Waechter Architecture updates century-old Portland house with a bright red facade
A small late-Victorian dwelling in Portland, Oregon, has been transformed into a modern home with a monochrome red steel and wood exterior (+ slideshow). More
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Bored drivers can snooze at the wheel in Volvo's Concept 26 self-driving car
Swedish car manufacturer Volvo has unveiled an autonomous vehicle concept that allows drivers to relinquish the controls when their journey gets boring (+ movie). More
Europe's biggest robotic car park opens below Scandinavia's largest library
Lödige Industries' automated car park has been installed beneath a library in Denmark, which was designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen (+ movie). More
US job of the week: director of competitions at New York's Van Alen Institute
Our US job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a director of competitions at the Van Alen Institute in New York, which organises an annual contest to design a holiday installation in the Flatiron district (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
Carl Turner's Peckham plans will provide spaces for "ordinary people" as well as creatives
A London borough came under fire earlier this month for rejecting plans to transform a car park into 800 creative studios, but architect Carl Turner says his alternative proposal will offer a resource for the entire local community, not just artists. More
REX Architecture to replace Gehry on World Trade Center performing arts centre job
New York-based architecture firm REX has been chosen to design a performing arts centre at the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan, replacing Frank Gehry's previous stacked-box design. More
Competition: five limited-edition timepieces by VOID Watches to be won
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Swedish brand VOID Watches to offer five readers the chance to win a limited-edition timepiece (+ slideshow). More
Jeremy Scott debuts winged Cybex prams at 10 Corso Como
American fashion designer Jeremy Scott has added his signature wing motifs to a collection of baby pushchairs and buggies by German brand Cybex, unveiled at luxury Milan boutique 10 Corso Como this week. More
BIG's Vancouver House aims to transform motorway flyover into a "wonderful civic space"
World Architecture Festival 2015: in this exclusive movie, architect Kai-Uwe Bergmann explains how BIG's proposed skyscraper in Vancouver is designed to transform a site dominated by a motorway flyover into an attractive neighbourhood. More
BVAU designs translucent bioclimatic skin for French social-security agency HQ
Paris firm BVAU has built an extension to the headquarters of a French social security agency, featuring a glass facade that opens and closes automatically in response to the climate (+ slideshow). More
Today we like: New York skyscrapers
Famous architects from David Chipperfield to Herzog & de Meuron, Norman Foster and Álvaro Siza are working on residential towers in Manhattan.
But the wave of skinny skyscrapers, mainly filled with luxury apartments, has sparked protests over shadows in Central Park. It has also prompted concerns over spiralling inequality in the city, with Steven Holl warning that "architecture with a sense of social purpose is becoming increasingly rare" in the city. See more New York skyscrapers »
David Chipperfield's first New York residential tower to open in 2017
Images of British architect David Chipperfield's first residential tower in Manhattan have been released to entice buyers into purchasing luxury units starting at $2 million (£1.3 million). More
Job of the week: experienced interior designers at Richard Hutten Studio
Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for two experienced interior designers at Richard Hutten Studio in Rotterdam, whose multicoloured Layered Cloud Chair uses 545 stacked layers of fabric (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
Studio RAP completes "first robotically fabricated building in the Netherlands"
A team of architects and designers have used a huge robot to construct a 130-square-metre building inside a former industrial machine hall in Rotterdam (+ movie). More
Laptop-sized Voltera V-One circuit-board printer wins 2015 Dyson Award
A portable circuit-board printer that could dramatically reduce prototyping and production time for designers has been awarded the 2015 international James Dyson Award. More
Cedar-clad house by Yale students could serve as a model for affordable housing
Graduate students at the Yale School of Architecture have designed and built a contemporary family home in a low-income neighbourhood in New Haven, Connecticut (+ slideshow). More