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News
This week, the architecture profession was linked to high suicide rates
This week on Dezeen: this week it emerged that architects are among the people most likely to take their own life, according to a recent study. More
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Design
Design
Dome-shaped 3D printer for chocolate designed to sit on kitchen counter
Dutch design studio Michiel Cornelissen Ontwerp has designed a chocolate printer that can produce intricate confectionary (+ movie). More
Architecture
Architecture
TBD uses contrasting materials to define his-and-hers art studio in the Hamptons
US firm TBD Architecture + Design Studio has created a studio building for a Hamptons couple that consists of two intersecting volumes clad in different materials (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Six of the best co-living developments from around the world
Shared housing is rapidly gaining popularity thanks to rising rents and changing lifestyles, with Soho House becoming the latest company to consider a move into co-living. From a shared apartment in Barcelona to the world's largest co-housing development, here are six key examples from around the world (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
IKEA and Hay tease 2017 collaborative collection with abstract movie
Swedish furniture giant IKEA and Danish design brand Hay have released a short teaser film that shows the materials to be used in their upcoming collaborative furniture and homeware range (+ movie). More
Architecture
Architecture
Dead Space and Ruins exhibition questions the future of Soviet architecture
The decaying architecture of the Soviet Union is the subject of an exhibition that opened this week at the Calvert 22 Foundation in London (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Design company Innermost considers EU move to guarantee prices and delivery times
Brexit crisis: London design company Innermost is considering moving operations to the EU if the Brexit vote leads to the UK being excluded from the single market. More
Architecture
Architecture
Finger-like blocks create secluded "micro-spaces" for Madrid residence by Abiboo Architecture
This Madrid residence by Abiboo Architecture comprises a series of stacked volumes that taper out into the grounds to create secluded terraces for its famous owner (+ slideshow). More
Furniture
Furniture
Micaella Pedros explains how to make furniture using discarded plastic bottles
Graduate shows 2016: design graduate Micaella Pedros demonstrates how heat-shrunk plastic bottles can be used to create stable furniture joints in this movie filmed by Dezeen for the Royal College of Art (+ movie). More
Job of the week: head of design at the V&A Museum
Our job of the week on the new and improved Dezeen Jobs is for a head of design at London's V&A Museum, which exhibited British architect Sam Jacob's replica refugee shelter at the Venice Biennale (pictured). Visit the ad for full details of the position or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
Retail
Retail
OMA uses coloured mirrors and aluminium foam for Repossi Vendôme store interior
An aluminium foam staircase doglegs up the centre of Italian jewellery brand Repossi's flagship store, designed by Dutch architecture firm OMA on Paris' exclusive Place Vendôme (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Z4Z4 commissions sci-fi photoshoot for half-sunken house in Madrid
Three corrugated cylinders are raised on stilts above subterranean living spaces and gardens to form this Madrid house by Z4Z4, which is captured in a science-fiction-inspired photoshoot (+ 360-degree videos). More
Furniture
Furniture
George Riding's Wire Series coffee table comes with integrated accessories
Graduate shows 2016: this coffee table by Northumbria University graduate George Riding features objects that nestle into the furniture's metal framework (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
OOPEAA builds wooden Periscope Tower beside lake in Finland
This lakeside observation pavilion by Finnish studio OOPEAA doubles as a giant periscope, so visitors don't have to climb to the top to enjoy the view (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Jean Verville creates black fairytale-like cottage in a Quebec forest
Canadian architect Jean Verville has designed a cabin in rural Quebec with dark metal cladding and pointy roofs that "seems to emerge from a children's story" (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Viktor & Rolf's Vagabonds wear haute-couture garments made from scraps of recycled fabrics
Dutch fashion house Viktor & Rolf has used fabrics leftover from past seasons to create the haute-couture garments in its Autumn Winter 2016 collection. More
Architecture
Architecture
Noah's Ark theme park opens in Kentucky as flash floods hit the US
A biblical theme park contained within a huge ark – billed as the world's largest timber-frame building – has opened in Kentucky, just as the US state has been hit by severe flooding (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Es Devlin creates meandering Louis Vuitton catwalk around Oscar Niemeyer museum
British set designer Es Devlin has created a twisting pathway around the Oscar Niemeyer-designed Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Niterói for the Louis Vuitton Cruise Collection catwalk show (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Brexit crisis leads to job losses and project uncertainty for UK architects
Brexit crisis: British architecture firms Make and Sheppard Robson are laying off staff, as Brexit starts to impact on the construction industry. More
Dezeen Mail issue 313 features this week's best stories and discussions
A 3D-printed mask based on Björk's musculoskeletal system, a series of rejected Brexit campaign posters and a house in a Brazilian rainforest (pictured) feature in this week's issue of Dezeen Mail.