Amagansett Dunes House by Bates Masi Architects is shaded with strips of canvas
This house in Amagansett, New York, by Bates Masi Architects is designed to take advantage of its windy site on Long Island's south shore (+ slideshow). More
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Claesson Koivisto Rune unveils new business concept for entrepreneurial designers
Business news: Swedish architecture and design studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has developed a new business model that allows designers to earn 75 per cent of the proceeds of their products, rather than the standard royalty of five per cent or less. More
US job of the week: designer at Francis Bitonti Studio
Our US job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a designer at Francis Bitonti Studio in New York, which created a capsule collection of 3d-printed footwear (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
RIBA's Creation from Catastrophe exhibition showcases the world's best disaster-relief projects
A new exhibition about radical projects to rebuild communities in the aftermath of disasters points to the "changing role of architects in society", says its curator (+ slideshow). More
AMO "highlights the attitude of Prada" with graphical campaign video
OMA's sister studio AMO has created a short film to present fashion house Prada's Spring Summer 2016 collection, using graphics that look like architectural renderings (+ movie). More
Winners chosen for Alvar Aalto museum extension but told to improve their design
A group of young Finnish architects have won a competition to integrate two museums by Modernist architect Alvar Aalto – but have been told their design needs "a lot of development". More
Hypothesis uses plants and discarded objects to create Vivarium restaurant interior
Inside Festival 2015: Yarinda Bunnag of Hypothesis explains how the Thai design agency reused elements including scaffolding and tree roots to transform an abandoned warehouse into a Bangkok restaurant (+ movie). More
British architecture is experiencing a "dull period" says Peter Cook
Lack of experimentation and a culture of narrow-mindedness in schools has led to a dull period in British architecture, according to Archigram founder Peter Cook. More
Modernist Wiltshire house with a Smithsons-designed studio gets a facelift by Coppin Dockray
This mid-century house featuring a studio designed by Brutalist architects Alison and Peter Smithson has undergone an extensive renovation by London studio Coppin Dockray (+ slideshow). More
Apple given New York preservation award for repurposing historic buildings
Apple may be better known for cutting-edge contemporary design, but a New York preservation group is honouring the company for sensitively reusing old buildings with its store designs (+ slideshow). More
Job of the week: professor of industrial design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna
Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a professor of industrial design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna in Austria, whose students proposed a conceptual performance space for the Cirque du Soleil in New York (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
Pierre Charpin's Slice chair for Cinna is split up into blocks
Maison&Objet 2016: the seat of this upholstered armchair by French designer Pierre Charpin can be extended with a row of coloured stools. More
Threefold Architects completes light-filled London home for a pair of objets d'art collectors
Glass walls and a generous light-filled atrium offer plentiful views of the surrounding garden and sky for residents of this north London house by Threefold Architects (+ slideshow). More
Bartlett students use robots to build 3D-printed filigree chairs
A team of students at the Bartlett architecture school have developed a technique for 3D printing complex curved structures, and used it to build a set of intricate chairs. More
COBE's Frederiksvej Kindergarten is based on children's drawings
Each of the small house-like volumes that make up this Copenhagen kindergarten were designed by Danish firm COBE to look like caricatures of homes with peaked roofs as drawn by children (+ slideshow). More