Gabion cages filled with volcanic stone support meditation platform at Utah spiritual retreat



An expansive terrace provides a meditation space at this weekend residence and spiritual retreat in the Utah desert, which US firm Imbue Design completed using stone-filled gabions for some of the external walls (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Bertrand Guillon fits petite delicatessen into 35-square-metre Provencal shopfront



French practice Bertrand Guillon Architecture has made the most of extra height at the front of this shop in Marseille when transforming the interior into an épicerie (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Rotating and tilting ReActor house accommodates two artists for five days



A pair of artists built and lived in this house balanced on a pole in upstate New York, which spun around and inclined as they moved around it during their week-long residency (+ movie). (more…)

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England’s Premier League gets a minimal rebrand by DesignStudio



England’s primary professional football competition has kicked off its 2016/2017 season with a significantly more minimal lion’s head logo. (more…)

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Roof of Rhode Island holiday home by Bernheimer Architecture features pyramid-like skylights



A+Awardsthe next project in our series on winners from this year’s A+Awards organised by US site Architizer is a holiday home for a Brooklyn-based family on Rhode Island, with a charred-timber facade (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Emil Eve Architects retains historic “quirks” in Shoreditch warehouse conversion



Emil Eve Architects has paired original details with contemporary finishes in this loft apartment, which it created inside a Victorian warehouse building in Shoreditch, east London (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Dezeen Jobs: latest jobs update

Dezeen Jobs architecture and design recruitment jobs update Grimshaw

See the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Hollwich Kushner, UNStudio and Grimshaw‘s Australian office, which has designed a high-rise school complex in New South Wales (pictured). This is also the last chance to apply for roles with Heatherwick Studio, The V&A, John McAslan + Partners and more… (more…)

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Call for graduates to enter IE School of Architecture and Design competitions



Dezeen promotion: the IE School of Architecture and Design in Madrid is inviting architecture and design graduates to enter a pair of competitions, with prizes that include university scholarships and paid internships at international studios. (more…)

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Sameep Padora builds Buddhist Learning Centre in an Indian forest grove



Volcanic stone dust was used to build the walls of this Buddhist education and meditation centre, designed by Sameep Padora & Associates for a woodland clearing in rural India (photos by Edmund Sumner + slideshow). (more…)

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Pauline van Dongen designs solar-powered windbreaker for nature reserve guides



Dutch fashion designer Pauline van Dongen has created more clothing with integrated solar panels, designing a windbreaker that can charge wearers’ phones and GPS devices (+ slideshow). (more…)

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