Interview: Alex Garland's science-fiction movie Ex Machina features just one location: a tech billionaire's minimalist hideaway in Alaska. Production designer Mark Digby told Dezeen how architecture was used to create the thriller's clinical mood and provide a "seducing" backdrop (+ slideshow + transcript). More about "Hard shiny surfaces are for the bad guys" says Ex Machina production designer
New York 2015: an exhibition in a Brooklyn loft showcases furnishings by Italian designer Piero Lissoni, paired with work by New York designers (+ slideshow). More about Brooklyn exhibition pairs work of Piero Lissoni and local designers
A pine unit provides a kitchen, bathroom and mezzanine level for this tiny Berlin apartment designed by two local architects, which also features Art Deco details including a parquet door (+ slideshow). More about Pale wooden unit frames rooms and creates a new floor inside a Berlin micro-apartment
Tokyo architecture studio Suppose Design Office has repurposed old scaffold boards to create flooring and furniture for the concrete interior of its own atelier space (+ slideshow). More about Suppose Design Office's Tokyo studio mixes concrete, steel and reclaimed wood
Parisian studio FREAKS freearchitects has covered a series of elaborately decorated galleries inside the Palais du Louvre with shiny plastic for an exhibition that brings together historic and contemporary design (+ slideshow). More about FREAKS freearchitects masks ornate decor inside the Palais du Louvre for design exhibition
Italian architect Antonino Cardillo has created a multi-sensory space for experiencing and buying fragrance by coating a room inside an old London building with volcanic ash (+ slideshow). More about Antonino Cardillo combines scent and texture for Illuminum Fragrance shop interior
Danish studio Norm Architects has pared back the look of a typical Mediterranean interior to create a more Scandinavian aesthetic for this Italian restaurant in Copenhagen. More about Norm Architects puts a Danish spin on an Italian restaurant interior
Over 100 wooden transport pallets were broken down to create floorboards, wall coverings and furniture for a temporary office space in Tokyo (+ slideshow). More about Hiroki Tominaga Atelier uses deconstructed pallets to dress a Tokyo office in planks of timber
Multi-levelled surfaces of polished concrete, wood and white gravel mark out the different areas within this open-plan Tokyo office designed by Torafu Architects (+ slideshow). More about Torafu Architects uses concrete, wood and gravel to define spaces inside AKQA's Tokyo offices
Shanghai design studio Linehouse has overhauled a former takeaway restaurant to create a small fishmonger's on a busy street in the middle of the city's former French Concession (+ slideshow). More about Little Catch fishmonger in Shanghai is lined with a metal-frame "net"
This small hair salon in Osaka features a series of ceiling hooks that allow the owner to rearrange the mirrors and shelves that help define the space (+ slideshow). More about Mirrors hang from cables in Japanese hair salon by Sides Core
Sections of wall appear to hang from the ceiling of this former warehouse club in Tokyo, which was converted into offices by local studio Sasaki Architecture (+ slideshow). More about Sasaki Architecture converts Japanese disco into offices with floating walls
Shelves with running water line the walls of skincare brand Aesop's latest London store, designed by local studio JamesPlumb (+ slideshow). More about Water runs from shelf to shelf in JamesPlumb's Aesop store
Tufts of brightly coloured electrical cabling give the walls and furniture of this bar by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma a hairy appearance (+ slideshow). More about Matted electric cables cover the surfaces of a Tokyo bar by Kengo Kuma
An Eames House Bird stands guard on the porch of this tiny yellow building in Seoul, which has been adapted by Nordic Bros Design Community to house a fashion boutique (+ slideshow). More about Seoul fashion boutique features yellow walls and an Eames bird above the entrance
OMA has been selected to design the exhibition for the Chinese Pavilion at the Venice Art Biennale 2015, a year after Rem Koolhaas' stint as architecture biennale director. More about OMA to create immersive exhibition for Chinese Pavilion at Venice Art Biennale 2015
Spaces for cooking, washing, sleeping and storing are housed within plywood compartments inside this former nursery in Barcelona, recently renovated by local architect Carles Enrich Giménez (+ slideshow). More about Plywood partitions create rooms within rooms inside two Barcelona apartments
A tessellated wood material wraps around the lift shaft and flows over the service counter at the newly opened Maison Margiela store in Milan (+ slideshow). More about Wooden curtain drapes around a lift inside Maison Margiela's Milan store
This early 19th-century fortified tower overlooking the coastline of Cape Tainaron in Greece has been converted into a guest house with three suites arranged inside its thick stone walls (+ slideshow). More about Tainaron Blue Retreat is a guest house in a converted tower on the Greek coast
A lounge contained within a house-shaped extension is one of several interventions designed by Tigg Coll Architects to add a more homely feel to a student housing block in London (+ slideshow). More about Tigg Coll overhauls east London student housing to be "more akin to a members' club"