The Royal College of Art's dean of architecture Alex de Rijke has become the latest staff member to announce their departure from the London institution. More about Alex de Rijke resigns as Royal College of Art's dean of architecture
Photographer Mariano Dallago has installed a giant camera obscura on top of a hill as part of an exhibition in the mountainous Italian province of South Tyrol (+ movie). More about Mariano Dallago's Camera Obscura creates a projected "postcard" of the Dolomites
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British architect Amanda Levete will attempt to recreate the experience of being in a forest with this year's MPavilion – the annual project billed as Australia's answer to the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion (+ slideshow). More about Amanda Levete unveils forest canopy design for second Melbourne MPavilion
An arced wall forms the back of this white concrete residence by architect Rafael Lorentz, which stands on a hilltop in the Brazilian countryside (+ slideshow). More about HLM House by Rafael Lorentz is a hilltop Brazil residence built from white concrete
Dutch architecture firm Mecanoo has revised its competition-winning design for the renovation of Mies van der Rohe's Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library in Washington DC. More about Mecanoo scales back additions to Mies van der Rohe's Washington DC library
Graduate shows 2015: University of Brighton graduate Amber Defroand has designed a vibrator with interchangeable shafts to "enable women to personalise their sexual experiences". More about Pillow Play modular sex toys are designed for personalised pleasure
A Beyoncé-inspired skyscraper, Rio's 2016 Olympic torch design and a minimal Belgian house (pictured) feature in Dezeen Mail issue 261. Click through for our pick of the best news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: last year London studio The Workers built a fleet of robots that allowed the public to remotely explore galleries and museums from their computers at home. In this interview, studio co-founder Tommaso Lanza explains how they did it (+ movie). More about Fleet of robots by The Workers allow the public to explore galleries by night
Architecture charity Article 25 has launched an urgent appeal for donations to avoid insolvency, after discovering a £200,000 hole in its accounts. More about Article 25 faces insolvency following £200,000 of unaccounted spending
The expansive landscape of Argentina's Parque de la Cruz is the setting for this small chapel by Estudio Cella, which is elevated above the tree canopy in a forest clearing (+ slideshow). More about Small chapel by Estudio Cella stands alone in the heart of an Argentinian forest
Ocean plastic is this year's breakthrough material. Pharrell Williams has used it to produce a range of clothes, Adidas has launched a range of trainers and a young designer has created a machine to harvest tonnes of the waste material from the sea. See all our stories about ocean plastic »
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Dutch fashion designers Viktor & Rolf transformed broken picture frames filled with fabric into haute-couture gowns during their latest catwalk show, by taking them off a wall and draping them over models. More about Viktor & Rolf dresses models in wearable paintings during Paris couture show
Graduate shows 2015: tiny turbines installed in the arteries of genetically modified cows provide a solution to future energy production in this fictional scenario by RCA graduate Paul Gong. More about Bloodflow of beefed-up bovines harnessed for energy in The Cow of Tomorrow project
Arched, rectangular and pentagonal doorways cut through the three bowed walls that frame the dining room of this apartment by MAMM Design on the outskirts of Tokyo (+ slideshow). More about MAMM Design adds curved walls and different-shaped doorways to a Japanese apartment
Photographer Alicja Dobrucka recently stayed at and photographed Sainte Marie de La Tourette, the 1960s Dominican convent near Lyon, France, designed by Le Corbusier. We spoke to Dobrucka about her trip to the building that "looks and feels very much like a Baroque bunker" (+ slideshow + interview). More about Alicja Dobrucka photographs Le Corbusier's "random and eccentric" La Tourette
Pale white brickwork, broad columns and a courtyard planted with trees are all features of this country house in the Chiltern Hills by architect David Chipperfield, which was recently named the world's best new house (+ slideshow). More about David Chipperfield's Fayland House conceived as a "large earthwork" in the English countryside
French designer Samy Rio has received the highest honour at this year's Design Parade festival in Hyères for his products that incorporate bamboo. More about Bamboo hairdryer and speakers win Grand Prix at Design Parade 10
This new movie produced by film studio Spirit of Space tours the interior of the Tamedia Office Building in Zurich – the first Swiss project completed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. More about Shigeru Ban's timber-framed office building in Switzerland shown in new movie
Populous has revealed designs for an elliptical stadium for London football club Tottenham Hotspur, boasting a retractable pitch that will allow it to also host American football games. More about New Tottenham Hotspur football stadium by Populous to feature "world's first sliding pitch"