This week’s issue of Dezeen Mail leads with MVRDV's proposals for a 400-metre skyscraper that looks like a pile of buildings and also includes all the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen.
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News: construction is set to begin next month on the world's tallest building in Changsha, China, which will be completed in just 90 days. More about World's tallest building will be constructed in 90 days
A chequerboard of opaque panels and windows surrounds this school canteen in western Germany by SpreierTrenner Architekten (+ slideshow). More about Salmtal Secondary School Canteen by SpreierTrenner Architekten
Polish studio Ingarden & Ewý has slotted a theatre and library around the nineteenth century structure of a former horse-riding arena in Kraków (+ slideshow). More about Małopolska Garden of Arts by Ingarden & Ewý
Rubber-coated fabric is pinned to the walls and ceiling of this fashion boutique in Zagreb, Croatia. More about Donassy Open Atelier by Vanja Ilić
This earthquake-proof house on a hillside in western Chile by architects Pezo von Ellrichshausen has six rooms with glass walls (+ photos by Cristobal Palma). More about Casa Arco by Pezo von Ellrichshausen
Product news: American designer Victor Vetterlein has made an edible desk lamp. More about Bite Me edible desk lamp by Victor Vetterlein
News: 3D printer manufacturer Makerbot has opened a photo booth in its New York City store offering customers the chance to print out a model of their own face. More about Makerbot photo booth prints 3D models of faces
The trend for extreme cantilevers continues with this house in Croatia by architect Idis Turato, where one floor dramatically overhangs the other. More about Nest and Cave House by Idis Turato
News: the Royal College of Art will end up as a "Chinese finishing school" unless the UK government does more to encourage young people to study art and design, according to writer and broadcaster Andrew Marr. More about Royal College of Art risks becoming a "Chinese finishing school"
East London designer Hugo Passos talks about making his modernist Piet side table without machinery in an "old artisanal way" in this movie filmed by Dezeen. More about "It's nice to make a modernist table in an old artisanal way" - Hugo Passos
Daniel Libeskind has completed an education centre at the Jewish Museum Berlin, twelve years after the American architect completed his widely acclaimed extension (+ slideshow). More about The Academy of the Jewish Museum Berlin by Daniel Libeskind
Dezeen promotion: these space-saving stoves by fireplace manufacturers MCZ are designed to fit into tight spaces. More about Flat, Flair, Philo and Tube stoves by MCZ
Norm Architects of Denmark used industrial pendant lights, woollen blankets and reclaimed wood to create rustic Scandinavian dining rooms at Höst, a new restaurant in Copenhagen. More about Höst by Norm Architects and Menu
A house-shaped metal frame surrounds the objects on these tall display tables by Kazakhstan designer Artem Zigert. More about Home Shelves by Artem Zigert
Gabled bungalows are scattered over the rooftops of bulky apartment blocks that are perched above rows of narrow townhouses in this social housing development outside Paris by French studio Maison Edouard François (+ slideshow). More about Urban Collage by Maison Edouard François
Product news: Dutch designer Frederik Roijé has added to his series of candle holders with a design that looks like a bent pipe poking through a wall. More about Wall of Flame by Frederik Roijé
Competition: Dezeen is giving readers the chance to win one of five copies of Generative Design, a book about using computer processing to design artwork, models and animations. More about Competition: five copies of Generative Design to be won
Industrial designer Konstantin Grcic worked with furniture brand Emeco to create the chairs and tables that furnish the new Parrish Art Museum on Long Island, recently completed by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. More about Parrish by Konstantin Grcic and Emeco for the Parrish Art Museum
Bleachers climb over the roof of this timber-clad community centre in France by Ateliers O-S Architectes (+ slideshow). More about Cultural Centre in Nevers by Ateliers O-S Architectes