This flat-pack bamboo bench and trestle by German designer Stefan Diez is held together with string and doesn't require any tools or fixings to assemble. More about Soba bamboo furniture by Stefan Diez naturally changes colour over time
Appareil Architecture entirely renovated this Montreal duplex to restore existing elements of the structure, extend the home with an additional floor, and bring more light to the interiors. More about Appareil Architecture combines two Montreal flats to create single-family home
A new training facility in Canada by global firm Perkins + Will consists of two interlocking volumes embedded in a gentle slope, resulting in a split-level layout and different facades. More about Ontario trade school by Perkins+Will comprises "shed-like" volumes
This week's roundup from Pinterest features industrial-style loft apartments and warehouse conversions that take design inspiration from their past lives as factories or barns. More about 10 popular homes from Dezeen's Pinterest boards that reference their industrial past
US President Donald Trump's first budget plan includes a sizeable downpayment on his promised wall along the country's southern border with Mexico. More about Trump pledges More billion to Mexico border wall in budget proposal
Dozing off at work is encouraged at mattress brand Casper's headquarters in New York, where employees can have meetings or take naps on beds provided at the office, designed by local firm Float Studio. More about Float Studio creates sleeping spaces at bedding company's Manhattan offices
Dezeen promotion: facade manufacturer Trimo has created a modular wall system, which allows for curved corners, and has been used on recent projects by Grimshaw and Mecanoo. More about Trimo wall system used by architects including Grimshaw and Mecanoo
Adidas and fashion designer Stella McCartney have revealed a new version of the Ultra Boost trainer that features an upper made from plastic recovered from the sea. More about Stella McCartney and Adidas unveil Parley Ultra Boost X trainers made from ocean plastic
Dezeen is hosting a party on 5 April at the IKEA Festival for Milan design week. Read on to find out more. More about Register now for the Dezeen at IKEA Festival party in Milan
Politicians have failed to grasp the value of London's booming architecture industry, which is worth more than the city's industrial design, graphics and fashion sectors combined and growing almost twice as fast, according to a new report by the mayor's office. More about London's "undervalued" architecture sector worth £1.7 billion to UK economy
Lofty interiors and a folded black steel staircase feature behind the larch-clad walls of this gabled house, designed by Karawitz and situated outside Paris. More about Larch-covered prefab house designed by Karawitz to bring city feel to Paris suburbs
Sebastian Wrong has returned to the role of design director at Established & Sons, five years after leaving the company to focus on his own ventures. More about Sebastian Wrong returns to Established & Sons as design director
During this year's Milan design week, Nendo will submerge 30 of its new vases in an aquarium so that they gently move around like jellyfish. More about Nendo bases super-thin silicone vase on jellyfish
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a PA/collections coordinator at the V&A museum in London, which recently acquired the Pussyhat from the Washington's Women's March. More ›
More about Job of the day: collections coordinator at the V&A
It's Saint Patrick's Day! To celebrate, we've rounded up eight of the best architectural feats in Ireland, including a moulded concrete cinema, an outdoor teaching space of timber columns, and a granite-clad library that faces out over the Irish Sea. More about Eight works of architecture that give you a tour of contemporary Ireland
Clusters of diagonal columns splay out like tree branches inside this house completed by Japanese architect Kensuke Watanabe in the seaside city Kamakura. More about Angular tree-like columns form structure of Kensuke Watanabe's Y-house
Blackened steel, plywood and local stones were used to construct this modern country home in the American Midwest by Bamesberger Architecture. More about Bamesberger Architecture builds compact dwelling next to Indiana wetland
These "wearable sculptures" are designed by French artist Shani Ha to be manipulated during interpretative dance performances. More about Bulbous garments are contorted during Shani Ha's Embody performances
In response to the swathe of supertall luxury residential towers rising in New York, local studio Oiio has proposed a conceptual skyscraper that loops over to boast length rather than height. More about Oiio imagines The Big Bend skyscraper for New York as "the longest building in the world"
Lego fans can now build outwards from walls, chair legs, household objects or the backs of other toys using a new studded tape. More about Nimuno Loops tape lets you build Lego on almost anything