Contekst combines oak, stone and concrete inside a minimal Belgian house
Textured stone and wood surfaces are oriented both horizontally and vertically to emphasise spaces within this house for two doctors in Belgium (+ slideshow). More
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New Pinterest board: graduate shows
It's graduate shows season, so we've pinned our favourite projects by architecture and design students past and present onto a new Pinterest board. A do-it-yourself tattoo machine, non-toxic replacement for moulded plastic and a proposal to construct architecture for atheists are all included.
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Shingle-clad house by Bates Masi Architects mimics Long Island potato barns
Bates Masi Architects reference Long Island's traditional potato barns with this cedar-shingled home made up of several gabled blocks, which feature chimneys nestled into rooftop recesses (+ slideshow). More
Paulina Lenoir's Excessively Long Shoes force wearers to slow their pace
Graduate shows 2015: Central Saint Martins graduate Paulina Lenoir has designed a pair of comically long shoes that force wearers to reconsider their daily routes and pace (+ movie). More
Hugo Moreno animates retro-futuristic city for Art Department music video
Music: French director Hugo Moreno presents an animated urban landscape that blends ancient Mesopotamian and mid-century Modern architecture in this music video for Art Department's track Walls. More
Five of Dezeen's favourite American projects from the last year
Following the opening of our New York office in May, we're celebrating American Independence Day with a roundup of Dezeen's favourite US projects from the past year, including a house with walls built from soil, a remote family retreat and a noisy installation in a New York factory (+ slideshow). More
David Amar's Bialik furniture collection references Art Deco floor tiles in a Tel Aviv home
London designer David Amar has created a dressing unit, a daybed and benches with built-in storage, based on floor tiles in a heritage-listed 1920s home in Tel Aviv, Israel (+ slideshow). More
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Twin wooden houses by Adam Knibb Architects are raised up above street level
This pair of gabled homes in Winchester, England, are described by architect Adam Knibb as "contemporary timber pods on top of a dark monolithic base" (+ slideshow). More
White concrete pavilion by Materia Arquitectonica creates an outdoor events space for historic house
Thirty-six slender columns support the thin concrete canopy of this colonnade, which provides an outdoor events space for a house museum on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula (+ slideshow). More
Shiver House's plastic shingles change shape to create a shelter in bad weather
London studio NEON has built a structure with shingles that "shiver" and adapt in response to changing weather as part of an exhibition in Finland (+ movie). More
Six football stadiums designed by Herzog & de Meuron (and one Bird's Nest)
With Herzog & de Meuron's proposed revamp of Chelsea FC's Stamford Bridge stadium unveiled this week, Dezeen looks at all the stadiums designed by the Swiss firm, which is headed by avid football fan and regular player Jacques Herzog. More
US job of the week: architect/designer at Clive Wilkinson Architects
Our US job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for an intermediate architect/designer at Clive Wilkinson Architects, the firm behind the West Hollywood offices for comedy video production company Funny or Die (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
Simin Qiu turns wood offcuts into patterned desk accessories for End Grain collection
Graduate shows 2015: tiny pieces of waste pine wood were meticulously hand-glued together by Royal College of Art graduate Simin Qiu to create these storage boxes and stationery items. More
ECE Architecture installs a mirrored beach hut on the English coast
The beach huts traditionally found in English seaside towns informed this temporary mirror-clad cabin installed by ECE Architecture on the coast in Sussex (+ movie). More
Dezeen wins digital publishing award for "truly creative and innovative" partnership with MINI
Dezeen has won the Commercial Partnership category at the AOP Digital Publishing Awards 2015 for Dezeen and MINI Frontiers – the third major award the collaboration has won this year. More
Images emerge of Herzog & de Meuron's Chelsea football stadium transformation
The first images of Herzog & de Meuron's proposed revamp of Chelsea FC's London stadium have emerged as part of a three-day public consultation. More
Kakko House by Yoshihiro Yamamoto is a 3.4-metre-wide home in Japan
Japanese architect Yoshihiro Yamamoto has sandwiched a house with a width of just 3.4 metres between a pair of existing properties in Osaka (+ slideshow). More
Job of the week: Part-III architects at Carl Turner Architects
Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for experienced Part-III architects with London studio Carl Turner Architects, whose design for a prefabricated floating house is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.