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“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” – Viktor Frankl

A fifty-metre-long skylight cuts through the centre of Kitaoka Group Head Office Building, renovated by Tokyo studio Wataru Architects in Mima City, Japan. Read more

Architecture studio BIG has unveiled designs for a waterfront home for Hamburg State Opera, which will be enclosed by a series of interconnected terraces. Read more

Members of Norwegian design collective Fold Oslo have unveiled an assortment of lamps made from found objects and waste materials. Read more

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing the Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art in China, designed by BIG. Read more

The renovated Union Terrace Gardens in Aberdeen by architecture studios Stallan-Brand and LDA Design, which are shortlisted for the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award, feature in this video by Jim Stephenson. Read more

Italian architecture firm Novembre Studio has completed a polycarbonate padel centre at Milan‘s CityLife development, which was designed in response to the adjacent CityWave office by BIG. Read more

Dezeen takes a look inside the late critic Charles Jencks‘s architectural masterpiece in this video produced by Dezeen for The Cosmic House. Read more

Interiors firm UNC Studio has transformed a traditional wooden house in Kyoto into a Japanese-Mexican fusion cafe and eatery with a bold, all-red interior. Read more

Promotion: British tech company Nothing has launched Phone (3a) Lite, an affordably priced smartphone created to make the brand’s distinctive design features available to a broader range of consumers. Read more