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Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron has completed the restoration and conversion of a power plant on a decontaminated industrial site along the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. Read more

We’ve selected five UK-based architecture roles on Dezeen Jobs this week, including positions at Richard Parr Associates, MICA Architects and MSMR. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: Italian brand Lualdi and architect Piero Lissoni have added to their L7 door system design with L7 Edit, a line featuring new glass textures and graphic metal framing details. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: Italian brand Pedrali has launched the Guinea outdoor chair, created by CMP Design Studio, which combines tubular coloured metal with warm teak elements. Read more

A pointed structure crafted from blackened wood forms the Kwaee pavilion, which Ghanaian-British architect David Adjaye has installed at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale. Read more

Cars will start to look dramatically different as electric vehicles become the norm but battery technology must first improve, designers tell Dezeen. Read more

Design objects are a reflection of the issues humans face over time, says Ai Weiwei in this conversation with curator Justin McGuirk filmed exclusively by Dezeen for London’s Design Museum. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: furniture brand Allermuir has relaunched its Famiglia seating collection, created by London-based design studio Pearson Lloyd. Read more

Researchers have discovered that the mass of buildings in New York City is contributing to it subsiding by one to two millimetres a year, adding to the city’s flood risk. Read more

British fashion brand JW Anderson has opened a flagship store in Milan that was designed by British studio 6a Architects and draws on a Milanese atmosphere as well as Soho sex shops. Read more