A 100-year-old house in Paris has been renovated and extended by local studio CUT Architectures to frame a garden facing the morning sun and create a shaded terrace overlooking a nearby park (+ slideshow). More about Red cedar clads extended Parisian house by CUT Architectures
Our most popular story this week has been a system of illustrated characters and animations developed to help people learn to read Chinese. Read on for more architecture and design highlights from the past seven days plus our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. More about This week on Dezeen
Swedish architect and designer Mia Cullin has produced a range of benches and stools with adjustable seats modelled on traditional wooden peg furniture and piano stools. More about Mia Cullin models wooden benches on piano stools for Orkester collection
Milan 2014: the second project debuted by London studio Doshi Levien for Danish design brand Hay this year is a collection of mirrors with geometric shapes resembling jewels. More about Doshi Levien designs jewel-like mirrors for Hay
This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for a senior project architect at Büro Ole Scheeren, whose Kuala Lumpur skyscraper design with a tropical garden slicing through its middle is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Milan 2014: British designer Ross Lovegrove has created an aluminium stacking chair for Italian furniture brand Moroso. More about Ross Lovegrove creates chair for Moroso using metal-pressing technology for cars
Rows of rectangular windows are designed to frame rooms like an "advertisement board for well-designed living" on the facade of this apartment block in Tokyo by local studio PANDA (+ slideshow). More about PANDA's Asakusa Apartments feature rows of "picture frame" windows
Milan 2014: a product designed by Dutch designer Pepe Heykoop to be made in an Indian slum has been a runaway success, creating employment for 80 families within a year of launch (+ movie + interview). More about "These products don't look like they've been made by people living on the street" - Pepe Heykoop
Our latest Pinterest board features products and architecture designed with brass, including Tom Dixon's Plane light collection and David Chipperfield's competition-winning Nobel Center design. See our new Pinterest board»