Elevated walls with marble slats form a canopy above the terrace and swimming pool of this house, which Tescala Architects has based on the natural surroundings in Yucatán, Mexico. More about Slatted marble walls shade Casa Chaaltun pool deck in Mexico
Pastel-coloured walls, wicker furniture and an abundance of planting feature inside this Edinburgh hotel, which New York studio Grzywinski + Pons has designed to contrast with its 18th-century stone exterior. More about Grzywinski + Pons creates "sophisticatedly tropical" interiors for Edinburgh's Eden Locke hotel
A sculptural, tensile timber canopy has been constructed in Dorset woodland by five students from the Architectural Association as part of the school's Design + Make programme. More about AA Design + Make students test the limits of timber in tensile woodland canopy
Aiming to change our attitudes towards menstruation, Central Saint Martins graduate Kaye Toland has developed a tampon delivery system that transforms sanitary products into compost. More about mCycle is a "Deliveroo for tampons" that turns sanitary products into compost
A gabled wall provides the entrance to this holiday home in a Swedish coastal village, which also features rooms arranged around a garden and cherry tree. More about Maka Arkitektur completes contemporary Swedish courtyard house
This week on Dezeen, the RIBA named the UK's best new buildings and Diébédo Francis Kéré revealed his Serpentine Pavilion in London. More about This week, RIBA named national winners and the Serpentine Pavilion was unveiled
Australian design studio Porcelain Bear created minimalist interpretations of circus performers for its Acrobat lighting collection. More about Porcelain Bear's ceramic Acrobat lighting mimics the poses of trapeze artists
This wood-clad home in Canada was designed as a secondary residence for sisters that split their time between Montreal and the Eastern Townships, and nestles into the landscape overlooking Lake Memphremagog. More about ACDF Architecture completes home for two sisters beside Canada's Lake Memphremagog
Students from the Pratt Institute in New York have created a series of home products and accessories designed to help those suffering from memory loss caused by Alzheimer's disease. More about Pratt Institute students tackle Alzheimer's with Design for the Mind project
Fashion designer and Kanye West's creative director Virgil Abloh is the latest name to team up with IKEA. In this interview, he speaks about his cult clothing brand Off-White, the connection between streetwear and modernist architecture, and the influence of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe on his work. More about Mies van der Rohe had a lasting effect on my aesthetic, says Virgil Abloh
A Miami Beach residence that takes indoor-outdoor living to the extreme and a Japanese house with a garden dining room feature in our Pinterest roundup of homes that prioritise entertaining in the summer months. More about 10 houses from Dezeen's Pinterest boards that offer ideas for outdoor dining
Cladding is being removed from residential high-rises across the UK following concerns over fire safety in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy. More about Cladding stripped from residential towers across UK in wake of Grenfell Tower fire
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 about Competition: win a book exploring home extensions, renovations and refurbishments
The mountains of Scotland's Cairngorms National Park offer a dramatic backdrop for this modernist-inspired hut by firm Moxon Architects. More about Moxon Architects builds humble cabin in mountainous Scottish landscape
Wind-catching towers emerge from the circular rippled roof of this brick and wood school building in Koudougou, Burkina Faso, which was designed by the architect of this year's Serpentine Pavilion, Diébédo Francis Kéré. More about Diébédo Francis Kéré uses local materials for ring-shaped school in Burkina Faso
Western cities have done a better job of integrating technology into their infrastructure than the new wave of Asian smart cities, according to architect and television presenter Jason Pomeroy. More about Barcelona and Amsterdam are world-leading "smart cities" says Jason Pomeroy
The gothic-revival chapel at the University of Winchester, England, has been "returned to its former glory", following a renovation and extension by local architecture studio Design Engine. More about Glowing gold extension added to Winchester university chapel by Design Engine
Eight-metre high sculptures skim the ceiling of the Yuz Museum in Shanghai, which is currently hosting artist Kaws' first retrospective in Asia and features exhibition design by Aranda\Lasch. More about Aranda\Lasch creates exhibition design for Kaws retrospective in Shanghai
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a 3D artist at 3XN, which used angled stone to create zigzags across the facade of a hospital building in Copenhagen. More ›
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Brazilian studio Studio MK27 has rotated the top volume of this concrete house in Brasília so it extends out over a narrow swimming pool to rest on a pair of stilts. More about Studio MK27 takes cues from Brazilian modernism for Osler House in Brasília