Oppenheim Architecture and Studio Arthur Casas have designed this hotel in Rio de Janeiro so that guests can overlook the city's famous Copacabana Beach while bathing in a rooftop swimming pool. More about Glazed pool and perforated shutters offer Copacabana views from Rio de Janeiro hotel
Japanese studio Nendo has created a collection of furniture and accessories in its trademark minimalist style for Chinese lifestyle brand Zens. More about Nendo creates Kanji-inspired furniture and stone-shaped tableware for Zens
The concrete exterior of this badminton centre in the South Korean city of Gwangju is coloured to match the local soil, and contrasts with a row of clerestory windows clad in blackened-steel. More about Steel-clad clerestory windows protrude from concrete badminton hall by JHW IROJE Architects
Canadian designer Martha Sturdy has combined geometric shapes with bold, primary colours to create a collection of furniture pieces made entirely from resin. More about Martha Sturdy uses resin to create bold, blocky furniture
To celebrate World Religion Day, we've updated our worship-themed Pinterest board with a diverse range of architecture projects, including a Kenyan cathedral with a slatted roof by John McAlsan + Partners and Tadao Ando's complex around a gigantic buddha statue in Sapporo. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Oslo-based architecture office Skapa has transformed a tired villa near the Norwegian capital into a contemporary home featuring full-height glazed walls that open up to views of the surrounding trees and seascape. More about Skapa updates prefabricated Norwegian seafront house with glazed walls
Shapes borrowed from Middle Eastern architecture and colours of over-saturated food photographs found on menus informed the interior of this fast-casual Lebanese restaurant in Victoria, Canada. More about Pita bread shop interior by Studio Roslyn is based on bad food photography
Traditional Hawaiian hut geometry informed this courtyard house by Johnston Marklee, which comprises four separate volumes grouped beneath a single roof. More about Massive angular roof spans four parts of Hawaiian home by Johnston Marklee
Danish brand Menu has enlisted Norm Architects to design a versatile chair for its multi-use co-working space in Copenhagen. More about Norm Architects designs minimal chair for Menu's co-working space
Dutch practice Eklund Terbeek combines contemporary and original features in this loft apartment, which sits inside an old schoolhouse in Rotterdam. More about Eklund Terbeek transform 20th-century schoolhouse into light-filled loft apartment
ÉCAL student Erika Marthins has combined a series of different technologies with food to create three interactive desserts that move, make noise and refract light. More about Erika Marthins uses edible robotics to create sensory desserts
This week on Dezeen, UK foreign secretary Boris Johnson revealed his plans for a bridge linking England and France. More about This week, the UK foreign secretary suggested a bridge across the English Channel
Leth & Gori has transformed a 19th-century chapel in Copenhagen into an activity centre for cancer patients, using a material palette influenced by the building's original painted ceiling. More about Leth & Gori converts Copenhagen chapel into cancer-care facility with colourful painted joinery
Canadian build-design studio L'Abri has outfitted a home in Montreal with thin slats of wood that create floorboards on the upper level and form a partition in the foyer. More about L'Abri renovates Montreal home with slatted timber floors and walls
An exhibition in Toronto brings together 365 photographs of products by Canadian designers, which were posted to an Instagram account one per day for the past year. More about Exhibition of Instagram images celebrates one year of Canadian design
Dezeen is giving two readers the chance to win a copy of Nomadic Homes, a book featuring a selection of moveable compact dwellings around the globe. More about Competition: win a book about tiny "nomadic" homes all over the world
Dezeen promotion: this year's Surface Design Show will return to London's Business Design Centre from 6 to 8 February 2018, presenting the latest materials for architecture and interior design. More about Surface Design Show returns to London to showcase latest material trends
Zaha Hadid Architects' plans for two soaring skyscrapers at Vauxhall Cross could be the firm's first foray into a mixed-use project in London, but the design is proving controversial. More about Pair of London skyscrapers by Zaha Hadid Architects split opinion
New York's Museum of Modern Art will examine former Yugoslavia's impressive concrete structures and bold urban planning visions created during its communist years, in an exhibition opening this summer. More about MoMA announces exhibition exploring Yugoslavia's concrete architecture
UK foreign secretary Boris Johnson has proposed building a bridge across the English Channel to link Britain and France after Brexit. More about Foreign secretary proposes 22-mile "Boris bridge" to link England and France