"A chicken's dream home"

This week's best stories and comments from Dezeen View online This week, a Kengo Kuma-designed chicken coop captured readers' hearts and Sylvia Aehle shared her experiences working as a black, female architectural assistant in London. Read on for more...     "Sprawling but gorgeous all the same" A house by Olson Kundig that sits on a lava field in Hawaii has divided readers thanks to its vast size and abundance of wood. Read more ›   "A chicken's dream home" Readers are envious of the chickens who get to call a Kengo Kuma-designed chicken coop in Puerto Escondido home. Read more ›   "I aim to shed light on what it is like walking in the shoes of a black woman within architecture" Systemic racism is prevalent in architecture says Sylvia Aehle, a Part 2 architectural assistant in London, who describes her experiences. Read more ›   "Efficient little plan" Commenters are impressed by a 2.8-metre-wide home named Slot House, which has been built in a disused alley in Peckham, London. Read more ›   "Strong, robust and solid" Readers are divided over a group of timber cabins architecture firm Snøhetta has built overlooking the Jostedalen glacier in Norway.  Read more ›     "I would go out of my way to eat here" The interior of Beijing noodle bar Chubby Girl, designed by Office AIO, is meant to mimic the urban makeup of the city of Chongqing. Read more ›   "Travel as we knew it is over" The travel and tourism industries will be changed forever by the coronavirus pandemic, says Airbnb co-founder Brian Chesky. Read more ›   "Balloons are notoriously hard to steer" Commenters aren't convinced by PriestmanGoode's concept for a balloon to take space tourists on a "cruise" around the stratosphere.  Read more ›   "I like the sculptural quality of this house" One reader admires the composition and form of House in Pyrgos, a fortress-style holiday home on the Greek island of Santorini. Read more ›   "Breathes its history yet manages to be in the moment" 2LG Studio gave this period house in Tooting, south London, a colourful overhaul and commenters can't get enough. Read more ›     "Fascinating little building" Architect Rodrigo Simão has built a house for his family with a large scooped roof and circular swimming pool near Rio de Janeiro. Read more ›   "Education spaces will never be the same again" Dubai-based studio Roar has forecasted ways Covid-19 will impact the design of schools and colleges, saying they will change forever. Read more ›   "Birds are not harmed by the glass cladding" Owner of Invisible House Chris Hanley, best known for producing films such as The Virgin Suicides and American Psycho, has responded to readers' concerns about the building's impact on wildlife. Read more ›   "Like living in a nightclub lounge" GoCstudio has inserted a dark plywood box into an apartment in Seattle that doubles as a studio space for an amateur photographer. Read more ›   This week's top jobs on Dezeen Jobs Managing director at BIG in Barcelona, Spain Senior architect at Superimpose Architecture in Beijing, China Architecture internship at MoederscheimMoonen Architects in Rotterdam, Netherlands Senior architects at 10 Design in Edinburgh, UK Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Weekly. Update newsletter preferences | Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise