Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: scale reproductions of Nefertiti's bust and a shelter used by refugees in Calais' Jungle are among the myriad replicas of cultural artefacts included in a V&A-curated show about the value of copying (+ slideshow). More about V&A features Sam Jacob's replica refugee shelter in copying exhibition at Venice Biennale
Pritzker Prize winners Álvaro Siza Vieira and Eduardo Souto de Moura have teamed up to renovate a museum at a historic Portuguese monastery and have also added a new contemporary sculpture museum (+ slideshow). More about Álvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura team up for Portuguese museum project
Transparent glass walls, floors and furniture all feature inside this office block, created by Dutch firm MVRDV in a stripped-out Hong Kong factory (+ slideshow). More about MVRDV creates transparent interior for Hong Kong office block
Our job of the week on the new and improved Dezeen Jobs is for a creative director at digital animation studio Squint/Opera, whose past projects include visualisations of a flooded future London (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Golden Lion-winner Solano Benítez presents a brick and timber arch at the Venice Biennale as an example of how cheap materials and intensive labour could "transform scarcity into abundance". More about Gabinete de Arquitectura presents latticed brick arch as model for low-cost construction
Danish brand Republic of Fritz Hansen has become the latest furniture company to launch an accessories range, which includes a brass candlestick by Spanish designer Jaime Hayón and cushion covers by Arne Jacobsen (+ slideshow). More about Fritz Hansen launches Objects range of home accessories
Canadian firm Robitaille Curtis has completed a cabin in the Laurentian Mountains that sits atop wooden pilotis, enabling snowmelt to pass under the home (+ slideshow). More about Robitaille Curtis perches a ski chalet on a steep slope in Quebec
UK studio Foster + Partners has unveiled the design for its first project in Brooklyn: a development of offices and creative workspaces on the Red Hook waterfront. More about Foster + Partners' first Brooklyn project is a waterfront office development
The first completed tower in the massive Hudson Yards development in New York has opened its doors, giving fashion brand Coach a new global headquarters (+ slideshow). More about KPF's 10 Hudson Yards skyscraper in New York welcomes first tenant Coach
Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron has released a full set of images of the Vitra Schaudepot – a new gallery for the permanent collection of the Frank Gehry-designed Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany (+ slideshow). More about Herzog & de Meuron reveals more photos of new Vitra Design Museum gallery
Herzog & de Meuron's Jenga-like residential skyscraper in New York (pictured) leads this week's Dezeen Mail, which also features a roundup of the best pavilions from the Venice Architecture Biennale and a Foster + Partners-designed drone port.
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Clerkenwell Design Week 2016: New technologies are driving a major rethink of office design, and interesting workplace interiors and furniture dominated this year's Clerkenwell Design Week. More about Five innovative office designs from Clerkenwell Design Week
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Chilean architects Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen have built a maze-like pavilion in the Venice Giardini, made up of 10 overlapping cylinders (+ slideshow). More about Pezo von Ellrichshausen creates labyrinthine pavilion of overlapping cylinders
Business news: low-energy designer lighting brand Plumen has launched a crowdfunding drive to fund new product launches and "kick the business up to the next level". More about Plumen seeks small investors to fund new lighting product launches
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena has used over 90 tonnes of waste generated by the Venice Art Biennale 2015 to create two introductory rooms for this year's architecture event (+ slideshow). More about Alejandro Aravena uses over 90 tonnes of recycled waste for entrance rooms of Venice Biennale 2016
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama is exhibiting a year's worth of new sculptures, paintings and installations at London's Victoria Miro galleries, including three mirrored rooms and plenty of pumpkins. More about Yayoi Kusama exhibition in London includes three new mirror rooms
Texas firm Matt Fajkus Architecture has completed a family home in Austin that features rooms with sliding glass walls, enabling the spaces to be fully opened to the outdoors (+ slideshow). More about Matt Fajkus completes urban Austin home with retractable glass walls
The Jenga-like form of Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron's residential skyscraper in Tribeca, New York, has been captured by Instagram users ahead of its imminent completion. More about Herzog & de Meuron's 56 Leonard "Jenga tower" nears completion in New York
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Alejandro Aravena's Reporting from the Front-themed Venice Biennale is filled with good intentions, but can architects ever really be honest about architecture, asks Mimi Zeiger. More about "Is architecture really as guileless as Aravena's Biennale suggests?"
Yves Behar's studio Fuseproject has partnered with San Francisco startup Juicero to design a Wi-Fi-enabled home juicer that uses pre-packaged sachets of fruit and vegetables (+ slideshow). More about Yves Behar designs Nespresso-style countertop cold-press juicer