Toronto designer Paolo Ferrari has crafted a series of furniture pieces, including a velvet sofa with large rolled cushions and a perforated pale wood cabinet, all made in Canada. More about Paolo Ferrari uses rolled velvet cushions and bleached wood for Editions furniture collection
Interior design studio MoreySmith has created co-working spaces with a "contemporary industrial" aesthetic in an old factory building in Paris. More about MoreySmith create co-working offices in former industrial building in Paris
Macdonald Wright Architects has added a barn clad in black-stained boards to Caring Wood – a Kent country villa that is vying to be named the UK's House of the Year. More about Black-stained barn built by Macdonald Wright Architects at Caring Wood country house
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Fujita Keisuke has made an installation that uses real-time tweets from people expressing suicidal thoughts to activate a motor-powered needle that scratches away at a monolithic block of carbon. More about Fujita Keisuke uses suicide tweets to explore the effects of digital communication
Our new Pinterest board is full of highlights from 2017's World Architecture Festival and Inside events, which both took place in Berlin this week. It features the shortlist for best architecture photograph of 2017, as well as the World Building of the Year and Interior of the Year award winners. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Toronto firm StudioAC has gutted a Victorian property in the city to reconfigure the layout and create more spaces for entertaining. More about StudioAC opens up interior of century-old Hilton House in Toronto
Canadian studio Naturehumaine has extended a house in Montreal to create a family living area and an elevated master bedroom, which are all encased in a large grey frame that offers privacy from neighbours. More about Angular frame juts over Montreal house extension by Naturehumaine
Spanish studio Raúl Sánchez Architects has transformed two derelict apartments in downtown Barcelona into a spacious two-storey home, centred around a pair of double-height gold cubes. More about Raúl Sánchez Architects creates duplex apartment with golden cubes at its centre
Belgian designer Alain Gilles looked to the world of cycling when designing this lounge chair, which incorporates a tubular metal frame and customisable elements. More about Alain Gilles creates lounge chair that references vintage bicycles
A white box bursts through the roof of this old chapel in Limburg, Belgium, to form the new studio for architecture office Klaarchitectuur. More about Klaarchitectuur inserts new architecture studio inside dilapidated Belgian chapel
This week, a survey conducted by Dezeen revealed a gender imbalance for the highest-ranking positions at the world's biggest architecture firms, which lead to a response from prominent female architects. More about This week, Dezeen's survey exposed the gender imbalance at the top of large architecture firms
Fashion brand Charlotte Olympia has launched a pair of high-heeled shoes and a clutch bag, which were designed in collaboration with the late architect Zaha Hadid. More about Charlotte Olympia launches fashion accessories designed in collaboration with Zaha Hadid
Oregon-based architect Erin Moore has completed a tropical getaway in Hawaii that consists of two pavilions sited on either edge of a 300-year-old solidified lava formation. More about Hawaiian cabins by Erin Moore are designed for life outdoors
A house made using a rammed-earth construction technique developed to rebuild a village destroyed by earthquake has received the title of World Building of the Year 2017 at the World Architecture Festival awards. More about Post-earthquake reconstruction of Chinese village house named World Building of the Year 2017
A moulded plywood pavilion built within a Singapore furniture store has won the title of World Interior of the Year at Inside festival 2017. More about Plywood pavilion for Herman Miller named World Interior of the Year 2017
Plans for the replacement of Sydney's "dangerous, odorous and dilapidated" fish markets have been named Future Project of the Year 2017 at the World Architecture Festival awards. More about Sydney Fish Markets named Future Project of the Year 2017
A network of elevated pathways that takes tourists through paddy fields and over an 6,500-year-old archaeological site in China's Hunan Province has received the title of World Landscape of the Year 2017 at the World Architecture Festival awards. More about World Landscape of the Year 2017 goes to Chengtoushan Archaeological Park
A show home in the One Thousand Museum tower designed by the late architect Zaha Hadid has been fitted out by Brazilian furniture brand Artefacto. More about First apartment in Zaha Hadid's Miami skyscraper revealed
Neil Baxter has resigned as secretary and treasurer of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, after more than 150 architects accused the organisation of financial mismanagement. More about RIAS chief Neil Baxter resigns following outcry from Scottish architects
For this week's roundup of popular images from Pinterest, we're featuring homes that treat their balconies as extra living spaces. Examples includes a plant-filled lounge space, a tiny spa and a miniature vegetable garden. More about 10 homes that make the most of their balconies