Canadian studio La Firme has turned a former industrial space in a Montreal heritage building into a contemporary home. More about Room-sized shower "big enough for two" features inside Montreal apartment McGill 120
A house in Japan by Atelier Kento Eto is clad entirely in black corrugated metal with sliding doors that reveal a double-height hall with white walls. More about Atelier Kento Eto designs minimal black house hiding lofty interiors
While commonly known as a tech hub, Silicon Valley is home to a number of impressive residential designs. US reporter Bridget Cogley picks out six stand-out homes in the area. More about Six striking houses in California's Silicon Valley
Birmingham-based surfaces manufacturer Foresso uses timber offcuts and plaster waste to produce this terrazzo-like sheet material, which shows off the grain of the wood. More about Foresso creates timber terrazzo using recycled materials
Our updated Pinterest board features bathrooms with bold designs, including a glass-walled shower room and the striking bathrooms of The Siren Hotel in Detroit. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest or visit our updated board to see more. More about Explore the latest bathroom trends on this week's Pinterest board
Say Architects has completed a grooming salon for pets in Hangzhou, China, which includes a sunken cafe, playground and a paddling pool where four-legged visitors can dip their paws. More about Hangzhou's Nova Pets is a grooming parlour where owners can hang out with their animals
Architects Peter McNeil and Clarissa Nam have built two detached houses on a corner lot in Toronto to live in and use as a rental property. More about Semi Semi by COMN Architects comprises two matching homes on a lot in Toronto
Hand-painted murals and crown-like brass chandeliers feature in the Veronika restaurant in New York, which local studio Roman and Williams designed to reference a variety of artistic styles. More about Roman and Williams creates "romantic" Veronika restaurant inside New York's Fotografiska museum
Charlie Luxton Design has refurbished a neglected brick bungalow on the edge of a village in the Cotswolds to create a family home. More about Charlie Luxton Design refurbishes and extends Cotswolds bungalow
Floating saunas, an egg-shaped sauna and a sauna built like a concrete mine shaft are some of the 10 unique saunas to warm up in cold countries. More about Ten steamy saunas to sweat it out in colder climes
This week on Dezeen, the work of up-and-coming French designers, alongside sofas and rugs were on show at the Maison&Objet furniture and accessories fair in Paris. More about This week sofas and young designers were showcased at Maison&Objet
Architects including Junya Ishigami, Elizabeth Diller and Shohei Shigematsu spoke at the inaugural The World Around architecture forum in New York. Watch the full conference on Dezeen. More about Watch The World Around architecture conference in New York
British designer Samuel Wilkinson has updated the classic director's chair, introducing a hidden mechanism that allows the fabric seat to be held in tension without any noticeable support. More about Samuel Wilkinson designs contemporary take on the director's chair
David Adjaye has used pink-tinted concrete to form a "tough and gentle" store in Los Angeles for fashion retailer The Webster, which marks the British-Ghanaian architect's first project in California. More about David Adjaye curves pink concrete around Los Angeles store The Webster
Designer Julia Lohmann's Department of Seaweed is showing a pavilion made of kelp and rattan at the World Economic Forum conference in Davos, where world leaders have met this week. More about Julia Lohmann brings seaweed pavilion to Davos as climate-change warning
Los Angeles studio Lawson-Fenning has outfitted an apartment in RM Schindler's 1930s residential building Manola Court with furniture influenced by California modernism. More about California modernists RM Schindler and Richard Neutra influence Maker's Collection furniture
Autonomous vehicle startup Cruise has revealed its first self-driving, electric car designed for shared ownership, which has no steering wheel or pedals. More about Cruise unveils its driverless Origin car for shared ownership
Social Design Collaborative has created ModSkool, a modular anti-eviction school for farming communities in Delhi that can be quickly dismantled if the settlement is demolished. More about School for squatters in India can be dismantled to evade bulldozers
PriestmanGoode has unveiled designs for the interiors and branding of Indian co-living venture Olive, which will launch with a 15,000-bed community in Bangalore. More about PriestmanGoode to design interiors of vast Indian co-living spaces
Hydbrid Air Vehicles has revealed the production-ready design of its Airlander 10 — and said the aircraft once fondly known as "the Flying Bum" might go electric in the near future. More about Refined Airlander 10 design set to go into production