Madrid-based Elii used unusual materials, plants and bright colours to give the interiors of this headquarters and childcare facility in Madrid a sense of personality to encourage users to interact with it affectionately. More about Save the Children's Madrid headquarters designed to promote "emotional attachment"
Santiago-based architect Ignacio Correa has built this stilted wooden holiday home on the Chilean coastline and added long expanses of glazing to offer its residents views of the Pacific Ocean. More about Ignacio Correa elevates Casa Mujeres in Chile to provide ocean views
New York designer Anna Karlin has given a print shop in the city, which was ruined in a fire, a new life as her studio and gallery, decorated with rough plasterwork, Shaker-style furniture and bulbous lamps. More about Anna Karlin turns fire-damaged print shop into her "imperfect" New York studio and gallery
Japanese architecture studio Hibinosekkei incorporated structures intended to encourage play into the interior design of this Tokyo support centre for children with developmental difficulties. More about Climbing wall and swing promote play at Hibinosekkei's Tokyo childcare centre
Researchers from China's Academy of Sciences claim to have developed a stealth laser weapon capable of burning targets nearly a kilometre away. More about China claims to have developed long-range laser gun that can burn flesh
Our new Pinterest board showcases the best apartments in Tel Aviv, including a cliff-top residence with perforated canopies and an airy home punctuated by delicate black frames. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Aurora Arquitectos and Furo have transformed an old family home near Lisbon into a hostel, with colourful accents throughout based on the tropical patina of sunshine and vacations. More about Portuguese family home turned into brightly-hued hostel
American firm Prentiss Balance Wickline Architects has created a dwelling in the Pacific Northwest that consists of timber-clad volumes that step down a rocky hillside. More about Cascading boxes with green roofs form coastal Washington home by Prentiss Balance Wickline
Edward Ogosta Architecture has renovated a 1940s house in California with light-filled white interiors and a master bedroom extension overlooking the garden. More about Edward Ogosta brightens Californian bungalow with Rear Window House extension
Local architecture studio Wowowa has renovated a Victorian house in Melbourne and added an extension with a scalloped brick facade that contains an open-plan living space. More about Wowowa adds fluted-brick extension to refurbished Melbourne house
French-Lebanese designer Carla Baz has unveiled a collection of marble furniture and lighting, including tables filled with pools of colourful resin. More about Carla Baz debuts resin and marble furniture in Beirut
This week, BIG launched a campaign to crowdfund for a huge mirrored sphere at Burning Man festival and Foster + Partners completed a new Apple Store in Macau. More about This week, BIG planned a Burning Man installation and Foster + Partners unveiled the Macau Apple Store
Open living spaces, adaptable furniture and an indoor garden helped Nitton Architects create a homely apartment inside a tightly-packed residential block in north-east Singapore. More about Nitton Architects knock through walls to create "mini house" inside Singapore flat
A pair of buildings once used to house bulls in rural Argentina have been transformed into a countryside home by architecture studio Adamo-Faiden. More about Adamo-Faiden creates rural home Macchi House inside converted livestock buildings
Guests stay in candy-coloured rooms at this art-deco-influenced hotel in Ibiza, while artists in residence are offered a transparent suite in the lobby. More about Paradiso Ibiza Art Hotel by Ilmiodesign is an exercise in pastel pastiche
US architecture firm Studio Gang has unveiled its first project for Canada: a Toronto skyscraper made up of stretched hexagonal volumes topped with terraces and planters. More about Studio Gang proposes honeycomb-like One Delisle skyscraper for Toronto
A colourful interactive frame that Baxendale created as part of Scotland's contribution to the Venice Architecture Biennale 2018 has been saved from being dismantled. More about Baxendale's Venice outdoor playground made permanent for length of biennale
Architects around the world are capitalising on the versatility of bamboo, so we've selected eight of the best homes that incorporate the material, including a prefabricated social housing project in Mexico and a holiday home on stilts in Sri Lanka. More about Eight eye-catching homes made from bamboo
American studio Robert Young Architects has created a weekend home in a coastal hamlet on Long Island, clad in rough-sawn cedar planks that were left untreated so they can age naturally. More about Robert Young's East Lake House in Montauk is designed to weather over time
Fashion designer Iris van Herpen has created a series of dresses that replicate the feathers and soundwave patterns of birds in flight, and showcased them alongside a kinetic lighting installation by Studio Drift. More about Iris van Herpen translates motion of bird flight into pleated garments