Lighthouses and Noah's Ark provided design cues for this nautical-inspired townhouse in north London – one of the properties vying to be named UK house of the year. More about Michael Russum uses boatbuilding techniques to build his "mystery vessel" house
Artist Anish Kapoor has created a blocky red trophy with the Brittania figure trapped in its centre for winners at next year's Brit Awards. More about Anish Kapoor designs sculptural red trophy for Brit Awards 2018
Our pick of the best architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs this week include positions with Dutch firm Studio Roosegaarde, Australian designer Marc Newson and Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto. More about Top five architecture and design jobs this week include Marc Newson and Studio Roosegaarde
This art museum is located on the outskirts of Jingdezhen, a city famed for its porcelain production, so architecture studio DL Atelier chose to use the local clay-heavy earth for its walls. More about DL Atelier builds museum with rammed-earth walls near China's "porcelain capital"
Bowls made from recycled metals and seating inspired by traditional Arabic Majlis featured in an exhibition of emerging talent from the Middle East and North African regions at this year's Dubai Design Week. More about Nomadic design exhibition showcases new talent from the Middle East and North Africa
British firm Allies and Morrison has designed a new city for Oman, which will transform a desert valley into a 624-hectare urban centre over the next 30 years. More about Allies and Morrison challenges "identikit urbanism" with masterplan for new city in Oman
Pink and teal hues accent storage units in this family home in Montreal, converted from a shop by local firm Atelier Barda. More about Atelier Barda turns Montreal shop building into bright residence
Tim Rundle stripped-back traditional furniture typologies to create this collection for Australian brand SP01, which pairs plush fabrics with exposed metal frames. More about Tim Rundle reinterprets furniture archetypes for SP01 collection
Spanish firm YLAB Arquitectos has redeveloped a holiday home in Maresme, southeast Spain, to make the most of the coastal mountain-range views. More about Spanish holiday home by YLAB Arquitectos frames coastal mountain views
Portuguese architect Filipe Saraiva chose black concrete panels for the walls of his family home, which is designed to look like a child's interpretation of a house. More about Filipe Saraiva's self-designed home is based on a child's drawing
Czech glass brand Lasvit and design firm Yabu Pushelberg have created an illuminated glass Christmas tree for the lobby of Hong Kong's Upper House Hotel. More about Lasvit and Yabu Pushelberg unveil illuminated glass Christmas tree
Last week, a rural Chinese house with rammed-earth walls was named World Building of the Year 2017. As a result, our latest Pinterest board showcases a range of buildings created using this material, including a cultural centre in a Senegalese village and a desert house in Arizona. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Three black boxes stacked on a steep lot in Los Angeles form this residence by Aaron Neubert Architects, and create outdoor living spaces without needing to use any additional land. More about Stacked volumes form Los Angeles hilltop home by Aaron Neubert Architects
Californian studio Brooks + Scarpa has shaped the roof of this art museum in Utah to create deep valleys and a huge curved porch, as a reference to the sandstone formations of nearby canyons. More about "Canyon-like" roof tops Brooks + Scarpa's Southern Utah Museum of Art
Designer Klemens Schillinger has created a set of therapeutic phone-like objects, to help smartphone addicts cope with being away from their devices. More about Klemens Schillinger's Substitute Phone aims to help overcome smartphone addiction
Architecture studio Russian for Fish has injected colour into the basement of a London duplex flat by installing a bright yellow kitchen. More about Vibrant yellow kitchen brightens basement of north London home
Kleinewelt Architekten has built a winery in southern Russia, featuring stark concrete walls on one side and full-height glazing on the other. More about Gai-Kodzor Winery is a concrete and glass building perched on a hilltop in Russia
This week on Dezeen, an Isay Weinfeld-designed complex was revealed to have put Vienna on UNESCO's danger list, while CZWG's "spectacularly tall" tower was approved for construction in London's Croydon. More about This week, big developments were revealed in Vienna and Croydon
Studio Nick Verstand has created an immersive audiovisual installation that reinterprets people's emotions as pulsing light compositions. More about Audiovisual installation translates emotions into beams of light
This complex at the foot of a volcano in Hawaii was modelled on a summer camp, where Walker Warner Architects has spread out living spaces across a series of cabins on the site. More about Hawaiian summer camps influence tropical island estate by Walker Warner Architects