Hand-charred wooden planks contrast whitewashed cedar in the facade of this house in Washington state, designed by Portland practice Open Studio Collective. More about Two-toned wood wraps Washington home by Open Studio Collective
Furniture design studio ATRA has created a modular sofa system upholstered with a hemp-based fabric. More about ATRA uses hemp fibre and recycled materials for Nerthus-Sofa furniture collection
Studio Okami Architecten has dug a brick and concrete home into a sloping hillside, looking out over the valley landscape of Mont-de-l'Enclus in Belgium. More about Studio Okami Architecten hides Sloped Villa in a Belgian hillside
Polish architect Mateusz Baumiller has merged deep-pink walls, velvet furnishings and wooden fixtures to soften the industrial shell of this creative office in Warsaw. More about Mateusz Baumiller converts warehouse into homely offices for Clay.Warsaw
We've updated our Japanese houses Pinterest board with pictures from new projects, including a house in Osaka with 16 different floor levels and a minimal square building clad in black corrugated metal. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest or visit our updated board to see more. More about See unusual Japanese houses in this week's Pinterest board
Design studio Barber Osgerby has created the packaging for Jukes Cordialities, a non-alcoholic drink invented by their friend, the wine writer Matthew Jukes. More about Barber Osgerby creates packaging design for "adult cordial"
Argentinian architects Hernan Landolfo and Marcos Asa have extended an apartment in Buenos Aires and reorganised the living spaces around a double-height atrium with an olive tree growing in the centre. More about Hernan Landolfo and Marcos Asa top courtyard house in Argentina with glass extension
Milan's Mandalaki Design Studio has created a series of lights that cast boldly coloured orbs across walls, ceilings and floors. More about Mandalaki designs Halo Edition lights to be "an art object"
Artists Heather and Ivan Morison have unveiled Mother, a thatched hut offering sanctuary and solitude in a Cambridgeshire nature reserve. More about Studio Morison builds thatched hideaway disguised as a haystack
White stone lattice surrounds the entrance to a paramedical college in Agroha, India, clad in red sandstone by architecture practice SpaceMatters. More about SpaceMatters uses red and white sandstone for medical college in Agroha
This week on Dezeen, CF Møller revealed photos of Sweden's tallest timber building and Forensic Architecture founder Eyal Weizman was prevented from entering the United States. More about This week, Sweden's tallest timber building was revealed
Blocks of limestone are transformed into furniture in this collection by students from the Estonian Academy of Arts. More about Estonian Academy of Arts students create furniture from raw limestone
Angled white walls will mark the entrance to underground contemplation spaces at Herzog & de Meuron's roadside Autobahnkirche chapel in Switzerland.
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Los Angeles practice Stayner Architects has restored a 1950s house in Palm Desert, California, which was designed by modernist architect Walter S White to feature a wave-shaped roof. More about Stayner Architects restores modernist Wave House in California
Venetian office AMAA has converted an abandoned plumbing factory into an architecture studio with a rough-and-ready character. More about AMAA creates own studio by inserting huge glass box inside old Italian factory
Rem Koolhaas's exhibition exploring the countryside at New York's Guggenheim museum aims "to put the countryside on the agenda again". More about Countryside, The Future exhibition has "nothing to do with architecture" says Rem Koolhaas
Craig Green and JW Anderson are among the eight designers who created fresh takes on the puffer jacket for Moncler's extensive 2020 Genius collection at Milan Fashion Week. More about Eight designers reinvent Moncler for 2020 Genius initiative
Copenhagen's The Audo is a hybrid hotel and furniture showroom says Menu founder Bjarne Hansen, in this video produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD awards. More about At The Audo hotel "you can purchase everything you see"
Companies from across the architecture, engineering and construction industries have collaborated to create a free digital embodied carbon calculator that they hope will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and counter climate change. More about Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator launches to tackle industry emissions
Built-in furniture and storage elements made from MDF feature inside this Barcelona apartment, which has been overhauled by local architecture practice MH.AP Studio. More about An Attic for David in Barcelona features a cosy interior crafted from MDF