Hyper-realistic renderings, world's first graphene paint and more of this week's top stories

Follow us We've kicked off our London Festival of Architecture coverage with ten top picks from this year's month-long programme. Read on for more of the best stories on Dezeen... "Why do we need to go beyond hyper-realistic?"   Renderings of this loft-style house were designed to be "beyond hyper-realistic", but some readers are resisting the new wave of atmospheric visuals. Read the story and comments › "Zaha would have approved"   Commenters have likened the form of this domed holiday house in Greece to the curved buildings built by the late Zaha Hadid. Read the story and comments › "I really hope this hits the mainstream market"   The world's first paint made with graphene – the strongest material known to science – could revolutionise DIY, say readers. Read the story and comments › "The pitched roof kills it for me"   Jean Nouvel's plans for a plant-covered luxury hotel in São Paulo have impressed readers, with the exception of one detail. Read the story and comments › "No-expense-spared retailing at its best"   Foster + Partners' latest tree-filled Apple Store features a hand-carved stone staircase. Could it be the firm's best yet? Read the story and comments › "Surely MIT students have better things to do?"   Flat-packed transformable pasta that takes shape in water has been developed by MIT researchers, leaving some readers bemused. Read the story and comments › "A home for hipsters without children"   Readers are debating whether these two affordable homes near Copenhagen are practical enough for family life. Read the story and comments › "Good to see this catching on"   The latest video in our Dezeen x MINI Living Initiative series investigates a design for a vertical farm nestled amid Shanghai's skyscrapers. Watch the movie › "Where the word 'gaudy' has its root"   Antoni Gaudí's first built house opens to the public this autumn, but readers can't decide if they love or hate its extravagant design. Read the story and comments › "The Japanese House is about fear, imagination, aggression and dreams"   The Japanese House exhibition doesn't offer solutions to the housing crisis, says Owen Hatherley, but it does show what's possible when architects respond to instability. Read his Opinion column › Dezeen Watch Store is closing down – final sale begins now   Time's up for Dezeen Watch Store, which is to close for business with a huge final sale. Find out more › "Amazing site"   Readers are in awe of this pavilion-like holiday home, which looks out over a picturesque mountain lake in southwest India. Read the story and comments ›               Dezeen Jobs   Are you looking for a role in architecture or design? Visit Dezeen Jobs, where we've got 90 new jobs this week including: Gallery associate at David Gill Gallery in London, UK ›  3D artist at Visualhouse in New York, USA › Product developer at IKEA in Älmhult, Sweden › Most popular   Skinny supertall tower by Meganom unveiled for New York › Most liked   Google Doodle remembers Zaha Hadid's 2004 Pritzker Prize win › Most tweeted   Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia designs modular office furniture › Most pinned   Welsh + Major slots lightwell between cottage and extension › Most commented   Anish Kapoor's plans for studio extension upset local residents › News   Google reveals its plans for London HQ by BIG and Heatherwick › More news › Architecture   Dulwich Picture Gallery informs summer pavilion for LFA › More architecture › Design   Lebanese students anticipate future needs for Beirut Design Week › More design › Interiors   Note Design Studio revamps 19th century property in pastel colours › More interiors › Technology   BMW aims to "reinvent urban mobility" with connected scooter › More technology › Competitions   Win a ticket to Forward Festival in Munich or Zurich › More competitions › Dezeen Watch Store   Grab a bargain in Dezeen Watch Store's closing down sale › Browse sale watches › Dezeen Hot List   Dezeen Hot List reveals the 400 hottest forces in architecture and design › Dezeen Book of Interviews   Dezeen Book of Interviews features conversations with 45 leading figures in architecture and design. Pick up your copy on sale for just £6 ›

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Google's latest HQ plans | Top picks for London Festival of Architecture

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Architecture Interiors Design News Jobs Watch Store       10 events that are not to be missed at London Festival of Architecture 2017 With London Festival of Architecture  kicking off today, architecture editor Jessica Mairs has revealed her top picks, from a stomach-churning installation based on the Smithfield meat market to tours of the capital's ill-fated housing estates.  More ›     Google finally reveals its plans for London HQ by BIG and Heatherwick Two years after inviting Bjarke Ingels and Thomas Heatherwick to design its new London campus, Google has submitted a planning application for a building featuring a huge rooftop garden, a running track and a swimming pool. More ›     Joseph Walsh designs bespoke watch cabinet to mirror the intricacy of clockwork Irish furniture workshop Joseph Walsh Studio has showcased new commissions at an exhibition in New York, including a towering watch cabinet and intertwined bench  for the private collection of a father and son. More ›     Christ & Gantenbein uses green curtains to merge a pavilion with its parkland setting Designed by Basel-based studio Christ & Gantenbein for the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation in Wittenberg, Germany, this simple pavilion features a corrugated metal roof and retractable canvas walls. More ›     Tropel uses Mexican craft techniques to create colourful jewellery boxes London design brand Tropel has created a series of brightly-coloured jewellery boxes embellished with intricate Mexican beading and yarn paintings. More ›     Job of the day: architect at Laisné Roussel Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an architect to join Laisné Roussel, a Paris-based studio  that is collaborating on a project with Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto. More ›     Rounded walls and textured surfaces lend Chinese museum appearance of a "stone rolled down from the mountain" Dramatic curved walls and roofs incorporate skylights and wonky windows that provide views of the nearby mountains from inside this museum near the Chinese city of Ürümqi. More ›     Toshiko Mori and Maya Lin create buildings for Boston pharmaceutical campus Architects Toshiko Mori, Maya Lin and CannonDesign teamed up to design this new  research complex for Swiss drug company Novartis, located in the Boston area. More ›     OMA reveals designs for severed block on Boston's waterfront A huge slice filled with terraces and trees will be cut through the centre of OMA's 88 Seaport development in Boston – the firm's first project in the city. More ›     Note Design Studio celebrates pastel colours in revamp of 19th century property Instead of opting for the Scandinavian minimalism of many contemporary renovations, Note Design Studio chose to use shades of yellow, green and pink when transforming this old Stockholm office into a home. More ›     Skinny supertall tower by Meganom unveiled for New York Moscow-based studio Meganom has been tapped to design its first US project – a slender, 305-metre residential skyscraper  planned for Midtown Manhattan. More ›     Rolls-Royce unveils bespoke Sweptail car worth $13 million Car brand Rolls-Royce has created a one-off motorcar based on its vintage models, which has reportedly sold for an eight-figure sum. More ›     Call for entries to AHEAD awards for European hotel design Dezeen promotion: architects and designers are invited to submit recently completed hotel projects to the AHEAD Europe awards, taking place in London later this year. More ›       Follow us     Forward this newsletter to a friend You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Daily. Unsubscribe     Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise