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View online     Demountable timber library in Amsterdam is "a living room for the neighbourhood" Stepped, pastel-pink seating spills out from inside the OBA Next Lab library and community space in Amsterdam, designed by Dutch architecture practices Matter Makers, AWR and BAZ Studio as a public living room. Read more ›   Tivoli creates theme park Japanese neighbourhood in central Copenhagen Danish amusement park Tivoli has unveiled Hikari, a new area informed by Japanese cities that features art by Takashi Murakami and was designed to be "genuinely respectful of its origin". Read more ›   ARB scraps two-year practice requirement for architectural registration in the UK The Architects Registration Board has announced changes to its professional practice experience approach, which will see its two-year requirement of industry experience scrapped. Read more ›   IKEA's most recent collection is an "entry point" for young collectors Furniture company IKEA has launched the limited-edition Konstrunda collection, an assortment of furniture and homeware objects that reimagine collectible design from the likes of Andu Masebo at an affordable price point. Read more ›   SESC Pompéia indoor pond replicated for Lina Bo Bardi exhibition in Shanghai International studio Open Architecture drew on Lina Bo Bardi's own designs when creating The Poetics of Survival, the first major exhibition of the architect's work in China. Read more ›   OMA completes first US affordable housing development in San Francisco The New York office of OMA and local practice YA Studio have arranged a 160-home apartment block in San Francisco, California, around multiple courtyards. Read more ›   Photos reveal new facade of Google's Thompson Center The Thompson Center in downtown Chicago has been given a new facade as part of a renovation for tech company Google by architecture studio Jahn. Read more ›   Berthold Lubetkin's Finsbury Health Centre reimagining among projects by University of Nottingham Dezeen School Shows: a project aiming to optimise architect Berthold Lubetkin's Grade I-listed Finsbury Health Centre for 21st-century users is among those by the University of Nottingham. 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