Rain-proofing panels have been added to the Bjarke Ingels-designed Serpentine Gallery Pavilion as London experiences a summer of torrential downpours. More about Plastic panels installed to tackle "power shower" effect in BIG's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion
Strips of perforated aluminium give a pleated appearance to the facade of this Shanghai tower designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma for property developer Soho China (+ slideshow). More about Kengo Kuma dresses Shanghai tower in pleated aluminium for Soho China
Our job of the week on the new and improved Dezeen Jobs is for a rides and attractions designer at European company Merlin Entertainments, whose Thorpe park resort in Surrey, UK is pictured. Visit the ad for full details of the position or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Brexit crisis: the UK's vote to leave the European Union has led to a sharp fall in architecture and design recruitment activity in the country but has led to a dramatic rise in product sales overseas, according to data from Dezeen Jobs and Dezeen Watch Store. More about Brexit vote bad for design recruitment – but good for exports, Dezeen finds
Chinese studio Atelier Deshaus' Sylph chair features a back made from a continuous piece of tubular steel, curved by hand to look like a line drawing (+ slideshow). More about Sylph chair by Atelier Deshaus has a steel back bent to look like a line drawing
Home ownership is set to become a thing of the past, according to the entrepreneur behind London co-living start-up The Collective, because socially liberated millennials are more likely to choose "living as a service". More about "In the future we will all be homeless" says co-living entrepreneur
Glazed courtyards puncture the expansive grass roof of this English countryside house by Loyn & Co, which is in the running for both the Stirling Prize and the RIBA House of the Year award (+ slideshow). More about Loyn & Co builds "earth shelter" that nestles against a Gloucestershire hillside
Mexican design studio Peca has handcrafted a collection of shelves by carving blocks of lava stone (+ slideshow). More about Peca crafts shelves and cubbyholes from volcanic rock
Hot pink and orange paintwork accentuate niches in the wooden facade of this school designed by French office Dominique Coulon & Associés for the Parisian suburb of Colombes (+ slideshow). More about Bark cladding and clashing colours create "joyful chaos" in school by Dominique Coulon & Associés
Students in a design-build programme at the University of Utah have completed a studio building on a remote campus in the desert where they live and work for part of the year (+ slideshow). More about Architecture students create studio building in rural Utah using recycled materials
Tech brand TRNDlabs has customised its miniature drone so Pokémon Go video game players can access Pokémon in difficult places and avoid walking into hazards (+ movie). More about Pokédrone allows Pokémon GO users to catch out-of-reach species
New York's City Hall has given the go-ahead for the Lowline underground park, which aims to emulate the success of the city's elevated High Line (+ slideshow). More about New York gives thumbs up to subterreanean Lowline park
London Design Festival 2016: British design writer Max Fraser has been named as the curator of this year's 100% Norway exhibition, which will return to the London Design Festival in September (+ slideshow). More about Max Fraser to curate exhibition of Scandinavian design at London Design Festival
The A-frame roof, one of the oldest forms in construction, is back in vogue and pointier than ever. Here are 10 of the best examples that show why gabled roofs are the new flat roofs. More about 10 houses featuring excessively steep gable roofs
A group of micro holiday homes for stressed-out city dwellers (pictured), the six buildings shortlisted for this year's Stirling Prize, and augmented-reality gaming phenomenon Pokémon GO all feature in this week's edition of Dezeen Mail.
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British designer Tom Dixon has created a pink concrete bar, green leather booths and a cabinet of curiosities for London restaurant Bronte (+ slideshow). More about Tom Dixon transforms London Regency building into explorer-themed Bronte restaurant
Brick piers frame the double-height windows of these three houses that husband-and-wife team Robert and Jessica Barker have slotted behind a row of Victorian terraces in southeast London (+ slideshow). More about Robert and Jessica Barker build trio of London houses including live-work space for themselves
Opinion: the Pokémon GO smartphone video game has become a cultural phenomenon that is changing the way people interact with cities and buildings, says Alex Wiltshire. More about "Pokémon GO has redrawn the map of what people find important about the world"
Today is Bastille Day, a French national holiday that celebrates the country's reinvention as a republic. It commemorates the storming of the Bastille in Paris on 14 July 1789 – a symbolic moment for the French Revolution.
We're joining the celebrations with a look back at some of the best French houses from our archive, including a dilapidated barn turned into a holiday home using traditional hemp-based plaster (pictured) and a villa designed to look like a bump in the landscape. See more French houses on Dezeen »
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Graduate shows 2016: Royal College of Art graduate Fiona O'Leary has designed a prototype gadget that can identify the font used in any book or magazine (+ movie). More about Fiona O'Leary designs pocket-sized font detector