Jigsaw-like plywood staircase | Sinking skyscraper | Ettore Sottsass exhibition

Latest architecture and design news from Dezeen. [Architecture]( [Interiors]( [Design]( [News]( [Jobs]( [Watch Store]( [Controversial Iron Ring set to be submerged in landscape beside a Welsh castle]( [Iron Ring installation by George King Architects]( A huge ring-shaped [walkway]( designed by architect George King is set to be built next to Flint Castle in [Wales]( – but has been met with fierce opposition by locals, who see it as symbol of historic oppression. [More ›]( [Revamped London house features white surfaces and concrete details that match a brutalist neighbour]( [Soupçon Brut in north London by William Tozer Associates]( [William Tozer Associates]( has overhauled a Victorian terraced [house]( in north London, introducing a white, modern living area that faces out onto a neighbouring [brutalist]( estate. [More ›]( [Adobe Research team proposes more playful way to mix colours digitally]( [Adobe Research creates digital version of artist's paint palette]( Researchers at software brand [Adobe]( have developed a prototype tool that allows users to mix colours on screen as if they were working in real paint. [More ›]( [Job of the day: marketing director at Studio Gang Architects]( Our job of the day from [Dezeen Jobs]( is for a [marketing director to join Chicago-based Studio Gang](, which recently created an [installation from stacked paper tubes for Washington DC's National Building Museum](. [More ›]( [Tsuruta Architects designs staircase in London house from thousands of plywood pieces]( Nearly 2,000 pieces of [plywood]( slot together like a puzzle in this [staircase](, which features in a London home that has been overhauled by local studio Tsuruta Architects. [More ›]( [DCPP arranges dark-walled Mexico City house around two courtyards]( Pale mud bricks, teak wood and a textured black coating are all used to front this house in [Mexico City](, which architecture studio [DCPP]( has designed around a pair of patios. [More ›]( [Met Breuer exhibition contextualises Ettore Sottsass' colourful designs]( [Ettore Sottsass: Design Radical at The Met Breuer]( Boldly shaped and coloured designs by [Memphis]( group founder [Ettore Sottsass]( are on display alongside some of the historic artefacts they reference, and contemporary objects they in turn influenced, at [The Met Breuer]( museum in New York. [More ›]( [Engineers propose solution for San Francisco's sinking Millennium Tower]( [Millennium Tower, San Francisco]( [San Francisco's sinking skyscraper]( has descended another inch, but engineers have come up with a potential fix. [More ›]( [Jeff Jordan adds light and storage to Jersey City home using pine interiors]( [Wayne Street Row House by Jeff Jordan Architects]( Custom-made pinewood cabinetry and white marble walls feature in this 19th-century row house in [New Jersey](, which has been overhauled by local studio Jeff Jordan Architects. [More ›]( ["Unregulated scientific innovation on an isolated island? Sounds like a very bad thing"]( A proposal to construct [self-sufficient cities that would operate outside of national borders]( sparked a discussion between readers around governance and regulation in this weeks [comments update](. [More ›]( [US tech company offers to turn employees into cyborgs with microchip implants]( [Microchip implant]( Wisconsin company Three Square Market is offering microchip implants to all of its workers, enabling them to make purchases and log into computers with the wave of a hand. [More ›]( [Competition: win a book exploring the simplicity and functionality of Nordic design]( Dezeen has teamed up with Oak Publishing and Phaidon to [give away]( five copies of The Red Thread: Nordic Design – a comprehensive look at objects designed "for a practical lifestyle" from Scandinavia and Finland. [More ›]( [Henry Dreyfuss Associates' classic Humanscale design manuals to be reissued]( [Humanscale design manual by IA Collaborative]( A [Kickstarter]( campaign is raising money to rerelease a set of influential manuals that offer precise guides to designing for human comfort. [More ›]( [Architects must work harder "to put new ideas on the table" says Liz Diller]( [co-founder of New York architecture firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro]( Architects should be more proactive in driving forward development proposals, says architect Elizabeth Diller in this exclusive [video]( interview Dezeen filmed at the [RIBA]( International Conference in London. [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](