Spanish architect Francisco Mangado has created contemporary galleries for a fine arts museum in northern Spain by inserting a crystalline glass building behind the leftover facade of a demolished block. More about Francisco Mangado expands a Spanish museum by adding a new building behind a historic facade
Belgian artists Studio Job have created a room "filled with frivolous expression" for the newly expanded Swarovski Kristallwelten attraction in Austria (+ movie). More about Studio Job installs giant crystal-encrusted model at Swarovski theme park
Dezeen promotion: proposals are now being accepted for PeruDesignNet's Ideas Competition, with a chance to win a place at the international creative event in Lima commencing in September. More about Call for entries to PeruDesignNet's Ideas Competition
Opinion: Stalinist Russia turned its military parades into architecture, creating a peculiar form of pomp that still resonates in modern Moscow and emphasises the city's inequalities, finds Owen Hatherley. More about "This spectacle of power was an inversion of the socialist city"
Monica Ponce de Leon has been named the new dean of the Princeton School of Architecture, following the sudden departure of Alejandro Zaera-Polo in October 2014. More about Monica Ponce de Leon to replace Alejandro Zaera-Polo as architecture dean at Princeton
New York 2015: Brooklyn-based design studio Egg Collective has created three new pieces of furniture, including a wooden armchair upholstered with furry cowhide (+ slideshow). More about Brooklyn's Egg Collective unveils handmade wooden furniture
"Posh Lego" for architects, a concept for Ikea's kitchen of the future and Zaha Hadid's shimmering tunnel for the University of Oxford (pictured) feature in this week's Dezeen Mail. Click through for our pick of the best news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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London Design Festival 2015: Mexican architect Frida Escobedo has added a series of adaptable mirrored platforms to the V&A museum's central courtyard, referencing an ancient Aztec city built over a lake (+ slideshow). More about Frida Escobedo creates an Aztec-inspired installation in the V&A courtyard
Zaha Hadid has completed a new facility for the University of Oxford – a centre for studying Middle Eastern culture, conceived by the architect as a reflective tunnel suspended in space (+ slideshow). More about Zaha Hadid adds a shimmery steel tunnel to an Oxford University college
Dutch fashion studio ByBrown has created a windproof and waterproof dress for staying dry while cycling in the city. More about ByBrown designs Raindress for style-conscious female cyclists
Milan-based designer Daniele Ragazzo has created a table with a circular glass tabletop supported by thin stainless-steel legs that resemble upturned ball-headed sewing pins. More about Daniele Ragazzo's Liaison Table is supported by giant pin-shaped legs
Dutch studio Concrete has kitted out the suites of an Amsterdam hotel with fittings that include retractable staircases, ceiling-mounted gymnast's hoops and under-bed offices. More about Concrete adds retractable stairs and gymnast's hoops to Amsterdam hotel suite
Japanese designer Kazuya Koike has used a fragrant Japanese wood to carve a set of sake cups that fit onto carafes as caps. More about Kazuya Koike crafts simple sake cups from Japanese cedar