Dezeen's gender diversity survey found that Scandinavian architecture firms have far better gender diversity than those elsewhere. Alexandra Hagen, director at Swedish firm White Arkitekter, explains why. More about "Gender equality is one of the cornerstones of Swedish society"
Kieran Timberlake has completed work on the US Embassy in London, a glass cube swathed in shimmering sails of plastic that is set on a plinth and surrounded by a moat-like pond on the edge of the River Thames. More about Kieran Timberlake completes £750 million "crystalline cube" for US Embassy in London
Continuing our review of 2017, design editor Alice Morby reflects on the year's trends, which include a rise in political responses, eco-friendly solutions, and a focus on food consumption. More about Dezeen's 10 biggest design trends of 2017
The Chinese rice farm that was recently named World Landscape of the Year is designed to teach people about traditional agriculture, according to Stanley Lung of landscape architecture firm Turenscape. More about World Landscape of the Year 2017 teaches people about China's farming history, says Turenscape
Our pick of the best architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs this week include positions with skincare brand Aesop, and architecture firms Wilkinson Eyre and Gustafson Porter + Bowman. More about Top five architecture and design jobs this week include Aesop and Wilkinson Eyre
Dutch designer Ineke Hans has designed a steam-bent conference chair for one of its Austria's most important art galleries, which is manufactured using both manual and digital production methods. More about Ineke Hans combines new and old production techniques to create chair for the Kunsthalle Wien
Dezeen has teamed up with lifestyle publication Kinfolk to give five readers the chance to win a copy of its new book, which features over 40 interviews with entrepreneurial business owners. More about Competition: win a copy of The Kinfolk Entrepreneur
Exposed rafters support a pitched roof incorporating a large skylight that allows daylight to flood into this rear extension added to a Victorian house in south London by local studio Grey Griffiths Architects. More about Grey Griffiths Architects completes London extension featuring exposed oak roof structure
Architect Vladimir Radutny has renovated an apartment in the iconic 860-880 Lake Shore Drive complex by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in Chicago, using a restrained palette to show off the architecture and the views. More about Vladimir Radutny honours Mies' minimalism at renovated Lake Shore Drive apartment
Architect Pietro Airoldi left traces of old partition walls on the ceiling of this renovated 1930s apartment in Sicily as a reminder of its previous layout. More about Pietro Airoldi transforms old Sicilian apartment into bright open-plan space
A team of Spanish architects has modernised a 19th-century psychiatric centre in the city of Pamplona by adding a series of structures with gabled profiles that reference the forms of the existing buildings. More about Geometric forms and embossed details recall historic predecessors at Spanish psychiatric facility
A moody grey-toned apartment in Taipei and a pastel-hued flat in Stockholm are among the most impressive home interiors to emerge over the past 12 months. Continuing our review of 2017, editorial assistant Natasha Levy selects 10 of the best. More about Dezeen's top 10 home interiors of 2017
This new Pinterest board will inspire you to head straight to the slopes, with architecture and design projects for winter sports including a California mountain resort and a restaurant in the South Tyrolean Dolomites featuring three cantilevered blackened wood huts. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Self-taught designer Tom Givone has extended a white house in rural America with a warped metal-clad addition that starkly contrasts the traditional architecture. More about Curvaceous extension by Tom Givone abuts farmhouse in Pennsylvania
Pebble-dashed stone, etched white marble and a sculptural black metal staircase feature in these residences in New York's Tribeca, styled by Italian architect Stefano Pasqualetti. More about Stefano Pasqualetti completes "soothing and timeless" condos in Tribeca
Melbourne studio Biasol combined marble surfaces with geometric elevations and pastel hues as a nod to Wes Anderson's film The Grand Budapest Hotel for this cafe in Chengdu, China. More about Chengdu cafe features interiors inspired by Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel
Tokujin Yoshioka has created a range of minimal bottles and tubes for a Japanese skincare brand, which are each topped with lids made to look like natural stone. More about Tokujin Yoshioka designs minimal packaging for Japanese skincare brand
South Korean design studio Pesi has created a range of furniture and homeware products, which each incorporate wireless charging technology to rid smartphone users of wires and cables. More about Pesi designs homeware that incorporates wireless charging
O'Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects has rearranged the ground floor of a Victorian terraced house in north London and introduced a material palette to the extended space that complements the original brick walls. More about Timber and textured-brick surfaces soften interior of extension by O'Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects
One minute movies: Robert Konieczny has designed an ark-like house in Poland that can be completely closed up using a drawbridge and sliding walls. More about Drawbridge and sliding walls can close off house by Robert Konieczny