Lyrics and graphic visualisations are shown on the outside of this speaker, designed by Japanese studio Six Inc to sync with the song that's playing (+ movie). More about Lyric Speaker automatically generates the words to each song it's playing
California firm Schwartz and Architecture has completed a minimal and self-contained residence that looks out over the Sonoma Valley (+ slideshow). More about Schwartz and Architecture's Box on a Rock house is perched above an expansive California valley
Rio 2016: with a week to go until the Olympic and Paralympic games in Rio de Janeiro, we've selected eight of the city's best examples of Modernist architecture and landscaping that visitors shouldn't miss (+ slideshow). More about Eight Modernist masterpieces in Rio de Janeiro to visit during the Olympics
Our US job of the week on the new and improved Dezeen Jobs website is for a dean at Woodbury University's School of Architecture in Burbank California, where facilities include the Julius Shulman building (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Opinion: a temporary installation around a plinth that once hosted an infamous statue of Lenin in Ukraine accidentally highlights a deeper problem facing the city than what to do with the relics of Soviet rule, finds Owen Hatherley. More about "Kyiv is a city where any and all public space is seized upon by parasitic capital"
Brexit design summit: the UK's creative industries should come together to produce a manifesto explaining the benefits they bring the whole country, designers have suggested. More about UK architects and designers call for Brexit manifesto to dispel "elitist" perception
US studio Duvall Decker Architects has created a residence in central Mississippi that is "shaped to draw the outdoors in and lure the family out" (+ slideshow). More about Duvall Decker clads a Mississippi dwelling in grey-green slate shingles
An American artist has turned the remains of legendary Mexican architect Luis Barragán into a diamond, and is offering to exchange the gem for the architect's professional archive, which is currently housed on the Vitra campus (+ slideshow). More about Artist turns Luis Barragán's remains into diamond to trade for his archive
The website of Melania Trump, wife of Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump, has been taken down after it emerged that the claim she obtained a degree in architecture was false. More about Melania Trump's website deleted after architecture degree claim debunked
Rio 2016: ahead of this year's Olympic and Paralympic games, British photographer Giles Price took to the skies to capture the physical and social repercussions that stadiums and infrastructure are imposing on Rio de Janeiro (+ slideshow). More about Giles Price's aerial photographs show impact of Olympic venues on Rio
New York designer Nikolas Bentel has developed a range of patterned shirts that change colour in response to air pollution or radioactivity (+ movie). More about Nikolas Bentel designs shirts that change colour when exposed to air pollution
Slatted wooden screens fold open to reveal walls of windows at the front and back of this concrete house in Porto by AZO Sequeira Arquitectos Associados (+ slideshow). More about Wooden screens mask glazed walls of Porto house by AZO Sequeira
More than a quarter of architecture students in the UK have reported mental health issues related to their studies, with workload and debt among the leading causes, according to a new survey. More about Quarter of UK architecture students report mental health issues
Our job of the week on the new and improved Dezeen Jobs is for a Part-I architecture assistant at London studio Bompas & Parr, which is known for its experimental food design – including architectural jelly (pictured). Visit the ad for full details of the position or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Danish lighting manufacturer Louis Poulsen is producing a new version of the iconic Panthella lamp by Verner Panton that was originally developed in 1971 (+ slideshow). More about Louis Poulsen releases colourful mini version of 1971 Panthella lamp
Visitors to this year's Manifesta art biennale can watch films while enjoying a swim in this floating pavilion, built by students to float on Switzerland's Lake Zurich ( + slideshow). More about ETH Zurich students build floating wooden pavilion for Manifesta art biennale
Undulating brick surfaces are concealed behind the smooth, windowless exterior of this chapel by Modernist architect Eero Saarinen, captured in these new images by British photographer Jim Stephenson (+ slideshow). More about Jim Stephenson photographs Eero Saarinen's "breathtaking" MIT Chapel
Anyone wanting to construct their own tiny house can now buy detailed plans for a micro dwelling designed by Washington DC studio Foundry Architects (+ slideshow). More about Plans for tiny house by Foundry Architects made available for purchase
A former theatre in Mexico City has been restored and reconfigured by Bandada Studio and architect Miquel Adrià into an interactive museum that displays a giant model of the metropolis (+ slideshow). More about Bandada Studio transforms historic theatre into Futura CDMX museum
Business news: the creative industries are growing faster than any other business sector in most of the UK according to new data, with 47 "creative clusters" now scattered across the country – including "less 'hip'" areas like Slough and Chester. More about Creative industries booming across the UK, according to new report