murray offers a closer look at the rocky canopy that forms this year's Serpentine Pavilion by Japanese architect Junya Ishigami.

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"Another to join the long list of doomsdayers"

In this week's comments update, readers are debating Jack Self's statement that humans are "unlikely to survive this century" without radical changes to housing.

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Serpentine Pavilion opening overshadowed by resignation of CEO Yana Peel after spyware row

Yana Peel has stepped down as CEO of the Serpentine Galleries on the launch day for this year's pavilion, after she was criticised for her connection to an Israeli cybertech firm.

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J_spy uses concrete blocks to form Catskills House in the New York countryside

The husband-and-wife team behind American firm J_spy have created a retreat for their family in Upstate New York that features a compact interior and basic materials like concrete masonry and standing-seam metal.

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