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Today we like: contemporary mosque design

Today is the beginning of Eid al-Fitr, a holiday marking the end of the month-long Ramadan fasting period for Muslims. To celebrate, we're revisiting some of the best contemporary mosque designs from around the world, including Emre Arolat's "cave-like" prayer hall near Istanbul and Amanda Levete's proposal for the World Trade Center Abu Dhabi development (pictured). See more mosque design »

Architecture

Architecture

Architecture ranks fifth in list of jobs most linked to suicide

A US study has listed architects among the people most likely to take their own life. More about Architecture ranks fifth in list of jobs most linked to suicide

Interiors

Interiors

Old ambulance station converted into holiday home by Marta Nowicka & Co

Marta Nowicka & Co has transformed a former St John's Ambulance Station in East Sussex, England, to create a family retreat featuring exposed brick walls and industrial-style finishes (+ slideshow). More about Old ambulance station converted into holiday home by Marta Nowicka & Co

Architecture

Architecture

Wedge-shaped reading and sleeping nooks feature in Christopher Polly's Sydney extension

Australian architect Christopher Polly has added an asymmetric extension to an early 20th-century house in Sydney, creating a bright double-height living space filled with Modernist furniture (+ slideshow). More about Wedge-shaped reading and sleeping nooks feature in Christopher Polly's Sydney extension

Interiors

Interiors

Tom Dixon continues US expansion with two new retail locations

Business news: British designer Tom Dixon has opened retail locations in Los Angeles and New York in the space of a month. More about Tom Dixon continues US expansion with two new retail locations

Architecture

Architecture

Marco Maycotte designs pleasure garden to become "the Las Vegas of Scandinavia"

Graduate shows 2016: the town of Vejle in Denmark is transformed into a pleasure garden in the spirit of Peter Pan's Neverland in this design by Aarhus School of Architecture graduate Marco Maycotte (+ slideshow). More about Marco Maycotte designs pleasure garden to become "the Las Vegas of Scandinavia"

Design

Design

Giulia Tomasello's home-grown sanitary pad helps balance vaginal flora

Graduate shows 2016: Central Saint Martins student Giulia Tomasello's Future Flora kit lets women grow and harvest living cultures that can support intimate health (+ slideshow). More about Giulia Tomasello's home-grown sanitary pad helps balance vaginal flora

Architecture

Architecture

UNHCR teams up with MIT's D-Lab to overhaul "very top-down" refugee design strategy

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees is working with MIT's D-Lab to develop design strategies that enable refugees to solve their own problems rather than relying on solutions provided by aid agencies (+ interview). More about UNHCR teams up with MIT's D-Lab to overhaul "very top-down" refugee design strategy

Architecture

Architecture

Dune-shaped car park by Royal HaskoningDHV doubles as a flood defence

Curving windows peep above the ground to bring light into this underground car park in South Holland, which is covered in grassy hillocks to replicate a dune landscape (+ slideshow). More about Dune-shaped car park by Royal HaskoningDHV doubles as a flood defence

Interiors

Interiors

AIM Architecture creates new home for Soho China in Shanghai

Chinese firm AIM Architecture sought to strike a balance between modern and Jazz Age Shanghai with this office and showroom for property developer Soho China (+ slideshow). More about AIM Architecture creates new home for Soho China in Shanghai