Jailmake overhauls south London home to make kitchen garden the focal point
South London studio Jailmake has redesigned this once "ill-functioning" 1960s house in Peckham by opening up the kitchen and dining area to a spacious garden. More
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MWAI uses pale grey tones in west London flat renovation for two design enthusiasts
London studio MWAI has used a soft-grey palette to update an apartment on the upper floors of a Victorian terrace in Little Venice, applying the tone to chevron-patterened tiling and oak floors.
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Competition: win a book exploring home extensions, renovations and refurbishments
Dezeen is giving away five copies of Upgrade: Home Extensions, Alterations and Refurbishments, a book exploring architectural and design concepts that repurpose and reinforce existing structures. More
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RIBA North architecture centre opens on Liverpool's Mann Island
The new Broadway Malyan-designed RIBA North has opened its doors on the Liverpool Waterfront in northern England, with an exhibition of architectural drawings of unbuilt proposals for the city. More
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dRMM builds Oldham Maggie's Centre around a courtyard with rippling glass walls
A courtyard with undulating glass walls descends from the base of the stilted wooden structure of this Maggie's Centre for cancer care in Oldham, England, which has been designed by London studio dRMM. More
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Timber-framed cabin by Hanna Michelson stands on stilts to peep over the treetops of Swedish mountain
Swedish architect Hanna Michelson has completed a stilted timber cabin overlooking the Åsberget mountains, as the first of four getaways being built for the Bergaliv Landscape Hotel. More
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Tolila+Gilliland creates its new Paris studio in an old attic workshop
Architects Nicholas Gilliland and Gaston Tolila have overhauled an old workshop in Paris' Butte aux Cailles neighbourhood to create an office and studio for their growing team. More
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Clever storage surrounds window seat in Prague flat renovated by Atelier 111 Architekti
Birch-plywood cabinets completely surround a set of windows in this renovated 1930s home in Prague, creating a cosy lounge space framed by space-saving solutions. More
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Haverstock extends school on London's modernist Alexandra Road Estate
British architecture studio Haverstock has added new facilities to a school on the historic Alexandra Road Estate in London's Camden, built by architect Neave Brown in the 1970s. More
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Bespoke storage creates room for bicycles in renovated Barcelona flat
Colombo and Serboli Architecture has revamped a Barcelona apartment, opening up the partitions to create a large living space with a bespoke, wall-mounted bicycle rack. More
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Focus launches range of sculptural fireplaces in the UK
Dezeen promotion: fireplace company Focus, whose products have featured in Snøhetta's rippling timber Norwegian Wild Reindeer Pavilion, and Theis & Kahn's Bateman's Row, have launched in the UK. More
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EFFEKT unveils spiralling tower and treetop walkway near Copenhagen
Architecture studio EFFEKT has released plans for a 600-metre-long treetop walkway connected to a spiralling observation tower with 360-degree views over the forest canopy of Haslev, Denmark. More
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Groin-vaulted ceiling takes centre stage in revamped 18th-century property
Italian studio Duearchitetti has renovated an apartment in an 18th-century building in Varese, which features a central doric column, a stone manger and a groin-vaulted ceiling. More
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Rediscovered attic space makes room for mezzanine level in Barcelona apartment
RÄS has overhauled an apartment in Barcelona, uncovering a hidden gabled ceiling where it could fit a polycarbonate-walled mezzanine level. More
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Swiss architecture students design and build wooden events pavilion beneath Zurich overpass
Two hundred architecture students from a Lausanne university designed and built this events pavilion in Zurich, using lengths of timber to create a towering staircase, undulating seating and projection screens. More
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Glazed meditation room overlooks traditional courtyard from Nanjing home
Ming Gu Design has grafted a glazed meditation area onto this historic home in Nanjing, China, which projects out to overhang a central courtyard. More
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Outdoor terrace divides two sides of zinc and concrete home in Costa Rica
Two volumes, one made from zinc and one from concrete, are separated by a glazed walkway and terrace in this Costa Rican house by MG Design Studio. More
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Photographs by Yueqi Jazzy Li provide first look at Ole Scheeren's Guardian Arts Center in Beijing
These new photographs by Yueqi Jazzy Li reveal the "pixelated" forms of the Guardian Arts Center by Büro Ole Scheeren as it nears completion in Beijing. More
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Clara von Zweigbergk's colourful lamps recall hot air balloons and carousels
Swedish designer Clara von Zweigbergk has created colourful lamps reminiscent of hot air balloons for Danish lighting brand Louis Poulsen. More
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Joseph Walsh designs bespoke watch cabinet to mirror the intricacy of clockwork
Irish furniture workshop Joseph Walsh Studio has showcased new commissions at an exhibition in New York, including a towering watch cabinet and intertwined bench for the private collection of a father and son. More
