Footbridge forced to close as 15,000 visitors flock to Amanda Levete’s MAAT museum in Lisbon

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A footbridge providing the main access point to the AL_A-designed Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology in Lisbon has been closed over fears of collapse, after 15,000 visitors turned out for the opening of the museum. (more…)

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Temporary floating parliament on the Thames could save the UK millions, claims Gensler



The world’s biggest architecture firm has proposed moving the UK’s Lords and MPs into a bubble-like building on London’s River Thames to reduce the cost of refurbishing the crumbling Palace of Westminster. (more…)

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US job of the week: School of Design director at San Francisco State University

US job of the week: School of Design director at San Francisco State University

Our US job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a director position for the School of Design at San Francisco State University, where the Mashouf Performing Arts Center by Michael Maltzan Architecture (pictured) is located. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.

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Design brand SCP auctions off furniture made from its scraps



London Design Festival 2016: designers raided the SCP warehouse for discarded furniture to make the pieces in the The Thing With MaltaSingh exhibition, set to be auctioned next week. (more…)

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FXFOWLE reveals Statue of Liberty Museum for New York’s iconic landmark



Architecture firm FXFOWLE has unveiled plans for a new museum beside the Statue of Liberty, featuring a green roof and viewing platform overlooking New York harbour (+ slideshow). (more…)

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10 of the most popular pink-hued interiors on Dezeen’s Pinterest boards

“Installation art has finally taken over the last bastion of architecture”



Opinion: colossal public artworks like Thomas Heatherwick’s interlinking staircases for New York are the architectural monuments of our time, says Aaron Betsky. (more…)

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Denis Guidone’s new watch for Projects references a Kandinsky artwork



Dezeen Watch Store: the latest watch from American brand Projects takes its unusual dial design from a drawing produced in the 1920s by influential Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky. (more…)

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Tropical Space Designs a Warm Contemporary Home in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Derelict shed converted by Sue Architekten into writer’s studio and playroom



Sue Architekten has converted a 1930s outhouse near Vienna into a writing studio, guest room and playhouse, accessed via a trapdoor (+ slideshow). (more…)

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