Architecture studio Unknown Works has completed Shou Sugi Bangers, a sunken music studio clad in charred timber, which sits in the garden of a London home. More about Unknown Works creates "otherworldly" music studio in London garden
Interiors studio Barde vanVoltt has renovated this early 1900s house in the Dutch city of Haarlem to forge a strong connection between the building's past and present, grounding the space with warm woods and tactile textures. More about Barde vanVoltt gives historic Haarlem house a contemporary update
Local studio Bolsón has refabricated low-density plastic used in banana production to create interior cladding and furniture for Mooni in Mexico City during the city's art week. More about Bolsón adorns Mexico City shop with recycled-plastic upholstery
Global architecture firm BIG has designed a pair of Manhattan skyscrapers connected by a twisting skybridge as part of a four-tower development that includes a spiral-shaped museum at its centre. More about BIG designs skyscrapers with cantilevered skybridge in Manhattan
Norway-based Saunders Architecture has created a Y-shaped house clad in Corten steel with floor-to-ceiling glazing in a design-focused neighbourhood near Calgary, Alberta. More about Saunders Architecture creates steel-clad house for Carraig Ridge in Alberta
Local studio Erling Berg has created a holiday home overlooking the ocean in Risør, on Norway's southern coast, which is clad in locally sourced spruce. More about Erling Berg creates I/O Cabin as a summer house for "inside-outside" living
ACAN Natural Materials Group co-ordinator Aurore Baulier calls on architects to embrace stone's natural qualities and reintroduce the material into their toolkits in this Stone Age 2.0 interview. More about Architects "can develop a new language" with structural stone says Aurore Baulier
Can stone be a viable modern building material? Dezeen's Stone Age 2.0 series explores the material's re-emergence and potential to be a durable, low-carbon alternative to steel and concrete. More about Back to the stone age
Brands should continually evolve their products instead of prioritising new launches, according to Magnus Wästberg, founder and CEO of Swedish lighting brand Wästberg. More about "Just doing new things is not the solution" says Wästberg CEO
Dezeen Showroom: design brand Formica Corporation has released a range of surfaces that mimic the appearance of various types of stone. More about 2024 Living Impressions surface collection by Formica Corporation
Cultural institution Qatar Museums has released visuals of the Lusail Museum, a robust, drum-shaped gallery and museum designed by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. More about Herzog & de Meuron unveils sculptural concrete museum on Qatari island
Stockholm Design Week guest of honour Formafantasma has created Reading Room, an interactive installation at the Swedish furniture fair that uses "minimal resources". More about Formafantasma cloaks Stockholm Design Week installation in dusty pink Maharam curtain
Dezeen Showroom: a chair that consists of interchangeable metal, wooden and fabric components is among eight new products listed on Dezeen Showroom. More about Able chair by Bla Station among eight products on Dezeen Showroom
Driven by a desire for more mood-boosting daylight in the English winter, designers Nat Martin and Sean Hammett have invented an overhead light that promises to recreate the feeling of a sunny day. More about Sunshine-like Sunday Light presents "pleasant" alternative to SAD lamps
Toronto-based Studio Paolo Ferrari has created cinematic interiors for a restaurant in the city's Downtown area, combining influences from filmmakers that range from Stanley Kubrick to Nancy Meyers. More about Studio Paolo Ferrari designs Toronto restaurant as a "world unto itself"
Chinese studio Lin Architecture abstracted and merged local architectural forms for the design of this angular pavilion in rural Yunnan, which is made from white-painted concrete. More about Lin Architecture designs Concrete Pavilion in China as "lighthouse" for farmers
From monolithic concrete pillars to ornately decorated columns, this lookbook collates ten living room interiors that embrace existing structural columns. More about Ten inspiring living spaces punctuated by structural columns
Interior designer Isabelle Heilmann has used glazing and level changes to turn a former textile workshop in Paris into an open-plan apartment with a dedicated home office. More about Isabelle Heilmann converts Parisian textile workshop into loft apartment
Brooklyn-based Home Studios has turned a conference centre in Northern California back into a luxury hotel, as originally intended by the property's founder: the inventor of the radio. More about Home Studios uses local materials to renovate Northern California hotel
A bamboo canopy modelled on stingrays tops Overwater Restaurant, which architecture studio Atelier Nomadic has added to a lagoon in the Maldives. More about Stingray-shaped roof crowns Maldives restaurant by Atelier Nomadic