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Dezeen School Shows: hand-painted silk clothing inspired by robins is among the projects from Häme University of Applied Sciences. Also featured is a fashion collection that takes its shape from architect Alvar Aalto's work and a dress made from recycled jeans.

UK studio Hudson Architects has converted a disused commercial building in Norfolk into a public library, wrapping its existing concrete structure in a skin of cement shingles. Named King's Lynn Library, the project adapted the neglected structure of a former nightclub, car park and retail store into a more central home for the local library, which was underused due to its location on the town's outskirts.

Blue-stained plywood and knotted larch feature in our latest lookbook of residential interiors anchored by statement wooden staircases. There is no end to architects' appetite for building with wood, with recent wooden projects around the world ranging from a demountable library in Amsterdam to a cedar and hempcrete chicken coop in Portugal. The following homes also make the most of the material in their interior designs, which are defined by wooden staircases in various formations.

Architect Kristijan Markoc has created a downloadable template for a "deliberately modest", two-bedroom timber home designed to be adapted to any site. Named Plana House, the replicable home design has a compact, 42-square-metre plan and is composed of a simple, pitched-roof structure that can be constructed using readily-available materials.

Dezeen School Shows: black leather modular boots informed by punk culture are among the projects from Häme University of Applied Sciences. Also featured are woven shoes with 3D-printed soles and shoes made from tanned vegetable leather.

Canada's Ivy Studio has transformed a 1970s bank into a veterinary clinic for exotic animals in Laval, Quebec, featuring minimalist interiors and soft lighting. The Fauna clinic occupies a standalone structure completed in a brutalist style near the waterfront, just over the Prairies River northwest of Montreal.

A cluster of monolithic forms lined with grey brick and built into a steep bank defines Tollymore, a riverside house in Northern Ireland by Belfast studio McGonigle McGrath. Located off a narrow road in County Down, Tollymore comprises six rectangular forms set at different levels across its steep site, which the studio said helps to "make it part of the landscape".

With artificial intelligence encroaching on more and more aspects of daily life, there is a rising trend of fatigue and cynicism around the technology. Here, we round up five designs that push back on the AI boom. Artificial intelligence (AI) has sparked headlines around the world for its controversial use in mass video surveillance, data scraping and deepfake scams. In response, designers are coming up with innovative ways to protect people from some of the more sinister sides of AI.

This week on Dezeen, technology brand Dyson launched its first toothbrush, which includes a mouthwash spray designed to replace flossing. Named Dyson CameraJet, the electric toothbrush combines brushing, flossing and mouth-washing into one device. It includes a mouthwash jet that is directed by a camera to remove plaque between teeth.

We've rounded up five USA-based vacancies on Dezeen Jobs, including roles at CetraRuddy, Allied Works and OMA. Senior designer (project architect) at Rapt Studio Rapt is seeking senior designers (project architects) to join its team in Los Angeles, California. The studio designed lifestyle and wellness brand Goop's Santa Monica headquarters, with an emphasis on soothing forms and colour schemes.