Pulkabacken house has a sloping roof that doubles as a sledding hill
The roof of this Stockholm house by Streetmonkey Architects turns into a ramp for children to sled on when it snows (+ slideshow). More
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London Atelier reorganises Victorian house to create multi-level apartment
UK studio London Atelier has updated the interior of a dilapidated terraced property, adding a new staircase, and a folding ladder for access to the roof (+ slideshow). More
Carsten Höller transforms London's South Bank into a playground
Belgian artist Carsten Höller has filled the Hayward Gallery and terraces on London's South Bank with interactive installations, including a pair of spiral slides (+ slideshow). More
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Assemble's Brutalist Playground is a climbable landscape of ice-cream-coloured shapes
London Festival of Architecture 2015: Turner Prize-nominated architecture collective Assemble has teamed up with British artist Simon Terrill to create full-size foam replicas of playground designs from architecture's Brutalist era (+ slideshow). More
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BIG unveils replacement for Foster's Two World Trade Center design
BIG has unveiled designs for Two World Trade Center, confirming that the skyscraper's original architect, Foster + Partners, has been ousted (+ slideshow). More
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"Design should tackle the huge taboo surrounding sex toys for men"
Comments update: a range of sex toys for women created to subvert stereotypes sparked a debate among readers this week about whether design could achieve the same for men. Read on for more on this and the other most commented stories on Dezeen. More
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Competition: win tickets to Pezo von Ellrichshausen's talk at The Met
Competition: Dezeen has paired up with New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art to offer readers the chance to win one of five pairs of tickets to an intimate talk with Chile-based architects Mauricio Pezo and Sofa von Ellrichshausen. More
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Mountain View House nestles against a hillside in the Austrian Alps
Two house-shaped rooms project out from the facade of this three-storey residence by SoNo Arhitekti, which nestles into a hillside near an Austrian Alpine village (+ slideshow). More
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Höweler + Yoon's Bridge House accommodates three generations of a family
The trio of stacked blocks that make up this Virginia residence by Höweler + Yoon Architecture are arranged in a bridge-like formation, providing three generations of a family with separate living spaces (+ slideshow). More
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Karim Rashid asks Facebook followers to pick facade for NY building
New York designer Karim Rashid has asked his Facebook fans to select their preferred option from four facades for a building in the city's SoHo district. More
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Act_Romegialli damp-proofs a Venetian home against the rising tides of the city's waterways
A concrete basin constructed inside this small apartment in Venice is designed to fend off flooding from the city's waterways. More
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Kaan Architecten adds study centre to a hospital part-designed by Jean Prouvé
Dutch studio Kaan Architecten has added a medical research centre to a Rotterdam hospital, featuring triangular skylights, spiral staircases and a 35-metre-high bookcase (+ movie). More
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Guide to Cannibalism suggests ways to eat humans
Graduate shows 2015: intended to promote eating humans, the Guide to Cannibalism provides recipes for cooking meat, and also comes with kitchenware embedded with real hair (+ slideshow). More
