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View online     Zigzagging white ramps encourage interaction at Huandou School in China Trace Architecture Office designed zigzagging ramps running round Huandou School in Haikou, China, to encourage interaction and play between students outside the classroom. Read more ›   Casa Almudena designed by Jesús Perales to bring a family closer together Spanish architect Jesús Perales created rooms that overlap in this house in Catalonia, to help the resident family spend more time together. Read more ›   This week, the UK's best new house was revealed and the MPavilion opened in Australia This week on Dezeen, a rural house in Northern Ireland by McGonigle McGrath was named as the RIBA House of the Year, and Glenn Murcutt's MPavilion was unveiled in Melbourne. Read more ›   Ecosystem Kickstarter is a cardboard structure that fights soil erosion Dutch designer Thom Bindels has developed Ecosystem Kickstarter, a honeycomb-shaped cardboard frame that can help small-scale farmers grow crops in degraded soil. Read more ›   Metal grates form walls and railings inside Montreal apartment Aluminum Scarf The covers of subway ventilation ducts have been used as walls, railings and storage closets in this renovated Montreal apartment designed by Canadian architect Jean-Maxime Labrecque. Read more ›   Steven Holl dismisses concerns over new Long Island City library as "wrinkles" Steven Holl Architects has brushed off criticisms of its Hunters Point library in Long Island City, which opened in September with a number of areas inaccessible to people with disabilities. Read more ›   RDHA turns riverfront building into "Canada's first bookless library" Canadian architecture firm RDHA has added glazed volumes to an old limestone post office in Cambridge, Ontario as part of its transformation into a community centre with makerspaces. Read more ›   Euroboden reveals design of "brutalist" Hammerschmidt office in Munich Dezeen promotion: Euroboden has revealed visuals of a concrete office building near Munich, Germany, designed by Arno Brandlhuber and Muck Petzet. Read more ›   Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Daily. Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise