Architect Guilherme Machado Vaz has completed the geometric House in Afife, in Portugal, which appears as a solid volume when its shutters are closed. More about Guilherme Machado Vaz designs geometric white house as "abstract sculpture"
Swedish furniture brand Hem has opened its first permanent US showroom in Los Angeles, featuring a courtyard decorated with colourful graphics that resemble confetti. More about Hem opens LA showroom with "supersized confetti" installation
A crystal chandelier tangled with 100 colourful stuffed birds and an unfurling wooden cabinet are among a series of new works that artist and designer Sebastian Errazuriz is showing in New York. More about Sebastian Errazuriz exhibition at New York's R & Company features taxidermy Bird Chandelier
Canadian firm ACDF Architecture has designed a lake house on a sloping site in Quebec, with a protruding terrace so residents can get even closer to the water's edge. More about La Barque lake house by ACDF overlooks Quebec countryside
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Companies that incorporate good design into their corporate strategies, as well as their products, benefit from increased productivity and market share, according to research by InVision. More about Integrating design into business strategy is good for growth, says InVision report
What could possibly be bad about recreating an example of great design, asks Michael Miner, who was criticised by Aaron Betsky for wanting to resurrect a Frank Lloyd Wright building. More about "There is nothing to fear from a good building"
Oslo-based architect Espen Surnevik has nestled the PAN Treetop Cabins on slender stilts among the treetops of Finnskogen, a woodland in east Norway. More about Espen Surnevik elevates pair of treetop cabins on stilts in Norwegian forest
With Stockholm Design Week just around the corner, here's a travel guide featuring our pick of the city's top places to eat, drink, sleep and explore, including a pared-back bistro and a revamped brutalist hotel. More about Stockholm travel guide for architects and designers
Roger Scruton, chair of the UK government's Building Better Building Beautiful Commission, says that bad design was behind the Grenfell Tower fire that killed 72 people. More about Grenfell Tower fire wouldn't have happened "if it hadn't been so ugly" says Roger Scruton
An exhibition exploring the work and enduring legacy of fashion designer Christian Dior opens on Saturday at London's V&A museum. More about V&A exhibition explores the "all-pervasive" legacy of Christian Dior
Today Dezeen Jobs launches a careers guide profiling people with inspiring jobs in architecture, interiors and design. First we interview Ray Winkler, design director at entertainment architecture studio Stufish, which creates stages for musicians like the Rolling Stones and U2. More about Careers guide: Stufish design director Ray Winkler reveals his path into set design for rock stars
Partitions punctuated with arched openings divide the living spaces inside this Barcelona apartment, which has been overhauled by architecture studio PMAA. More about Archways appear throughout Penthouse in Barcelona by PMAA
Volvo has installed an environmentally friendly seawall along the coast of Sydney's harbour that aims to improve biodiversity and water quality in the area. More about Volvo creates Living Seawall to combat pollution and promote biodiversity
Living spaces at this house in the Indian city of Chandigarh are distributed around a full-height courtyard that allows natural light and breezes to reach rooms arranged around its perimeter. More about Charged Voids builds stone-clad Chandigarh home Residence 145 around courtyard
Pennsylvania architecture studio ISA has designed a slender five-storey house in a developing Philadelphia neighbourhood, as a housing prototype for tiny vacant lots. More about ISA's Tiny Tower residence fills leftover plot in Philadelphia
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced the winners of its 2019 Honor Awards, which include David Adjaye's African American history museum, a preserved university building in Virginia, and BIG's adaptive reuse of a second-world-war bunker. More about AIA selects best buildings by American architects in 2019 Honor Awards
Mexican design studio Peca has created a collection of furniture with structures based on the patterns found in poetry. More about The Verso, Rima and Pausa pieces by Peca are based on poetic devices
Argentinian architect Luciano Kruk has created a family home that follows Mies van Der Rohe's "conception of architecture as the expression of structure". More about Concrete and glass form Luciano Kruk's Casa BLQ in Buenos Aires
The iPhone's reign of supremacy is ending, but its successor won't be a single device, says Owen Hopkins. More about "Soon the smartphone will no longer be our primary digital device"