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Job of the week: professor of industrial design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna

Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a professor of industrial design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna in Austria, whose students proposed a conceptual performance space for the Cirque du Soleil in New York (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.

Architecture

Architecture

Threefold Architects completes light-filled London home for a pair of objets d'art collectors

Glass walls and a generous light-filled atrium offer plentiful views of the surrounding garden and sky for residents of this north London house by Threefold Architects (+ slideshow). More about Threefold Architects completes light-filled London home for a pair of objets d'art collectors

Architecture

Architecture

COBE's Frederiksvej Kindergarten is based on children's drawings

Each of the small house-like volumes that make up this Copenhagen kindergarten were designed by Danish firm COBE to look like caricatures of homes with peaked roofs as drawn by children (+ slideshow). More about COBE's Frederiksvej Kindergarten is based on children's drawings

Architecture

Architecture

Seattle chapel by Hennebery Eddy features walls of rough sandstone and concrete

American firm Hennebery Eddy Architects used wood, concrete, glass and battered stone to create this chapel on a Jesuit high school campus in Seattle (+ slideshow). More about Seattle chapel by Hennebery Eddy features walls of rough sandstone and concrete

Design

Design

Design brand Hem sold to private investment company

Business news: startup furniture brand Hem has been acquired by a private buyer in a deal that will see designer and co-founder Petrus Palmér become CEO in place of Jason Goldberg, who will leave the company. More about Design brand Hem sold to private investment company

Dezeen Mail issue 291 features this week's biggest stories in architecture and design

This week's Dezeen Mail features a possible solution to New York's housing crisis, a range of Star Wars-inspired products designed by Nendo and a revamped house in Melbourne featuring a giant toy box under its floors (pictured).

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Lighting

Lighting

The Enlightened 50s lighting exhibition illuminates London's Galerie Kreo

Modernist lamps by mid-century French designers including Pierre Guariche and Jean-Boris Lacroix are on show at Galerie Kreo in London's Mayfair. More about The Enlightened 50s lighting exhibition illuminates London's Galerie Kreo

Architecture

Architecture

Robot-built pavilion proposed by Achim Menges for V&A museum courtyard

Stuttgart architect Achim Menges has developed designs for a robot-fabricated pavilion based on the wings of flying beetles, which will be erected in the V&A museum courtyard in London. More about Robot-built pavilion proposed by Achim Menges for V&A museum courtyard

Architecture

Architecture

Monadnock's Abstract Tower features patterned walls of red and green brickwork

Rotterdam studio Monadnock used a variety of brickwork techniques to create the patterned facade of this viewing tower, designed to offer a new landmark for the small Dutch town of Nieuw-Bergen. More about Monadnock's Abstract Tower features patterned walls of red and green brickwork

Architecture

Architecture

Platform_a completes reflective glass and volcanic stone cafe on Jeju island coast

Korean studio Platform_a has completed a cafe with pivoting mirrored-glass doors and volcanic stone walls on Jeju, a volcanic island off the coast of mainland South Korea (+ slideshow). More about Platform_a completes reflective glass and volcanic stone cafe on Jeju island coast