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BCQ completes sports hall with translucent polycarbonate skin

Barcelona studio BCQ chose translucent plastic panels for the walls of this municipal sports hall in Spain, giving the building an ethereal quality that helps it match the colours of the sky (+ slideshow). More about BCQ completes sports hall with translucent polycarbonate skin

Red threads control 3D models in Michael Fragstein's Dagner video

Music: German designer Michael Fragstein used digital 3D modelling to create forests and landscapes populated by miniature figures for Berlin group Dan Freeman and the Serious' Dagner music video. More about Red threads control 3D models in Michael Fragstein's Dagner video

Wooden home by Yoshichika Takagi features attic bedrooms and a translucent sunroom

Corrugated plastic surrounds a sunroom at one end of this timber-framed residence by Japanese architect Yoshichika Takagi, which also features a pair of house-shaped bedrooms (+ slideshow). More about Wooden home by Yoshichika Takagi features attic bedrooms and a translucent sunroom

Nendo designs snaking display for Tokyo tableware exhibition

Japanese studio Nendo presents its Colourful Shadows collection of cooking and eating utensils on a winding table display at Tokyo's Eye of Gyre gallery. More about Nendo designs snaking display for Tokyo tableware exhibition

Gluckman Tang designs museums for art and model trains in western Massachusetts

Officials in Massachusetts have announced plans for a pair of new museums designed by New York studio Gluckman Tang in the state's northwestern region (+ slideshow). More about Gluckman Tang designs museums for art and model trains in western Massachusetts

"We face calls for safe houses, safe communities and safe spaces"

Opinion: there are concrete tactics that architecture can use to make people feel mentally and socially safe, says Aaron Betsky, but the real question is how we apply them to public buildings and spaces. More about "We face calls for safe houses, safe communities and safe spaces"

Istituto Europeo di Design to launch sustainable building course in 2016

Dezeen promotion: the Istituto Europeo di Design in Turin will launch a master course in Smart Buildings and Sustainable Design in February 2016, which will offer students the opportunity to work with futuristic transport company Hyperloop. More about Istituto Europeo di Design to launch sustainable building course in 2016

Encore Heureux uses recycled materials to build Circular Pavilion in Paris

Architecture studio Encore Heureux has built a pavilion outside Paris' city hall featuring a facade made out of reclaimed doors and insulation recycled from an old supermarket roof (+ slideshow). More about Encore Heureux uses recycled materials to build Circular Pavilion in Paris

Job of the week: landscape designer/architect at MAD

Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for a landscape designer or intermediate architect at MAD in Beijing, which recently completed a sinuous opera house in the Chinese city of Harbin (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.

Splattered paintwork inspired by Jackson Pollock covers concrete music school in France

Paint was thrown at the walls of this concrete music, drama and dance school in eastern France by Dominique Coulon & Associés, creating a veined pattern based on the paintings of abstract artist Jackson Pollock (+ slideshow). More about Splattered paintwork inspired by Jackson Pollock covers concrete music school in France