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Mexican firm Intersticial Arquitectura has built a home on the outskirts of Querétaro, using local materials such as light-coloured bricks , rough masonry blocks, and an exposed concrete frame. Read more via Dezeen http://ift.tt/2mWNVzR

The unusual massing of this 21-storey residential building  by US firm  S9 Architecture  responds to development rights that were purchased for airspace next to the New York tower. Read more via Dezeen http://ift.tt/2nokZMx

Our first Dezeen x MINI Living Initiative video explores Italian architect Stefano Boeri 's radical proposals to build "forest cities" to combat urban pollution. Read more via Dezeen http://ift.tt/2mWCad0

This week we're highlighting 10 popular home interiors from our Pinterest  boards that use skylights to make compact spaces seem larger, including a loft apartment in New York and a windowless garage conversion . Read more via Dezeen http://ift.tt/2nIhT9x

Icelandic studio And Anti Matter has launched its first collection at this year's DesignMarch , conceived as a series of concrete objects and lamps  that bridge the gap between art and design. Read more via Dezeen http://ift.tt/2nnB9WB

A glimpse at the future of LA shows a growing number of skyscrapers that will spread southwest from the Downtown cluster. Read more via Dezeen http://ift.tt/2nHWlKc

Architects SO-IL , Assemble and Carlo Ratti will discuss the future of sustainable urban architecture at our first Dezeen x MINI Living Initiative talk in Milan next week, and Dezeen readers are invited to join us. Read more via Dezeen http://ift.tt/2opzVf4

Work has officially started on  Frank Gehry 's plans to "unclog the arteries" of the Philadelphia Museum of Art , a major renovation that will transform the layout of the historic building. Read more via Dezeen http://ift.tt/2nqJMAI

Dezeen promotion: Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka is collaborating with  LG to create an installation of illuminated chairs during this year's Milan design week . Read more via Dezeen http://ift.tt/2nSoXB1

Giant soap bubbles, ultra-minimal grids and hand-painted houses feature in wallpaper created by Faye Toogood , Snarkitecture , Ana Kraš and BCXSY for Brooklyn brand Calico Wallpaper . Read more via Dezeen http://ift.tt/2nDlx33

Milan design week is a few days from kick-off, but a number of trends are already emerging from the world's biggest and most important design fair. Read more via Dezeen http://ift.tt/2oGeG8l

How will we live in the future? How do we tackle the issues facing our cities? Today we launch  Dezeen x MINI Living Initiative , a year-long exploration of how architecture and design can contribute to a brighter urban future. Read more via Dezeen http://ift.tt/2ogGMu5

Foster + Partners  has won a competition to create a chain of seven  stations  along an extension of the Sydney  Metro, which will tunnel beneath the city's harbour. Read more via Dezeen http://ift.tt/2nGH1gS

Dezeen promotion:   Jaime Hayon 's popular Showtime furniture collection, which celebrated its 10th anniversary last year, is now available from Spanish brand BD Barcelona Design in new materials and fabrics. Read more via Dezeen http://ift.tt/2oi0TIV

British practice  Invisible Studio  has completed a model-making shed beside its self-built studio in the Bath woodland , using a combination of timber grown and milled on site, and corrugated fibreglass. Read more via Dezeen http://ift.tt/2nCdlzO

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a curator of digital design at London's V&A museum , which recently acquired a range of  headline-making designs , including a tile from  Grayson Perry's House for Essex  and the flag of the Refugee Olympic Team .  More › via Dezeen http://ift.tt/2nRmNBK

Fashion brand COS turns 10 this year, and to celebrate it is releasing a capsule collection of 10 pieces inspired by Japanese silhouettes. Read more via Dezeen http://ift.tt/2ohpIEV