Stairs and bookshelves wrap around a triple-height atrium inside this university library, which Danish architecture studio Adept describes as a "spiral of knowledge" (+ slideshow). More about Stairs spiral around interior of Adept's Dalarna Media Library in Sweden
Zaha Hadid, Peter Zumthor and Frank Gehry all went back to the drawing board this week, each announcing revised proposals for high-profile projects. Read on for more architecture and design highlights, plus our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. More about This week on Dezeen
Dutch designer Ineke Hans has created signposts and furniture to complement an art trail that lines a busy motorway in northern Holland (+ slideshow). More about Ineke Hans designs colourful signage and street furniture for roadside art trail
London firm Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has put the finishing touches to the World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre – a new £135 million wing at the British Museum in London (+ slideshow). More about Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners completes new conservation and gallery wing at British Museum
Intricate drawings by Bartlett School of Architecture graduate Anja Kempa present a vision for how spring could be recreated in Tokyo, once cherry trees fail to blossom because of climate change. More about Anja Kempa's fantastical drawings imagine an artificial spring in Tokyo
This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for an experienced architect at Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, whose use of pale brick walls and gabled roof profiles make this London hospice (pictured) look like an oversized house. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Mole Architects based the shape and proportions of this rural home in Suffolk on the classical vicar's residences that are typically found in English countryside towns (+ slideshow). More about Cedar-clad Stackyard by Mole Architects is a house based on old rectories
Movie: Bjarke Ingels explains how the $335 million allocated to BIG's scheme to upgrade Manhattan's storm defences will be used to create a flood barrier disguised as a park in our second exclusive video interview with the Danish architect. More about Big U storm defences "will secretly protect Manhattan from flooding" says Bjarke Ingels
Paris-based Italian designer Giuseppe Bessero Belti has designed a collection of vases that combine 3D printing with repurposed paraffin lamp chimneys (+ slideshow). More about Flowers replace flames in paraffin lamp vases by Giuseppe Bessero Belti
Mottled red brickwork was used to build the gabled walls of this English school library by Mitchell Taylor Workshop, who more recently completed a humanities building for a historic school elsewhere in the country (+ slideshow). More about Angular brick gables frame Kings College Library by Mitchell Taylor Workshop
A stone comes with this concrete lamp by Bucharest designer Dragos Motica so the user can smash the shade to reveal the reinforcing steel mesh (+ movie). More about Dragos Motica's Slash Lamp is designed to be broken
Italian office Modostudio has completed a shingle-clad building boasting mountain views for a private arts and sciences foundation near Bolzano, northern Italy (+ slideshow). More about Shingle-clad cultural centre by Modostudio offers spectacular mountain views
Japanese studio Nendo – whose designers continue to prove they will try their hand at anything – has launched a Winnie-the-Pooh glassware set. More about Nendo designs Winnie-the-Pooh glassware for Walt Disney Japan
News: the Royal College of Art is investigating claims that one of its graduates plagiarised an existing design after a Finnish company complained that its reusable packaging concept had been copied. More about Royal College of Art investigates plagiarism claim
Movie: in the first of a series of exclusive video interviews with Bjarke Ingels, the Danish architect talks us through three of his practice BIG's current projects and explains why he considers diagrams to be such an important design tool. More about "BIG never makes any design decisions just for fun" says Bjarke Ingels
Zaha Hadid's revised Tokyo Olympic stadium design and new photos of her Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul (pictured) feature in Dezeen Mail issue 210, along with the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Dezeen promotion: there is just one day of public voting left in the LaunchBox new product contest, before the ballot closes on 11 July. More about Last chance to vote on the LaunchBox new product contest
News: not content with playing host to the tallest building in the world, Dubai has unveiled plans for the world's first indoor city – a temperature-controlled mega resort featuring a retractable glass roof and the world's largest shopping centre. More about World's first climate-controlled city set for construction in Dubai
News: these new renders of the controversial Tokyo Olympic stadium by Zaha Hadid Architects show changes to the shape of the building, which has been altered following a budget cut (+ slideshow). More about New images of Zaha Hadid's modified Tokyo Olympic stadium design
New buildings and spaces by Tadao Ando and Annabelle Selldorf feature at the Clark Art Institute in Massachusetts, which reopened to the public this week after a 10-year renovation. More about Tadao Ando and Annabelle Selldorf transform Clark Art Institute in Massachusetts