Charred larch slats now cover the exterior of this Modernist house in north London, thanks to a "macabre" upgrade intended by architecture studio Denizen Works to reference the nearby Highgate Cemetery (+ slideshow) More about Denizen Works adds burnt wood cladding to Modernist house in London's Highgate
Dezeen promotion: Italian brand Ceramiche Refin has created a new collection of slate-like porcelain tiles, including versions featuring patterns of lines and grids that look as if they were hand-drawn in chalk (+ slideshow). More about Ceramiche Refin launches Wide tile collection with line-drawn patterns
Space Copenhagen paired deep blue velvet seating with mirrored accessories for this restaurant and cocktail bar in the Danish capital. More about Space Copenhagen bypasses typical Nordic style for "dreamier" Danish restaurant interior
Architecture firm ABK has overhauled an ageing leisure centre in County Tipperary, Ireland, with the addition of a new weathering-steel facade (+ slideshow). More about ABK updates 1960s leisure centre with new Corten-steel facade
Graduate shows 2016: Pforzheim University graduate Roxanne Flick has created a porcelain tea set that resembles the long necks and bodies of flamingoes. More about Roxanne Flick bases ceramic tea set on the shape of flamingos
This bright white summer house on the Santorini coastline comprises a series of staggered blocks, designed by Kapsimalis Architects to reflect the traditional housing on the Greek island (+ slideshow). More about Santorini summer house by Kapsimalis Architects is formed of bright white blocks
Local firm FABG has made major improvements to the Musée d'art de Joliette outside Montreal, restoring the original building and adding three new volumes to the museum (+ slideshow). More about FABG renovates and expands Quebec's Musée d'art de Joliette
New York lighting designer Bec Brittain has designed crane-like lamps composed of brass, bronze, concrete and leather loops (+ slideshow). More about Bec Brittain designs sculptural lamps based on tubes of light
Montreal studio ACDF Architecture has completed a Quebec house featuring a wood store built into its facade and a living room contained within a glass box that projects over the garden (+ slideshow). More about ACDF Architecture creates Quebec holiday home with a cantilevered living room
Rio 2016: the handball arena set to host events during the Rio Olympics next month is designed to be taken down and rebuilt as schools around the city (+ slideshow). More about Rio 2016 handball arena will dismantle to become four schools
Studio Mumbai founder Bijoy Jain has revealed his design for this year's MPavilion, billed to become the largest bamboo structure ever built in Australia (+ movie). More about Studio Mumbai to use bamboo and cow dung to build third MPavilion in Melbourne
As the Fire Island Pines resort off New York's Long Island recovers from its annual summer party, architect and Pines Modern founder Christopher Rawlins has chosen 10 of his favourite Modernist retreats dotted among the dunes (+ slideshow). More about 10 of the most significant Modernist summer houses in Fire Island Pines
A+Awards: the next project in our collaboration with Architizer is a tinted concrete and steel crematorium in Holsbeek, Belgium, which was named as one of the winners in the religious buildings and memorials category at the 2016 A+Awards (+ slideshow). More about Coussée & Goris and RCR Arquitectes use iron-coloured concrete for Belgian crematorium
This proposal for a concrete chapel by Joaquim Portela Arquitetos is designed to reach up towards the sky from its site in the Swiss Alps (+ slideshow). More about Alpine chapel designed by Joaquim Portela Arquitetos as a giant light funnel
British design legend Peter Saville has adapted his graphic identity for the Tate Modern into a new Switch House beer can. More about Peter Saville designs packaging for Tate Modern pale ale
New York designer Alissia Melka-Teichroew has added a tea set featuring a perforated sugar spoon to the collection of 3D-printed homeware brand Othr (+ slideshow). More about Othr adds 3D-printed Grid cup and saucer to its expanding collection
This holiday home by Stuttgart firm Yonder is designed to look like a traditional Alpine house, but with a huge chasm carved out of its middle (+ slideshow). More about Yonder's Haus P is an Alpine chalet with a courtyard carved out of its middle
Architect He Wei has transformed a traditional rammed-earth property in China into a youth hostel, featuring house-shaped polycarbonate rooms-on-wheels (+ slideshow). More about He Wei adds portable plastic rooms to youth hostel in a converted Chinese house
Graduate shows 2016: this prototype ostomy device by Brunel University graduate Stephanie Monty has been created as a more attractive alternative to traditional colostomy bags (+ slideshow). More about Stephanie Monty designs colostomy bag for intimate moments
British studio Nimtim has updated a London flat with pastel blue cabinetry, zigzagging parquet and marble to create an urban retreat for a children's heart surgeon (+ slideshow). More about Nimtim modernises Victorian terrace to create pied-a-terre for a heart surgeon