Timber-lined roof perches at an angle on top of Chilean seaside home
A slanted roof with a timber underside is elevated above this top-heavy house on the Chilean coast, designed by architects Alvaro Arancibia and Sebastian Coll (+ slideshow). More
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This week on Dezeen
This week we reported on Patrik Schumacher's rant against critics, proposals by Snohetta (pictured) and SANAA for a new Budapest museum, and all the highlights from Milan's annual design week. Read on to catch up with the latest architecture and design news. More
Dezeen's #milanogram2015 highlights: day five
Milan 2015: it's been raining in Milan today and visitors have been posting their damp experiences to our #milanogram2015 Instagram hashtag. Read on for a selection of today's most popular images from the city-wide design fair. More
Belly of the Beast is a hillside folly with a scruffy coat made from old tyres
Scraps of rubber tyres create a shaggy coat around this narrow tower created by architecture students Matt Ritani and Declan Burn on a countryside sculpture trail in New Zealand. More
Furniture companies need to improve their branding says Richard Hutten
Milan 2015: furniture companies need to get better at branding, according to Dutch designer Richard Hutten, who said the sector "has a lot to learn from other fields". More
Simon Morasi Piperčić stretches belt leather over steel frame to create Strain chair
Milan 2015: furniture brand Prostoria is presenting a lounge chair with a stretched leather backrest and tubular steel support at Milan's Salone del Mobile furniture fair (+ slideshow). More
Milan's Salone del Mobile is still "the centre of the furniture design world" says Jasper Morrison
Milan 2015: Jasper Morrison has defended Milan's Salone Del Mobile, saying it is "by far the most important event for the furniture industry" and that his earlier criticisms of the fair were a "mistake" (+ interview). More
Concrete Maison Le Cap house features mirrored glazing to reflect the seaside scenery
Four concrete boxes make up this holiday home by Paris architect Pascal Grasso, which nestles into a verdant hillside on the southern coast of France (+ slideshow). More
Designers create transportable leather furnishings for Louis Vuitton
Milan 2015: a swinging cocoon chair by the Campana brothers and seats made from leather petals by Raw Edges are among the contributions to a collection of portable furnishings for French fashion house Louis Vuitton (+ slideshow). More
Job of the week: architects at Grimshaw
Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for mid to senior architects at Grimshaw, whose current projects include a 90-storey skyscraper for Sydney. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
Richard Hutten's X-Chair for Moroso is designed to be seen from behind
Milan 2015: Dutch designer Richard Hutten has created a chair with a distinctive X-shaped connector on the back. More
Alberto Biagetti and Laura Baldassari upholster gym equipment with fur and leather
Milan 2015: beaver fur and hand-stitched leather cover the familiar forms of gym apparatus in this furniture and lighting collection influenced by body-building culture (+ slideshow). More
Oficina d'Arquitectura's Portuguese guest house is cut in two by a recessed entrance
A void in the centre of this gabled guest house near Porto contains an entrance onto a patio that links it to the adjacent main property (+ slideshow). More
GamFratesi covers Milanese cloister with mirrors for Mindcraft exhibition of Danish design
Milan 2015: design duo GamFratesi recruited established names like Cecilie Manz and Ole Jensen to exhibit alongside new designers in a mirrored installation for the Mindcraft exhibition in Milan. More