White walls, concrete floors and a metallic display fixtures provide a neutral backdrop to the ever-changing fashion collections on show in new Lisbon concept store Tem-plate. More about Gonzalez Haase AAS creates pared-back interiors for Lisbon concept store Tem-plate
Architect Johan Sundberg has borrowed elements from traditional Japanese houses to create Sommarhus T, a holiday home on Sweden's south coast. More about Johan Sundberg builds Swedish holiday home that takes cues from Japanese architecture
American studios MSR Design and JRA Architect have completed a public library in Louisville featuring a sculptural, medal-clad exterior that is partly concealed by tall, leafy trees. More about MSR Design and JRA Architects tucks Kentucky library in a grove of trees
Bjarke Ingels' firm has created a "retail laboratory" for French department store Galeries Lafayette inside an art-deco bank on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. More about BIG converts 1930s bank to create major new store for Galeries Lafayette in Paris
Shanghai studio Archi-Union Architects mimics traditional Chinese calligraphy in its latest project, a rural cultural centre in Sichuan province, featuring a sweeping tiled roof that flows into a central courtyard. More about Archi-Union references calligraphy in curving tiled roof of Inkstone House cultural centre
With environmental issues such as climate change and plastic pollution dominating the headlines, what are design brands doing to help the planet? From Kvadrat to Emeco, we've selected eight companies doing their bit to promote sustainability. More about Eight design brands leading the way in sustainability
Local architect Pedro Miguel Santos has completed a temple-inspired house in northern Portugal, featuring white brick walls and an exposed concrete frame. More about Pedro Miguel Santos emulates classical temples with TS House in Portugal
The final instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living video series features a proposal by Bartlett graduate Lianjie Wu for affordable homes that are left unfinished, for residents to complete themselves. More about Lianjie Wu designs affordable homes that are deliberately left unfinished
University of Stuttgart engineers have harnessed the natural shrinking process of wood as it loses moisture to create this world-first self-twisted tower in Germany. More about University of Stuttgart makes Urbach Tower from self-shaping wood
A twisted cube clad in zinc armour forms the State Gallery of Lower Austria, designed by Marte Marte Architecten in the town of Krems. More about Marte Marte Architekten builds distorted metal cube to house Austrian art gallery
Snøhetta has designed both physical and digital retail spaces for Oslo-based fashion label Holzweiler, featuring a muted colour palette and gridded elements. More about Snøhetta designs both online and physical spaces for Norwegian fashion label Holzweiler
Firm Architekten has extended a gabled farmhouse in Bezau, Austria, with a matching structure clad in timber louvres that double as shutters. More about Shutters are concealed in the walls of Austrian farmhouse extension by Firm Architekten
Central Saint Martins fashion student Fredrik Tjærandsen has presented giant balloons that deflate to form dresses on the catwalk. More about CSM graduate Fredrik Tjærandsen envelops models in rubber balloons
Nike and designer Virgil Abloh have opened a temporary NikeLab space in Chicago where architects and designers can host workshops with the local community. More about Virgil Abloh opens NikeLab pop-up in Chicago
Proctor & Shaw has extended the south London home of a retired teacher, adding a timber-lined snug that can be used for reading or birdwatching. More about Snug House by Proctor & Shaw features cosy room overlooking the garden
A spiral staircase made of concrete rises through the centre of an open-plan office designed by architecture studio Hildebrand in Steinhausen, Switzerland. More about Concrete spiral staircase twists through open-plan office by Hildebrand
Giant windows puncture this white concrete apartment building in Mexico City, which Mexican firm Taller Héctor Barroso designed as a home for siblings. More about Taller Héctor Barroso designs Sierra Mimbres housing in Mexico City for three brothers
Mexican designer Fernando Laposse has developed Totomoxtle, a marquetry material made from the colourful husks of heirloom corn species that restore vital biodiversity. More about Totomoxtle is a material bringing rare corn back from the brink of extinction
New York studio Champalimaud has transformed a 1920s residence that was destroyed by a hurricane into a luxury holiday home on a resort in Dorado, Puerto Rico. More about Champalimaud revitalises hurricane-ravaged Su Casa villa in Puerto Rico
Triangular windows fold up the corner of this OMA-designed housing block, which marks the architecture firm's first ground-up structure in New York City. More about OMA completes black Manhattan apartments with "prismatic corner"