Seoul-based practice Augmented Reality Architects has surrounded W House with a a slim border of courtyard spaces that create a green buffer between the home and the city. More about Augmented Reality Architects wraps house with courtyards to create private home
Australian design brand Koskela has collaborated with indigenous artisans to make a series of hand-woven lights using locally harvested plant materials and natural dyes. More about Koskela keeps weaving traditions alive with Ngalya lamp collection
Cosy corners, perfect for nestling into with your favourite book, feature on our Pinterest board which includes wood-lined cabin retreats, relaxing hotel interiors and aspirational apartments. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › More about Relax into the weekend with our restful interiors Pinterest board
Mirrored ceilings and zigzag staircases help form the perplexing interiors of this bookstore in south-west China, which has been designed by architecture studio X+Living. More about X+Living creates the illusion of a myriad of staircases at Chongqing Zhongshuge Bookstore
A boutique hotel, envisioned as a "dreamy mix of the elegant and bizarre", has opened up inside a 1970s firehouse in Los Angeles. More about Los Angeles firehouse becomes boutique hotel fronted by red garage doors
We've rounded up five residences in Ecuador that architects have designed to celebrate the small South American country's local materials and climate. More about Five of the best houses in Ecuador on Dezeen
Stinessen Arkitektur has built three cabins and a sauna on an island in the remote Steigen Archipelago off the coast of Norway in the arctic circle. More about Aluminium-clad cabins perch on stilts over the Barents Sea in Norway
Greenery-filled courtyards and waffle ceilings bring light to the interiors of this concrete restaurant, which Vector Architects has erected near the shore of Beidaihe, China. More about Indoor courtyards interrupt Restaurant y Sea in northeast China
This week on Dezeen, Gensler revealed visuals for a temporary worship space at Notre-Dame and Rael San Fratell studio slotted pink seesaws into the US-Mexico border wall. More about This week, Gensler proposed a temporary pavilion for Notre-Dame and seesaws animated Trump's border wall
Bacteria from a boggy World War Two bomb crater generate kaleidoscopic light forms inside this telescope-like tube by Dutch designer Teresa van Dongen.
More about Teresa van Dongen's Mud Well light uses microorganisms to create electricity
Avella Taller de Arquitectura has reconstructed a recreational summer camp in Venezuela, including solid brick buttresses that draw on a nearby Spanish colonial fortification. More about Avella Taller de Arquitectura builds two cabins for Venezuelan summer camp
Álvaro Siza Viera explains how he created the swooped concrete roof of the pavilion he designed for the 1998 Expo in Lisbon in this exclusive movie. More about Creating the Expo'98 Portuguese National Pavilion was "difficult" says Álvaro Siza
Designer Elissa Brunato has created the Bio Iridescent Sequin, a shimmering bead made from natural cellulose that is more sustainable than regular plastic sequins. More about Bio Iridescent Sequin made from trees responds to growing demand for greener fashion
The third annual Antepavilion is a three-storey colourful rooftop structure designed by Maich Swift Architects that will be used as a canal-side theatre and is topped with a light beacon. More about Maich Swift Architects creates canal-side theatre as third Antepavilion
People who say that architecture education isn't fit for purpose are ignoring the many educators and students addressing very real issues, says Sean Griffiths in defence of the current system. More about "It is emphatically not the job of architecture education to mimic practice"
Norway's consumer watchdog has criticised fast-fashion chain H&M for misleading marketing of its "sustainable" Conscious collection. More about H&M called out for "greenwashing" in its Conscious fashion collection
Royal College of Art graduate Rhea Adaimi has proposed creating a Carbon Capture Facility within an abandoned London warehouse to transform pollution into products. More about Rhea Adaimi proposes Carbon Capture Facility to alleviate London air pollution
Woven hemp chairs and pine reading tables are among the pieces that Emma Olbers Design has added in its renovation of the library in Stockholm's Nationalmuseum. More about Emma Olbers Design adds new furnishings to The Old Library in Stockholm
A furry, fox-like creature moves frantically in this ad, created by branding agency Superunion and animation designer Esteban Diacono for a performance of opera The Cunning Little Vixen. More about Strange furry creature stars in ad campaign for The Cunning Little Vixen opera
London architecture studio Cullinan Studio has built a house in Amersham, England, that is split it into sections to allow light to flood its interiors through the glazed gaps. More about Cullinan Studio designs "cracked open" house with gaps to let in the light