The top architecture and design opportunities available on Dezeen Jobs this week include vacancies at architecture firm Foster + Partners and coffee giant Starbucks. More about Top five architecture and design jobs this week include roles at Starbucks and Foster + Partners
Swedish product designer Simon Skinner has created a collection of afro hair combs that explore the effect of migration on Swedish identity. More about Afropicks by Simon Skinner challenges perception of Swedish design
Brickwork walls, engraved tins ceilings and custom furniture feature in this boutique hotel in Tel Aviv. More about Tel Aviv maternity ward becomes pared-back Vera hotel
This multi-level dwelling by Californian firm John Maniscalco Architecture rises high above a San Francisco street, enabling the homeowners to enjoy ample natural light and expansive views. More about Cedar and glass wrap Dolores Heights Residence in San Francisco by John Maniscalco
Dutch architecture studio BETA has built a house in Amsterdam for a multi-generational family with a central yellow staircase connecting their separate accommodation. More about Yellow stairs connect living spaces in Three-Generation House by BETA
British designer Bethan Gray has teamed up with natural surface specialist Nature Squared to create a collection of iridescent furniture clad in leftover materials from the seafood and farming industries. More about Bethan Gray creates pearlescent furniture from discarded seashells and waste feathers
To celebrate Earth Day, we're looking at ways you can be sustainable beyond the grave. We've picked out five eco-friendly designs for the deceased, including an egg-shaped burial pod and a cremation urn made of sewage water.
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Barcelona-based Hiha Studio removed floors and inserted lofty voids to create this light-filled family home in a northeastern Spanish village. More about Family home by Hiha Studio features double-height rooms and rammed earth walls
Creative agency StyleMood has transformed a 19th-century firehouse in New York City into this cosy members' club. More about Habitas members' clubhouse opens in old New York fire station
A plant-filled courtyard and a long swimming pool feature behind the board-marked concrete walls of this residence in La Plata, Argentina, designed by local architect Felipe Gonzalez Arzac. More about Board-marked concrete hides patio in Casa Closed by Felipe Gonzalez Arzac
London studio 6a Architects has renovated a seaside house in Devon, England, transforming its old dark rooms into bright, tactile living spaces. More about 6a Architects creates bright living spaces in revamp of century-old Coastal House
Chunks of "plastiglomerate" found by Canadian artist Kelly Jazvac on a Hawaiian beach form part of this year's Milan Triennale exhibition, illustrating how the anthropocene era is leading to the formation of new man-made minerals. More about Kelly Jazvac presents "beautiful and horrific" plastiglomerate lumps at Milan Triennale
We've updated our Pinterest board dedicated to the best uses of rammed earth in architecture, including a Chinese art museum with clay-heavy earth walls and a small shelter on the desert campus of Frank Lloyd Wright's School of Architecture. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Chinese architects Approach Design has added a new hall to the Hangzhou Cloud Town Exhibition Centre in China and concealed it under a green roof featuring a running track and sports courts. More about Approach Design covers convention centre in Hangzhou with a sports park
Photographer Marc Goodwin has captured the architecture offices of eight firms based in Panama's capital city for his latest studio photography set. More about Eight Panama City architecture studios captured by Marc Goodwin
Typeface company Monotype has overhauled the Helvetica font over 60 years after it was first created to give it a fresh new look for the 21st century. More about Monotype redesigns Helvetica font for digital age
A coloured concrete canopy supported by large columns forms this gateway designed by Swiss architect Valerio Olgiati for the Pearling Path, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Bahrain. More about Valerio Olgiati creates huge red concrete canopy at entrance to Bahrain's Pearling Path
Architect Sarah Whiting has been appointed dean of Harvard University Graduate School of Design. More about Sarah Whiting named first female dean of Harvard Graduate School of Design
Evian will trial a collapsible water dispenser made of recycled plastic, which is as "thin and light as a bubble" in a bid to reduce its plastic packaging. More about Evian to launch collapsible "bubble" to combat plastic waste
This week on Dezeen, a major fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris dominated headlines, with millions of euros pledged in support and an architectural competition for a new spire set to launch. More about This week, Notre-Dame Cathedral went up in flames