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Canadian firm Alain Carle Architecte has built a sustainable house in the mountains of Quebec as a retreat from modern conveniences. More about Expansive deck divides levels of Canadian cliffside house by Alain Carle
Studiomama has designed an oak trestle for furniture company Another Brand, which can be rotated to make a dining table, a console or a coffee table. More about Studiomama designs versatile wooden trestle that supports colourful tabletops
American firm BFDO Architects has included a series of niches and pathways for shy cats to escape guests in its design for this Brooklyn home interior. More about BFDO Architects creates hiding places for cats in Brooklyn row house
Designer Brodie Neill has worked with recycled ocean plastic to produce new furniture pieces, and used them to create a waterfall installation in a London hotel. More about Brodie Neill showcases his "ocean terrazzo" with waterfall installation
US architecture firm SO-IL has continued its exploration of material skins that filter the air with a set of costumes for a musical performance during the Chicago Architecture Biennial, which opens to the public today. More about SO-IL and Ana Prvački create air-filtering costumes for Chicago Biennial musical performance
This house in the Portuguese coastal town of São Félix da Marinha comprises a series of stacked volumes clad in varying materials to signify the different programmatic functions contained within them. More about VOA combines wood, marble and glass in layered composition of Portuguese seaside home
British designer Ross Lovegrove has used suede-like fabric to create a huge serpentine sculpture in one of the V&A's tapestry galleries, as part of this year's London Design Festival. More about Ross Lovegrove installs 21-metre-long fabric snake in V&A tapestry room
This week on Dezeen, Apple revealed a string of new products during its 2017 keynote and Thomas Heatherwick unveiled South Africa's biggest art museum. More about This week, Apple unveiled iPhone X and Heatherwick's Cape Town gallery opened
Two Seattle-based aerospace engineers have invented a floating survival shelter that, in the event of a disaster, can house between two and 10 people for up to five days. More about Engineers invent a floating survival capsule that can withstand a tsunami
Sid Lee Architecture has completed an extensive renovation for one of Montreal's most prestigious hotels, opening its lobby and public spaces to serve a broader clientele than just hotel guests. More about Sid Lee overhauls interiors of Montreal's iconic Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel
Barack Obama has urged top architecture studios and tech firms like Amazon, Google and Microsoft to take on paid apprentices from Chicago's South Side at a public consultation event for the Obama Presidential Library. More about Obama calls on architecture and tech firms to support Chicago presidential library with apprenticeship schemes
A miniature library adjoins this tiny home that architect Sam Jacob and car brand MINI have built for this year's London Design Festival. More about Sam Jacob and MINI team up to create micro home with attached library
From an open-plan Berlin apartment that acts as an exhibition space to a garden shed for making and displaying sculpture, art takes centre stage in these homes, which have all been popular on our Pinterest page. More about 10 homes that double up as galleries or artists' workspaces
Vibrant blue and orange lights clash in this installation by Australian designer Flynn Talbot, which takes over the V&A's Prince Consort Gallery throughout the London Design Festival. More about Flynn Talbot transforms V&A's former textile room into colourful hall of light
Renault has revealed an autonomous, electric concept car at the Frankfurt Motor Show this week, which it sees as an extension of the connected home. More about Renault unveils its vision for a car and home "in complete symbiosis"
Dezeen has teamed up with Swedish audio brand Urbanears to give away a pair of wireless speakers that are designed to suit even the most minimal interiors. More about Competition: win a pair of multi-room speakers by Urbanears
Following the news that Rafael Moneo has been named as the architecture laureate for the 2017 Praemium Imperiale, here's a look at six of the Spanish architect's most prolific projects. More about Six stand-out buildings by Praemium Imperiale winner Rafael Moneo
It's Open House London this weekend, meaning hundreds of buildings that are usually inaccessible to the public are throwing open their doors. Here's a look at 10 properties worth braving the early morning queues for. More about 10 buildings worth visiting during Open House London this weekend
Architects should specify expensive materials including stainless steel and titanium for their buildings to ensure they are recycled afterwards, according to French architect Édouard François. More about "We have to build in gold, silver, titanium and copper" says Édouard François