Security company Yale has partnered with Google-owned domestic technology firm Nest to release a door lock that can be remotely controlled via a smartphone. More about Yale partners with Nest to launch keyless Linus smartlock
Royal College of Art rector Paul Thompson has apologised for making comments that appeared to blame departing staff for putting the school in "an unnecessary state of jeopardy" and has defended the school's financial position. More about Royal College of Art rector apologises for statements about staff
Our US job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for an interior designer at MAD Architects in Los Angeles, which has designed a residential project resembling a hilltop village for Beverly Hills (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Slovenian studio SoNo Arhitekti has lined a book store in Trieste, Italy, with floor-to-ceiling stacks of shelves in patterns that reference the architecture of a local landmark (+ slideshow). More about Box-like shelving covers walls in SoNo Arhitekti's Book Centre Trieste shop
Designer Hussein Chalayan's Paris Fashion Week show featured a catwalk shower that dissolved a pair of soluble outfits, revealing delicate garments underneath (+ slideshow). More about Clothes dissolve on the catwalk during Hussein Chalayan's Spring Summer 2016 show
Portuguese architect João Mendes Ribeiro designed this corrugated steel and concrete warehouse for a components manufacturer, but prior to moving in its art collector-owner filled the space with work by Andy Warhol, John Baldessari and Antony Gormley (+ slideshow). More about Warehouse in Portugal by João Mendes Ribeiro used to exhibit Andy Warhol artwork
London Design Festival 2015: London designer Nir Meiri took cues from the shapes of birds when creating this floor lamp with two lights supported by metal rods. More about Lights held on angled branches form Nir Meiri's Black Swan lamp
Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a project architect at De Matos Ryan, which designed the Garden House in Battersea that sits in a sunken courtyard (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Ladders provide access to mezzanine sleeping areas in rooms at this student residence within a former car-radio button factory in Berlin's Kreuzberg district (+ slideshow). More about Macro Sea converts Berlin factory into student residences
London Design Festival 2015: the studio launched by London designer Benjamin Hubert has partnered with environmental consultancy Carbon Trust to produce a concept wearable that could track individual carbon footprints (+ movie). More about Layer's concept wearable tracks personal carbon consumption
Dutch studio Ruud Visser Architecten has "stretched" the length of an early 20th-century townhouse in The Hague, and added a large window with a cross-shaped wooden frame to the new rear facade (+ slideshow). More about Ruud Visser Architects extends old Dutch townhouse by two metres
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015: the inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial opens to the public this weekend. Speaking at a preview today, curators Sarah Herda and Joseph Grima said the exhibition showcases architects who are carving out new ways to practice. More about First Chicago Architecture Biennial is a "site of experimentation" say curators
Parisian office DGT Architects aimed to condense the architectural history of Japan's houses into a single home with this elevated timber volume supported on an earth-clad base. More about DGT Architects' A House for Oiso aims to "capture the essence of Japan from all ages"
An exhibition at the Cranbrook Museum of Art outside Detroit examines the jewellery of the mid-century American sculptor and designer Harry Bertoia (+ slideshow). More about Jewellery exhibition focuses on early work by Harry Bertoia
Lighting brand Metalarte has launched a giant floor-standing version of Spanish designer Jaime Hayón's Josephine lamp to mark its 10th anniversary. More about Metalarte launches 10th anniversary edition of Jamie Hayón's Josephine lamp
New York developer Related Companies has released new images of Zaha Hadid's High Line-adjacent building to tempt buyers into investing in the project (+ slideshow). More about Zaha Hadid's first residential building in New York includes million penthouse
Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek is creating a collection of limited-edition furniture for IKEA, set to launch in 2017, as part of a wider collaboration with the Swedish company. More about Piet Hein Eek begins long-term collaboration with IKEA
This week's Dezeen Mail features Herzog & de Meuron's design for the Vancouver Art Gallery, Kate Moss' venture into interior design and an award-winning visitors centre that was recently destroyed by a volcano (pictured).
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Vienna Design Week 2015: Austrian designer Klemens Schillinger has created a series of rings that are sized to show the fluctuating price of gold over the past five decades, as part of a jewellery collection (+ slideshow). More about Klemens Schillinger visualises changing values of gold with Element 79 jewellery collection
Architecture studio Penda has created a rope-bound bamboo pavilion as a mock up of a modular housing system developed to provide sustainable housing schemes for populations of up to 200,000 (+ slideshow). More about Penda's bamboo pavilion could be expanded to create homes for 200,000 people