Hundreds of used black plastic chairs cover the facade of this furniture shop, which architecture studio Chybik + Kristof has created inside a former car showroom in the Czech city of Brno. More about Chybik + Kristof uses 900 plastic chairs to clad Czech furniture showroom
Glass doors are set into arched frames resembling a colonnade in this extension to a Victorian-era house in Birmingham, England, which Intervention Architecture designed for a choir singer. More about Colonnade-like glazing fronts Birmingham house extension by Intervention Architecture
Texas architecture firm Dick Clark + Associates has completed a home in the state's capital Austin, modifying a half-built spec house to suit the new owners' needs. More about Gabled home in Austin by Dick Clark + Associates references surrounding properties
Madrid studio Ecosistema Urbano has won first place in a competition to revamp the waterfront of Florida's West Palm Beach, with a proposal for domed spaces that house an array of functions, from an aquarium to a yoga and meditation zone. More about Ecosistema Urbano envisions bioclimatic domes for West Palm Beach
This week's roundup from Pinterest focuses on homes that feature smaller houses inside them, from a simple sleeping cube inside a Toronto loft to an entire wooden home hidden within an imposing black metallic box. More about 10 home interiors from Dezeen's Pinterest boards that contain house-shaped hideaways
Mexico and the US celebrate Cinco de Mayo today, commemorating the Mexican Army's victory over the French in 1862. To mark the occasion, we've pulled together five of the country's best contemporary museum buildings, including projects by Toyo Ito and David Chipperfield. More about Five of Mexico's best new museum buildings
Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has revealed designs for a trio of new buildings at the Renzo Piano-designed Fondation Beyeler art gallery in Riehen, Basel. More about Peter Zumthor unveils extension plans for Renzo Piano's Fondation Beyeler in Basel
Two timber-clad villas – one dark and the other silvery grey – balance over a steep hillside on the Swedish island of Lidingö, in these intricately rendered visuals of the project by Ström Architects. More about Ström Architects reveals hyper-realistic renderings for pair of Swedish island villas
Architecture firm Snøhetta has unveiled a prefabricated cabin with a twisted roof that offers protection in harsh weather conditions. More about Snøhetta's prefab Gapahuk cabin references a traditional Norwegian mountain shelter
This metal-clad rural dwelling in the American West by Rowland + Broughton is designed to tread lightly on the earth and to provide expansive views of the landscape. More about Rowland + Broughton nestles rectilinear Black Magic house into mountainous Colorado site
Australian studio Double Days has created a publicly editable directory of women in design that can be used by conference organisers to source female speakers for panel discussions. More about Directory of female creatives aims to tackle the "stone-aged" under-representation of women in design
White Arkitekter has completed a bathhouse on the southern coast of Sweden, featuring a timber-clad structure perched on slender legs that extend outwards towards the rear to optimise sea views. More about White Arkitekter's pared-back bathhouse reinterprets Sweden's traditional "gingerbread" architecture
Drones will transform the way buildings are designed, the way they look and the way they are used, according to architect Mark Dytham. More about Drones will bring "profound change" to architecture and cities, says Mark Dytham
Spanish designer Jaime Hayon explains how traditional marquetry techniques informed his Stone Age Folk pavilion in this movie Dezeen filmed for Caesarstone during Milan design week. More about Jaime Hayon combines Caesarstone with stained glass to create colourful Stone Age Folk pavilion
A sunken bed and folding ping-pong table feature in this studio converted from a derelict garden shed for a pair of artists in west London. More about Silver & Co transforms London garden shed into multifunctional studio for artist couple
Architecture studio Gimeno + Guitart has completed a church and parish centre in Tarragona, Spain, featuring concrete walls patterned with angular etchings. More about Gimeno + Guitart creates chevron-patterned concrete for church of Santa Maria Assumpta
During the renovation of an 18th-century home in Upstate New York, Manhattan-based Messana O'Rorke Architects has revitalised its original appearance and added modern conveniences in an extension clad in Corten steel. More about Messana O'Rorke Architects extends New York homestead with weathering-steel annex
The first images and models of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects' plans for the Obama Presidential Library in Chicago have been revealed. More about Obama Presidential Library concept design unveiled in Chicago
Perforated metal surfaces form a white "veil" around the main hall of this chapel designed by Neri&Hu for a hotel complex near the Chinese city of Suzhou. More about Neri&Hu's Suzhou Chapel combines textured brick base with ethereal white cube
Angled concrete surfaces collide to form the facades of this guesthouse by South Korean studio IDMM Architects and Heesoo Kwak, which features sections that thrust out towards the nearby Bukhan River. More about Cantilevered concrete volumes provide river and mountain views at Guesthouse Rivendell