Dezeen promotion: Dutch designer Egbert-Jan Lam has created a range of translucent wooden light shades for Spanish brand LZF, which are sewn together like items of clothing. More about LZF designs pendant light shades that are stitched like textiles
The founder of MW Architects used black-blue engineering bricks to add an extension of just seven square metres to his renovated London home. More about Matthew Wood adds seven-square-metre extension to his small London home
One hundred and forty four small white drawers make up this cylindrical cabinet by Slovenian designer Nika Zupanc. More about Nika Zupanc designs a tower of drawers for storing keepsakes
This detention centre for minors in Marseille offers an alternative to oppressive prison architecture through its muted material palette of natural stone and board-marked concrete. More about Combas uses natural stone to build "warm and robust" juvenile detention facility in Marseille
Canadian architect Natalie Dionne has attached a geometric extension onto the back of a brick townhouse in Montreal, to include more space in the kitchen and a balcony for the master bedroom. More about Natalie Dionne extends Montreal residence using offset black boxes
Toronto designer Paolo Ferrari has crafted a series of furniture pieces, including a velvet sofa with large rolled cushions and a perforated pale wood cabinet, all made in Canada. More about Paolo Ferrari uses rolled velvet cushions and bleached wood for Editions furniture collection
Interior design studio MoreySmith has created co-working spaces with a "contemporary industrial" aesthetic in an old factory building in Paris. More about MoreySmith create co-working offices in former industrial building in Paris
Macdonald Wright Architects has added a barn clad in black-stained boards to Caring Wood – a Kent country villa that is vying to be named the UK's House of the Year. More about Black-stained barn built by Macdonald Wright Architects at Caring Wood country house
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Fujita Keisuke has made an installation that uses real-time tweets from people expressing suicidal thoughts to activate a motor-powered needle that scratches away at a monolithic block of carbon. More about Fujita Keisuke uses suicide tweets to explore the effects of digital communication
Our new Pinterest board is full of highlights from 2017's World Architecture Festival and Inside events, which both took place in Berlin this week. It features the shortlist for best architecture photograph of 2017, as well as the World Building of the Year and Interior of the Year award winners. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Toronto firm StudioAC has gutted a Victorian property in the city to reconfigure the layout and create more spaces for entertaining. More about StudioAC opens up interior of century-old Hilton House in Toronto
Canadian studio Naturehumaine has extended a house in Montreal to create a family living area and an elevated master bedroom, which are all encased in a large grey frame that offers privacy from neighbours. More about Angular frame juts over Montreal house extension by Naturehumaine
Spanish studio Raúl Sánchez Architects has transformed two derelict apartments in downtown Barcelona into a spacious two-storey home, centred around a pair of double-height gold cubes. More about Raúl Sánchez Architects creates duplex apartment with golden cubes at its centre
Belgian designer Alain Gilles looked to the world of cycling when designing this lounge chair, which incorporates a tubular metal frame and customisable elements. More about Alain Gilles creates lounge chair that references vintage bicycles
A white box bursts through the roof of this old chapel in Limburg, Belgium, to form the new studio for architecture office Klaarchitectuur. More about Klaarchitectuur inserts new architecture studio inside dilapidated Belgian chapel
This week, a survey conducted by Dezeen revealed a gender imbalance for the highest-ranking positions at the world's biggest architecture firms, which lead to a response from prominent female architects. More about This week, Dezeen's survey exposed the gender imbalance at the top of large architecture firms
Fashion brand Charlotte Olympia has launched a pair of high-heeled shoes and a clutch bag, which were designed in collaboration with the late architect Zaha Hadid. More about Charlotte Olympia launches fashion accessories designed in collaboration with Zaha Hadid
Oregon-based architect Erin Moore has completed a tropical getaway in Hawaii that consists of two pavilions sited on either edge of a 300-year-old solidified lava formation. More about Hawaiian cabins by Erin Moore are designed for life outdoors
A house made using a rammed-earth construction technique developed to rebuild a village destroyed by earthquake has received the title of World Building of the Year 2017 at the World Architecture Festival awards. More about Post-earthquake reconstruction of Chinese village house named World Building of the Year 2017
A moulded plywood pavilion built within a Singapore furniture store has won the title of World Interior of the Year at Inside festival 2017. More about Plywood pavilion for Herman Miller named World Interior of the Year 2017