A five-day festival of craft kicks off in London on Wednesday, with events across the capital dedicated to makers and artisans. Design editor Augusta Pownall picks out six of the best to take in. More about Six things to see and do at London Craft Week 2019
Architecture studio Fala Atelier has converted a former clothing factory in the town of Abragão, Portugal, into a block of six bare apartments. More about Fala Atelier strips back former factory to create "naked" apartments
This 10-bedroom hotel forms a secluded retreat in a little-known Mexican fishing village between the Pacific Ocean and the Sierra Madre mountains. More about Lo Sereno hotel combines "clean lines and barefoot luxury" in Mexican landscape
The rooftop swimming pool at Casa B, a concrete house in Malta, is visible from both the street and from inside the living space below. More about Glass-sided rooftop pool tops concrete Maltese house by Architrend Architecture
New York designer Anna Karlin has blended organic shapes with machine-cut forms to create a collection of furniture and objects. More about Anna Karlin combines natural and manmade forms in furniture collection
Our new Pinterest board is dedicated to buildings that are raised above the ground on stilts, including a house extension over a lake in England and a bulbous polyurethane home that stands in an orchard in the Czech Republic. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Concrete-like surfaces help Australian design studio Killing Matt Woods foster a dark and brooding atmosphere inside this Sydney apartment. More about Perfect Storm apartment in Sydney features moody grey interiors
Mexican firm PPAA Arquitectos has used board-marked concrete to frame a patio on the rooftop of this house in Mexico City, where residents can lounge in a hammock. More about Gardens surround board-marked concrete house in Mexico City by PPAA Arquitectos
Australian designer Jordana Maisie has designed this shoe shop in San Francisco to look more like a storage room than a boutique. More about Jordana Maisie stacks cardboard shoe boxes around Feit's San Francisco store
A geometric pattern of square-shaped rooms connected by rhombus-shaped circulation areas forms House in Hokusetsu, Osaka, by Japanese firm Tato Architects. More about House in Hokusetsu by Tato Architects is designed as a labyrinth
Bibliophiles can take pleasure in looking through Dezeen's pick of the best libraries, including one in the Netherlands that occupies an old locomotive shed, and another in China that resembles an eye. More about Eight striking libraries that are bound to impress
This week on Dezeen, the impact of plastic on the environment was yet again a talking point, as the London Marathon gave out drinks in edible seaweed capsules and a study revealed the truth behind biodegradable bags. More about This week, plastic waste was back in the spotlight
Italian fashion brand Miu Miu has collaborated with creative agency M/M Paris to design a stool punched with holes that users can endlessly customise with a series of coloured pegs. More about Miu Miu's M/Matching Colorstool is a "board game without rules"
This residence in the Pacific Northwest by US firm Stephenson Design Collective features exterior walls clad in weathering steel and black-stained cedar, along with large windows that offer sweeping views of the mountains and sea. More about Stephenson Design Collective designs House on the Cove to blend with coastal Washington setting
Facebook cofounder Mark Zuckerberg has built a wooden "sleep box" that emits a faint light in the early morning, to alert his wife when it's time to wake up without looking at her phone. More about Mark Zuckerberg builds "sleep box" to help his wife rest
Neri&Hu cofounder Lyndon Neri explains how the studio referenced traditional Chinese courtyard homes in its design for a hotel, in this interview Dezeen filmed at the AHEAD Asia awards ceremony. More about Neri&Hu looked to "traditional courtyard house typology" for Tsingpu Yangzhou Retreat
New photos reveal the Zaha Hadid Architects-designed Changsha Meixihu International Culture and Art Centre nearing completion in China. More about Zaha Hadid Architects' lakeside cultural centre nears completion in Changsha
Miysis Studio has proposed combining a reconstruction of Notre-Dame's spire with a modern glazed roof to "find the right balance between history and future" for the cathedral. More about Miysis Studio envisions Notre-Dame with a reconstructed spire and glass roof
Swedish fintech company Doconomy has launched a credit card that tracks the carbon dioxide emissions of purchases, and caps the climate impact of users' spending. More about Doconomy launches credit card with a carbon-emission spending limit
We're all to blame for the gentrification of Ernö Goldfinger's brutalist Balfron Tower, says Owen Hatherley, so stop getting angry at the architects. More about "We couldn't stop Balfron Tower from being privatised. In fact we probably helped it along"