Peruvian clifftop villa | Grassy Hamptons house | Seed vault for Africa

Latest architecture and design news from Dezeen. [Architecture]( [Interiors]( [Design]( [Technology]( [News]( [Jobs]( [Barclay & Crousse design clifftop villa to blend in with the Peruvian desert]( [Casa C3 by Barclay & Crousse]( Architecture studio [Barclay & Crousse]( used local stone, and cement with a reddish hue, to make this house on the outskirts of Lima match the colour tones of the Peruvian desert. [More ›]( [Jie Wu seeks to elevate value of plastic with series of miniature boxes]( [Jie Wu seeks to elevate value of plastic with series of miniature boxes]( Blocks of [resin]( with colourful marble-like patterns surrounds chunks of wood to form these miniature storage boxes by [Royal College of Art]( graduate Jie Wu. [More ›]( [View eyecatching uses of shingles via our Pinterest board]( We've updated our [Pinterest board]( dedicated to shingles, including [a pavilion in the grounds of Japan's Shinshoji Zen Museum]( with a contoured form and a [cedar-clad residence connected by a breezeway in Maine](. [Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›]( [Sean Cassidy proposes first seed vault in Sub-Saharan Africa for site on Mount Kilimanjaro]( [Productive Landscapes Tanzania Seed Vault by Sean Cassidy]( A subterranean seed bank could be built into the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, says [Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts]( graduate Sean Cassidy, to ensure food crops can be regrown after an apocalypse. [More ›]( [Hamptons retreat's grassy roof blends with slope overlooking Peconic Bay]( [Peconic House by Mapos Studio]( New York City firm Mapos has nestled this grass-topped [holiday home]( into a lush hill overlooking a Long Island bay, covering it in untreated wood, steel and concrete to match the surroundings. [More ›]( [Sky-high Manhatta restaurant by Woods Bagot borrows colours from outside]( [Manhatta by Woods Bagot]( The colours of the sky are echoed in the furnishings and fittings of this lofty Manhattan restaurant, which architecture studio [Woods Bagot]( designed so the views could "steal the show". [More ›]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Follow us [Dezeen on Pinterest]( [Dezeen Feed]( [Dezeen Feed]( [Dezeen Feed]( [Forward this newsletter to a friend]( You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Daily. [Unsubscribe]( [Contact us]( | [Submit a story]( | [Advertise](