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View online     MVRDV to convert disused Shenzhen factory into creative office space Dutch architecture firm MVRDV has announced its plans to renovate a deteriorating concrete building in Shenzhen, China, to create the If Factory offices and a maze-like roof garden. Read more ›   Designers draw on Memphis and pop art movements to reinterpret De Rosso furniture Designers including Adam Nathaniel Furman, Richard Hutten and Paola Navone have created seven laminated furniture designs for Italian brand De Rosso that reimagine both archival pieces and previously unpublished works. Read more ›   CL3 unveils interior design for Intercontinental Chongqing Raffles City Sailing and nautical aesthetics informed CL3's interiors for the Intercontinental hotel in the Raffles City Chongqing complex in China, which includes guest rooms that draw on the design of yacht cabins. Read more ›   Jiyong Kim bleaches reclaimed textiles with months of sun exposure for graduate collection Central Saint Martins student Jiyong Kim has used sunlight, rather than traditional printing or dying processes, to create the organic, flowing patterns that grace his graduate menswear collection. Read more ›   Concrete Tokyo toilet by Wonderwall references primitive Japanese huts A maze of board-marked concrete walls encloses this public toilet in Tokyo, which interior design studio Wonderwall created for the Tokyo Toilet project and modelled on prehistoric Japanese architecture. Read more ›   Worrell Yeung designs industrial artist studios in historic Brooklyn factory buildings New York architecture studio Worrell Yeung has transformed historic factory buildings in Brooklyn Navy Yard into multi-use workspaces and artist studios featuring time-worn brick walls and weathered beams and columns. Read more ›   "Foster must keep the A-team for its Apple store designs" say commenters In this week's comments update, readers are impressed by Foster + Partners' latest Apple Store and sharing their views on other top stories. Read more ›   Snøhetta, Studio Gang and Henning Larsen unveil designs for Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Architecture firms Snøhetta, Studio Gang and Henning Larsen have unveiled proposals competing for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, North Dakota, with designs that draw on the surrounding, rugged Badlands. Read more ›   Architecture "is more elitist than the most elite university in the world" says Phineas Harper The architecture profession needs to face up to the fact that it is dominated by those that went to private schools, according to Open City director Phineas Harper. Read more ›   Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Daily. Update newsletter preferences | Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise