London studio Seymourpowell's virtual-reality tool for automotive design allows people in various locations around the world to work together in real time. More about Seymourpowell demos VR software for collaboratively designing cars
This modest extension to a cottage in the Scottish countryside was designed by architecture studio Sutherland & Co so the owners could invite their family to stay. More about Gabled guesthouse by Sutherland & Co extends countryside cottage in Scotland
Young Architects Competitions is inviting designers to submit proposals for a complex of observatory houses, located in the grounds of Italy's Roccascalegna castle. More about Call for entries to YAC's Observatory Houses competition
Large windows are slotted in between concrete and timber-clad floorplates to form this polygonal house in the Swiss town of Möhlin, designed by Basel-based architect Jan Skuratowski. More about Jan Skuratowski's "pavilion-like" House M features large window walls
Stockholm studio Snask's North Korea rebrand features a heart motif designed to create a "common feeling of belonging". More about Snask rebrands North Korea as Love Korea with heart-focused identity
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a Part-II architectural assistant to join Asif Khan's London studio, which recently installed temporary plant-filled pavilions across east London. More ›
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Atelier XÜK has added a corrugated-metal attic room to this Spanish colonial-style house, which was designed in the 1920s by a Hungarian architect for a plot in Shanghai's French quarter. More about Atelier XÜK adds wedge-shaped roof extension to Spanish-style villa in Shanghai
Evelop Arquitectura has created a white hillside house where glazing fully opens onto lavender bushes and a verdant garden, against the backdrop of central Mexico's rolling terrain. More about Glazing surrounds white house by Evelop Arquitectura to provide vistas of Mexican dale
Colourful metal cladding extends across the front of this daycare centre in the Finnish city of Espoo, which encloses a secluded playground to its rear. More about AFKS wraps horseshoe-shaped kindergarten in stripy multicoloured metal cladding
Recent graduate Timo Spelleken has designed a minimal flat-pack chair that can easily be assembled at home without tools, screws or adhesives. More about Heureka chair by Timo Spelleken can be assembled without tools, screws or adhesives
Speckled linoleum furniture, pale walls and minimal shelving provide a neutral backdrop for flower arrangements and plants at this Toronto florist by MSDS studio. More about Toronto flower shop by MSDS Studio features pale walls and linoleum-covered furniture
Three hundred individually cut and mutually supporting stone pieces form this latticed canopy in Jericho, which was developed as a prototype to demonstrate new possibilities for building with stone. More about AAU Anastas and GSA Research Laboratory use digital technologies to create self-supporting stone pavilion
Furniture brand Carl Hansen & Son has reissued the first dining chair by Danish designer Poul Kjærholm put into production. More about Carl Hansen & Son reissues Poul Kjærholm's PK1 dining chair
With New York's design season well underway, our updated Pinterest board showcases the best architecture and design from around the Big Apple, including SHoP Architects' recently completed "dancing" skyscrapers along the East River and Piet Boon's Dutch-inspired apartments on Park Avenue. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Maryland-based GriD Architects has taken cues from vernacular Appalachian houses and local rock formations to create this West Virginia home on a forested hillside. More about West Virginia home by GriD Architects perches above Potomac River
Designers Joe Hollier and Kaiwei Tang have designed a dumbphone that intentionally lacks features, in hopes of encouraging users to disconnect from the internet. More about Minimalist Light Phone is designed to be used as little as possible
Hundreds of used black plastic chairs cover the facade of this furniture shop, which architecture studio Chybik + Kristof has created inside a former car showroom in the Czech city of Brno. More about Chybik + Kristof uses 900 plastic chairs to clad Czech furniture showroom
German designer Konstantin Grcic has created a straight-legged "archetypal" chair for Italian furniture brand Mattiazzi. More about Konstantin Grcic designs "strictly vertical" Primo chair for Mattiazzi
When designing this pop-up store for fashion brand Axel Arigato, Christian Halleröd brought colour to the minimal space through yellow-tinted windows and bright fur seats. More about Christian Halleröd uses yellow accents for Axel Arigato Gallery in Stockholm
Glass doors are set into arched frames resembling a colonnade in this extension to a Victorian-era house in Birmingham, England, which Intervention Architecture designed for a choir singer. More about Colonnade-like glazing fronts Birmingham house extension by Intervention Architecture