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Curving larch wood buildings with green roofs form school extension in Germany

Mono Architekten has restored and extended a 1970s concrete school block in Germany with a cluster of curving larch-clad volumes topped with sloping green roofs.

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Dezeen Day schedule: see details of all the talks and speakers

Dezeen Day is our international architecture and design conference taking place in London on 30 October. Scroll down for information about speakers, sessions, networking events, the venue and tickets.

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V&A promotes degrowth with a pavilion that's nothing but empty space

The Non-Pavilion is a London Design Festival installation that barely exists, to make a statement that the world needs to produce less.

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Arthur Mamou-Mani to speak about post-plastic materials at Dezeen Day

Architect Arthur Mamou-Mani will speak at Dezeen Day on 30 October about future materials and designing without plastic.

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Studio Viktor Sørless models "cinematic" Dune House on Roman Polanski movie

Cantilevering living spaces laden with "cinematic qualities" and giant windows will define Studio Viktor Sørless' Dune House in Denmark.

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Viewport Studio completes desert-inspired interiors of Virgin Galactic's Gateway to Space

Viewport Studio has completed the interior fit-out of the Virgin Galactic Gateway to Space building in New Mexico, USA, which has been designed with natural-tone spaces that "deliberately avoid the clichés of the space age".

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Lee Broom creates kaleidoscopic light installation in London showroom

The light and mirror installation at British designer Lee Broom's London showroom for London Design Festival appears to transport visitors into the interior of a kaleidoscope.

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Refugee shelters could be built from concrete fabric in 24 hours

Cortex Shelter by Cutwork is a concept for a shelter for refugee camps than could be built by adding water to a concrete textile in just 24 hours.

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Two brothers revitalise rustic Captain Whidbey Inn in coastal Washington

Brothers Mike and Matt French worked with friends and local designers to update an historic inn in Washington with contemporary touches.

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Kanye West's dome-shaped housing prototypes are demolished

Kanye West's domed low-cost housing prototypes have been demolished on his property in Calabasas, California, following reports that the musician failed to secure a building permit.

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Preservation easement will protect architect Eliot Noyes' family home in New Caanan

The family of mid-century architect Eliot Noyes, who was a member of the Harvard Five, has agreed to place his Connecticut home into an easement to ensure its longterm survival.

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Neri Oxman apologises to students over $125,000 donation from Jeffrey Epstein

Designer Neri Oxman has apologised to her students at MIT Media Lab for accepting funds from the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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$5 million solid gold toilet stolen in "surreal" Blenheim Palace heist

A solid gold toilet artwork has been stolen from an exhibition at Blenheim Palace, forcing the artist Maurizio Cattelan to deny that the theft was a Banksy-style hoax.

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"Massive swarm" drone strike on Saudi oil facility demonstrates destructive potential of autonomous weapons

The reported drone strike that set fire to two oil production facilities in Saudi Arabia on the weekend highlights the rising threat of "massive disruption" posed by swarms of cheap, unmanned flying devices, according to designer Clemens Weisshaar.

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Call for entries to AHEAD Asia awards 2020

Dezeen promotion: architects and designers working across Asia can now submit their hotel projects to the 2020 edition of the AHEAD awards.

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