A home referencing the hop-drying towers of the Kent countryside, designed by British architects James Macdonald Wright and Niall Maxwell, has won the RIBA House of the Year 2017 competition. More about Caring Wood country home in Kent named UK House of the Year 2017
Korean designer Wonmin Park has pieced together sheets of patinated aluminium to create this collection of furniture, featuring textures that resemble paintbrush strokes. More about Wonmin Park patterns patinated aluminium furniture "like painting on a canvas"
A wood-lined cafeteria, black and white stairwells and blue lounges all feature at the Montreal offices for video game company Electronic Arts. More about Video game developers work and play at Electronic Arts offices by Sid Lee Architecture
This captioned movie features the venue for Dezeen's Good Design for a Bad World talks at Dutch Design Week – a pavilion designed by Bureau SLA and Overtreders W, which was built using only borrowed and recycled materials. More about Movie offers a look inside the People's Pavilion from Dutch Design Week
In this week's comments update, news that a 228-metre-high skyscraper with Matisse-inspired facade patterns will be built in London's Croydon is met with heavy criticism. More about "Nice to see a new contender for the Carbuncle Cup"
Filmmaker Julian Rosefeldt transforms German industrial landmarks into "alienated places" for his latest film, which sees actor Cate Blanchett take on 13 personas while reciting art declarations. More about Julian Rosefeldt celebrates "anti-architecture" in new movie Manifesto
American studio CCY Architects has created a spacious residence for a rugged site in the Rocky Mountains, which consists of timber-clad boxes linked by glazed bridges. More about Aspen retreat by CCY Architects overlooks dramatic mountainous scenery
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Mark Henning has created an experimental toolkit for testing and training the perfect handshake, which he imagines being used in an immigration office. More about Mark Henning creates handshake training station that could be used to help immigrants integrate
Dezeen promotion: Cecilie Manz has been named Designer of the Year for Maison&Objet's January 2018 edition, and will present her body of work in a self-designed space at the fair in Paris. More about Cecilie Manz named Maison&Objet 2018 designer of the year
The wood-lined interior of this high-end Japanese restaurant in London was designed by local practice Sybarite to evoke the feeling of a tranquil bamboo forest. More about Sybarite bases Japanese restaurant interior on bamboo forests
Photographer Allan Crow battled treacherous terrain, high humidity and swarms of insects to capture these images of MAD's latest project – a group of topography-inspired housing blocks in China's Huangshan mountain range. More about MAD's Huangshan Mountain Village photographed by Hufton + Crow in the dawn light