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GMP Architekten's ballet facility features materials that reference its industrial setting

An overhanging upper storey clad in concrete panels leans out over the glazed entrance of this ballet rehearsal building, added to a former transportation hub in the German city of Düsseldorf (+ slideshow). More about GMP Architekten's ballet facility features materials that reference its industrial setting

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Architecture

Postmodern architecture: the Portland Municipal Services Building, Oregon, by Michael Graves

Pomo summer: Michael Graves' pink and teal Portland Municipal Services Building in Portland, Oregon, is one of Postmodernism's most important structures – and also one of its most divisive. As our season dedicated to the controversial movement nears its end, we revisit the building that kickstarted the debate about preserving Postmodern architecture. More about Postmodern architecture: the Portland Municipal Services Building, Oregon, by Michael Graves

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Architecture

House on Awaji Island has a timber porch with a house-shaped entrance

The entrance to this white house by Osaka architecture studio IZUE is contained within a hole in the slatted wooden porch that frames a view through to the sea (+ slideshow). More about House on Awaji Island has a timber porch with a house-shaped entrance

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Design

Menu blends Scandinavian design with traditional crafts to help Nepali women

Maison&Objet 2015: Danish design brand Menu has launched a soft furnishings collection produced in Nepal, to offer Nepali craftswomen an alternative to working in the sex trade (+ slideshow). More about Menu blends Scandinavian design with traditional crafts to help Nepali women

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Architecture

Ash Sakula Architects designs three mews houses for a rural eco development

Wooden shingles clad the end wall and pitched roofs of this terrace in the English county of Hampshire, designed as a prototype for affordable, sustainable construction in the area (+ slideshow). More about Ash Sakula Architects designs three mews houses for a rural eco development

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New York exhibition examines the pre-Memphis work of Ettore Sottsass

A new exhibition at the Friedman Benda gallery in New York displays the early work of designer Ettore Sottsass, best-known for the colourful and radical Memphis design movement of the 1980s (+ slideshow). More about New York exhibition examines the pre-Memphis work of Ettore Sottsass

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Design

Postmodern design: Grace Jones maternity dress by Jean-Paul Goude

Pomo summer: art director Jean-Paul Goude brought Postmodernism's bold shapes and historical references into the fashion world with his maternity dress for Grace Jones, which both disguised and celebrated her pregnancy.

More about Postmodern design: Grace Jones maternity dress by Jean-Paul Goude

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Architecture

Mecanoo designs huge engineering campus for The University of Manchester

Dutch firm Mecanoo has unveiled plans for a £350 million engineering school at The University of Manchester in the UK. More about Mecanoo designs huge engineering campus for The University of Manchester

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Design

Design Museum's 2015 Designers in Residence tackle migration theme

Drones, lightweight furniture, national costumes and astronaut training centres feature in this year's Designers in Residence exhibition at London's Design Museum (+ slideshow). More about Design Museum's 2015 Designers in Residence tackle migration theme

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Design

14 crazy proposals that could transform the future of transport

A proposal to transform London Underground's Circle Line into a 17-mile-long moving walkway quickly became one of this week's most-discussed stories. We've collected together 14 of the most unusual transport solutions featured on Dezeen, including Lady Gaga's flying dress and a flock of self-driving workplaces. More about 14 crazy proposals that could transform the future of transport