This Buddhist retreat by Walters & Cohen Architects features a cluster of pitched-roof structures arranged around tranquil courtyards in the English countryside. More about Colonnades frame landscaped courtyards at Buddhist retreat in rural England
This week on Dezeen, a Chinese company launched the world's fastest electric car, while Jonathan Ive and Marc Newson teamed up to create a Christmas tree installation.
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Startup fashion brand The Atelier YUL has designed a range of minimal cases for architects transporting their papers and models. More about The Atelier YUL designs minimalist carryalls especially for architects
Montreal firm Appareil Architecture has combined two dwellings in the city, which involved removing walls to bring in more natural light and creating a new sunken lounge space. More about Appareil Architecture merges two Montreal flats to create house with a sunken living room
Canadian firm Quadrangle Architects has transformed a 19th-century brick building once used to store wine into a workspace for designers, artists and tech companies. More about Quadrangle Architects transforms brick warehouse in Toronto into creative workspaces
When furnishing Herzog & de Meuron's £163-million Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg, local architect Daniel Schöning and design firm Studio Besau-Marguerre opted for a monochrome colour palette to keep the focus on the surrounding architecture. More about Herzog & de Meuron's Elbphilharmonie concert hall finished with monochrome furniture
Danish architecture studio CEBRA has been appointed to create an underground visitor centre for a hill that has hosted some of the most important speeches in Denmark's history. More about CEBRA plans subterranean visitor centre for historic Skamlingsbanken hill
Dezeen promotion: designers and architects have until 31 December 2016 to submit entries to a competition searching for designs for future living. More about Call for entries to Home Revisited design competition
To celebrate a fashion concept store winning World Interior of the Year at Inside 2016, we've highlighted the ten examples from clothing boutiques from Dezeen's Pinterest boards that have been the most pinned. More about 10 of the best fashion boutiques from Dezeen's Pinterest boards
The Design Museum's new home inside the former Commonwealth Institute in London is an oak-heavy, hotel-like interior that is impressive, but could have been so much more exhilarating, according to critics. More about Critics underwhelmed by "clumsy" new Design Museum
Nordic Office of Architecture has completed a concrete and glass house on the outskirts of Trondheim, Norway, that offers its occupants impressive views. More about Nordic's Villa Vatnan is a hilltop house with a view over a Norwegian city
Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola has completed a "new kind of showroom" for bathroom brand Laufen that also includes a workspace for architects and designers. More about Patricia Urquiola creates workspace for designers inside Laufen's new Madrid showroom
Austrian architecture studio Raumhochrosen designed this compact timber cabin as a wilderness retreat for a life coach and songwriter. More about Raumhochrosen's woodland cabin in Austria provides respite for a life coach
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is a junior design position at Tom Dixon's London studio, which recently launched its first range of office furniture, based on archetypical Victorian school desks (pictured). Read more stories about Tom Dixon or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Architecture firm Michaelis Boyd's latest apartment building only exists in a virtual-reality news app. More about Wall Street Journal launches architect-designed virtual-reality app for reading the news
Light filters gently through the perforated terracotta facade of this showroom for electronics company Panasonic, designed by Vo Trong Nghia Architects for the Vietnamese capital Hanoi. More about Vo Trong Nghia uses perforated blocks to create decorative facade for Panasonic showroom
Providing unobstructed views of Lake Michigan was a guiding factor in the renovation of this condominium unit by Vladimir Radutny Architects inside a seminal modernist building by Mies van der Rohe. More about Apartment in Mies-designed Chicago tower gets an overhaul by Vladimir Radutny
This terraced family home in southeast London has been brightened up with a colourful open-plan living space and a loft extension offering rooftop views. More about R2 Studio enlivens Victorian London home with bold colour palette
A flat-packed cabin that can be assembled like a piece of IKEA furniture features in this week's issue of Dezeen Mail, along with highlights from World Architecture Festival 2016, including Patrik Schumacher's controversial comments about housing. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail ›
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Death urgently needs a redesign, says Phineas Harper in his latest Opinion column. More about "Something is rotten when my trainers are more customised than my funeral"