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Architecture

Architecture

"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"

Promotion

Promotion

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

Architecture

Architecture

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.

Architecture

Architecture

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

Architecture

Architecture

Go Bang House by Takeru Shoji Architects references traditional Japanese farmhouses

A patio-like corridor surrounds the ground-floor rooms of this house by Takeru Shoji Architects, replicating a traditional space in Japanese farmhouses known as a doma (+ slideshow). More about Go Bang House by Takeru Shoji Architects references traditional Japanese farmhouses

Architecture

Architecture

Museum of Tomorrow by Santiago Calatrava opens in Rio de Janeiro

Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava's science museum with a skeletal roof that projects over a public plaza has opened in Rio de Janeiro (+ slideshow). More about Museum of Tomorrow by Santiago Calatrava opens in Rio de Janeiro

Interiors

Interiors

Hong Kong McDonald's pilots "an experiment in non-design"

Concrete tables and atmospheric lighting feature inside this Hong Kong branch of McDonald's, designed by branding consultancy Landini Associates as an alternative to bright and colourful fast-food restaurants (+ slideshow). More about Hong Kong McDonald's pilots "an experiment in non-design"

Architecture

Architecture

Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: Quarto Ponte sul Canal Grande by Santiago Calatrava

The letter Q in the Dezeen A-Zdvent calendar is another design by Spanish architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava: the fourth bridge to be built in Venice since the 16th century. More about Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: Quarto Ponte sul Canal Grande by Santiago Calatrava

Architecture

Architecture

Royal College of Art appoints Adrian Lahoud as dean of architecture

The Royal College of Art has announced Adrian Lahoud will be the new dean of the school's architecture department, replacing Alex de Rijke. More about Royal College of Art appoints Adrian Lahoud as dean of architecture