American designer Mark Boulding has created an alternative to snap-fit blocks like Lego, with a collection of black and white bricks that slot into one another instead (+ slideshow). More about Interlocking Boulding Blocks offer "limitless possibilities" for construction
Students in a design-and-build programme at the University of Kansas have completed a family dwelling intended to demonstrate a more responsible approach to house building (+ slideshow). More about Studio 804 builds Kansas home designed to achieve net-zero energy consumption
Our US job of the week on the new and improved Dezeen Jobs website is for a project architect/project manager at Clive Wilkinson Architects in California, which designed the office interior for comedy video production company Funny or Die (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
New York 2016: Brooklyn artist Fernando Mastrangelo has used cement to create a range of furniture with subtle patterns and pastel colours (+ slideshow). More about Fernando Mastrangelo casts Fade furniture from dyed cement
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Bjarke Ingels's firm has been announced as one of the architectural partners that will help build infrastructure for the Hyperloop high-speed transportation system, in the same week as the latest test of its propulsion technology (+ movie). More about Hyperloop could completely transform how cities are planned says Bjarke Ingels
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: a retrospective of work by the late Zaha Hadid will take place during this year's Venice Biennale, including early paintings, models and photos of past and future projects. More about Zaha Hadid retrospective announced for Venice Architecture Biennale
Zaha Hadid 1950-2016: leading architects including Norman Foster, Bjarke Ingels, Richard Rogers and Daniel Libeskind have paid tribute to the late Zaha Hadid in a video created by Dezeen and Architizer. More about Architecture stars including Foster, Rogers and Ingels in video tribute to "very special" Zaha Hadid
The architects behind a campaign to build a floating swimming pool on the River Thames have now revealed plans to resurrect a southeast London lido that was filled in nearly 30 years ago. More about Studio Octopi announces crowdfunding campaign to rebuild lost lido in London's Peckham
Architect Rafael Viñoly has sent Dezeen a public letter apologising for comments he made about the interior design of his supertall New York skyscraper. More about Rafael Viñoly apologises for comments on 432 Park Avenue skyscraper "screw-ups"
Our job of the week on the new and improved Dezeen Jobs is for Mandarin-speaking architects at Rome-based Studio Fuksas, whose current projects include a cultural complex in Chengdu, China (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Angular concrete columns surround this extension to a 1960s villa in the Ivory Coast's economic capital Abidjan, which Localarchitecture has reconfigured to house the Swiss embassy (+ slideshow). More about Localarchitecture transforms 1960s house into Swiss embassy for Ivory Coast
Milan 2016: Italian designer Francesco Faccin's Bronzification collection features furniture made from panels of bronze with the texture and appearance of wooden planks (+ movie). More about Francesco Faccin creates furniture with bronze planks cast to look like wood
Architecture studio Furuichi and Associates has completed a museum dedicated to Japan's Jōmon period, featuring a multi-faceted roofscape designed to evoke the inside of a cave (+ slideshow). More about Jagged wooden roof frames museum dedicated to Japan's Jōmon period by Furuichi and Associates
These new images reveal more details and show the interior designs for late architect Zaha Hadid's residential skyscraper currently under construction in Miami (+ slideshow). More about Zaha Hadid's interiors for One Thousand Museum tower in Miami revealed in new images
New York 2016: American designer and architect David Rockwell has designed a collection of three simple lighting fixtures for New York company Rich Brilliant Willing. More about David Rockwell designs minimalist lighting collection for Rich Brilliant Willing
French artist Daniel Buren has covered the glass sails of Frank Gehry's Fondation Louis Vuitton building in Paris with an array of multicoloured filters (+ slideshow). More about Daniel Buren colours the sails of Frank Gehry's Fondation Louis Vuitton
A New York-based co-working company has plans for the UK's underused but iconic red public phone booths: it is transforming them into micro offices for workers on the go. More about Bar Works to transform UK phone boxes into work pods
Architect Rafael Viñoly's candid thoughts on his 432 Park Avenue tower in New York lead this week's Dezeen Mail, which also features Instagram's rebrand and robot-built architecture.
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Foster + Partners has won planning approval for a pair of glass skyscrapers in San Francisco, which will be among the tallest buildings in the city. More about Foster + Partners gets go ahead for crystalline skyscraper in San Francisco