Balint Alovits' photography series Time Machine features architectural staircases in Bauhaus and art deco-style buildings in Budapest, Hungary. More about "Infinite" spiralling staircases in Budapest captured in photography by Balint Alovits
Atelier Pierre Thibault has created an addition to a 1950s residence in Canada, providing its occupants with a new living room, studio, and garage. More about Atelier Pierre Thibault extends ageing Montreal home with double-height living space
While bungalows are generally considered to be a final home for many, the architects of these seven projects made them worth moving into before reaching retirement age. More about Seven bungalows worthy of an early retirement
Brooklyn-based Studio Tack has transformed a rundown motel in northern California, creating a mellow atmosphere with vintage furniture, pastel colours and palm-patterned prints. More about The Sandman hotel by Studio Tack is "a modern throwback to roadside inns"
Dutch studio HOP has completed a specialty coffee bar in Amsterdam with an open-plan layout that revolves around a central bar and three seating islands. More about HOP scatters mid-century furniture throughout Public Space coffee bar
Portland-based design studio Ilovehandles has created wrapping paper that can have an afterlife as origami figures, to avoid the mess and waste associated with ripping the paper off presents. More about Origami Wrap is a gift wrap printed with folding instructions for origami figures
This week on Dezeen, Italian architect Renzo Piano volunteered to design a new bridge for his home town of Genoa to replace the collapsed Ponte Morandi bridge. More about This week, Renzo Piano offered to design a bridge to replace the Ponte Morandi
TU Delft graduate Dermot Horgan has created a concept for a neighbourhood that would be built around a publicly accessible data bank, to make the topic of personal information central to society. More about Dermot Horgan imagines personal data bank at centre of future Amsterdam neighbourhood
Expansive angled roofs crown this desert house by Arizona firm Kendle Design Collaborative, protecting and shading spaces between walls of rammed earth and exposed concrete. More about Dancing Light House by Kendle Design Collaborative features dramatic pointy roofs
In our final P.O.D.System Architecture movie, architects Joanna Grant and Jimenez Lai of Bureau Spectacular explain their playful high-rise architecture concept that also functions as furniture or a cat tower at different scales. More about Bureau Spectacular creates high-rise architecture model that doubles as a cat tower
Toronto design studio Castor has launched a set of accessories for marijuana users that resembles a vintage candy dish, ahead of Canada's expected legalisation of the drug later this year. More about Castor targets Canada's ageing pot users with Heirloom Stack
Dezeen promotion: the Dezeen x Samsung Ambient Mode design competition has been whittled down to a shortlist of five, who have shared the thinking behind their designs with Dezeen. More about Top five finalists announced in Dezeen and Samsung's TV Ambient Mode competition
American firm Hoogland Architecture has conceived a low-lying concrete residence wrapped in weathering steel, for an active couple who hope to remain in the Mojave Desert home as they age. More about Hoogland Architecture designs Arroyo House for stark desert site in southern Nevada
We've selected four of the best roles in interior design available on Dezeen Jobs right now, including opportunities with Foster + Partners and Heatherwick Studio. More about Four of the best interior design roles available right now
Prefabricated housing startup Koto has launched a series of modular one- to four-bedroom cabins that can be customised with add-ons such as saunas and outdoor showers. More about Koto's flexible prefab cabins are designed for a Nordic lifestyle
Helsinki's new art museum Amos Rex proves that importing an international brand, like the Guggenheim, isn't the only way to create a blockbuster tourist attraction, argues Dezeen deputy editor Tom Ravenscroft. More about "With Amos Rex, Helsinki shows you don't need to import a brand to get cultural prestige"
Duangrit Bunnag has defended his competition-winning design for a new airport terminal in Bangkok, which detractors claim copies Kengo Kuma's work. More about Architect denies plagiarising Kengo Kuma for Bangkok airport terminal design
The latest Dezeen competition offers readers the chance to win a WW Armchair, part of the Colour Series created by Hayche and Brighton-based Studio Makgill. More about Competition: win a WW Armchair by Hayche
Studio RYTE's Catssup collection can be attached to shelves or furniture to provide a world for cats to explore without compromising the human living space. More about Catssup lets you hack your furniture to create a vertical cat playground
Nike has applied its signature ZoomX foam to a new running shoe, which the brand describes as its "fastest-ever training product". More about Nike adapts super-fast marathon shoe for everyday wear