This house by São Paulo architects Denis Joelsons and Gabriela Baraúna Uchida is built against the steep terrain of the Mantiqueira Mountains in south-east Brazil and sheltered beneath a large sloping roof (+ slideshow). More about Half-Slope House nestles against a hillside in Brazil's Mantiqueira Mountains
Architect Giles Reid has paired wooden furniture with bulbous lighting and pastel-coloured crockery to create a Japanese restaurant in Dalston, east London (+ slideshow). More about Giles Reid uses pastel tones and sycamore wood for Japanese restaurant in east London
Swedish designer Jonas Wagell used his background in graphics to create a clock with chunky hands. More about Jonas Wagell's minimal Bold clock is based on typographic shapes
Chinese architects Lee Chul and Liu Jing punched through the partitions of this small Beijing apartment to create a more open-plan layout with only one door (+ slideshow). More about Lee Chul and Liu Jing knock through walls to open up spaces in a Beijing apartment
From the death of fashion to the scandal-ridden Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Dezeen's social media editor Ross Bryant selects 10 of the most controversial architecture and design stories from 2015. More about Dezeen's top 10 controversial stories of 2015
Danish product designer Marie Hesseldahl has created a lamp with a built-in clamp that allows it to be attached to other furniture pieces. More about Marie Hesseldahl's Snap lamp clamps onto flat surfaces
Design Haus Liberty has converted a building with an triangular footprint in London's Shoreditch into rental apartments that fold around awkwardly shaped internal walls (+ slideshow). More about Design Haus Liberty squeezes three flats into angular period property in east London