Architects Megumi Matsubara and Hiroi Ariyama arranged this house in the forest near Karuizawa around five courtyards to provide views of vegetation both inside and outside the building. More about House in a Japanese forest features secluded courtyards framing views of trees and sky
One of the best-known projects of SANAA co-founder Ryue Nishizawa has been recreated inside London's Barbican as part of an exhibition about Japanese housing, along with a charred timber teahouse by Terunobu Fujimori. More about Full-size houses by Ryue Nishizawa and Terunobu Fujimori built inside Japanese House exhibition at Barbican
John McAslan + Partners and Triad Architects have built a cathedral on the edge of a tea plantation outside Nairobi, Kenya, featuring a tiled and angled roof lined with wooden slats. More about Huge inclined roof spans cathedral built by John McAslan + Partners on Kenyan tea plantation
Romanian designers say they are about to storm the world stage – and they're not going to let the lack of home-grown brands, manufacturers or heritage stop them. More about Romanian designers champion "clumsy, simple but honest" furniture
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a California-licensed architect at OMA, which won a contest last year to transform a site in Downtown Los Angeles into a public park. More ›
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During this year's Milan design week, London studio Made in Ratio will present an environmentally sustainable table with recycled aluminium legs and a bamboo top. More about Made in Ratio to launch bamboo-topped Stellar Nova table during Milan design week
Perforated-aluminium screens zigzag around the walls of this cylindrical arts museum in Shanghai, which was designed by Wutopia Lab and features a 1970s-style rockery. More about Pleated shutters enclose cylindrical enamelware museum and cultural centre by Wutopia Lab
Tequila-fuelled parties can be held at this social venue, created by Mexican firm Quince Cuarenta Arquitectura for a distillery in Jalisco, while quieter sampling sessions take place underneath. More about 1540 Arquitectura adds cosy cellar and events terrace to tequila distillery
American architect Richard Meier has debuted a range of simple white lamps, in keeping with the signature pared-back style of his buildings. More about Richard Meier launches minimal lighting collection that resembles his architecture
This week's Dezeen Mail features flat-pack bamboo furniture by German designer Stefan Diez and a conceptual looped skyscraper in New York from local studio Oiio. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail ›
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Tabletops melt into bowls in Nendo's new furniture collection, which will make its debut at Milan design week. More about Nendo's Flow furniture collection combines tables with giant bowls
A trio of courtyards covered in cobbles and surrounded by glass break up this London home, which has cedar-lined walls that reference the old timber store it replaces. More about De Rosee Sa uses cobbled courtyards to bring light into west London house
Is it possible to speak buildings into being? The exhibitors at annual property fair MIPIM may try, but they need to come up with far more extreme fictions, says Sam Jacob in his latest Opinion column. More about "MIPIM is one big performance with the purpose of speaking cities into existence"
In a bid to get around terrestrial height restrictions, Clouds Architecture Office has proposed suspending the world's tallest skyscraper from an asteroid, leaving residents to parachute to earth. More about Supertall skyscraper hangs from orbiting asteroid in Clouds Architecture Office concept
In the next movie in our Bolon at Heart video series, Stockholm design duo Emma Marga Blanche and Fredrick Färg explain how they combined material by flooring company Bolon with thermoplastic felt to create an armchair informed by Japanese armour. More about Färg & Blanche uses Bolon fabric to create samurai-inspired Long Neck armchair
A supertall skyscraper, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects and developed by the family of Donald Trump's son-in-law, has been proposed for Midtown Manhattan. More about Zaha Hadid Architects unveils 666 Fifth Avenue skyscraper for Kushner Companies
Dezeen promotion: 40 experts from the fields of graphic design, typography, user experience, art, curation and branding will present at the fourth edition of the Element Talks conference in Warsaw, Poland. More about Element Talks announces speakers for 2017 conference
Zigzagging parquet covers every surface of the swimming pools, spa buildings and patio designed by Stockholm studio Claesson Koivisto Rune for an 18th-century mansion in the south of Sweden. More about Chevron-patterned parquet covers swimming pools and spa house by Claesson Koivisto Rune
Melbourne Design Week has put the focus on Australia's legal replica furniture market with an exhibition of fake Jasper Morrison chairs that have been burned, cut, glitter-bombed and otherwise altered. More about 26 Australian designers "hack" Jasper Morrison's Hal chair to call attention to knock-off culture
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an architect at Herzog & de Meuron, to work on the firm's National Library of Israel project in Jerusalem. More ›
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