Canadian studio Batay-Csorba Architects has created a pair of slender residential buildings in central Toronto that pay heed to the craftsmanship found in the area's historic architecture. More about Batay-Csorba creates urban townhouses in Toronto faced with brick and wooden screens
Residents of Rogers Stirk Harbour's Neo Bankside apartments are taking legal action against Tate Modern to force the gallery to close part of the viewing platform of its recent Herzog & de Meuron-designed extension. More about Neo Bankside residents take Tate Modern to court over Herzog & de Meuron extension
IKEA is to employ refugees at production centres in Jordan this summer as part of a long-term plan to create employment for 200,000 disadvantaged people around the world through social entrepreneurship programmes. More about IKEA aims to take 200,000 people out of poverty in massive social sustainability drive
Dezeen promotion: architects David Chipperfield, Diébédo Francis Kéré, Ma Yansong and Elizabeth Diller will join Dr Joan Clos of UN-Habitat for the centrepiece conference of the Royal Institute of British Architects' International Week in July. More about David Chipperfield, Diébédo Francis Kéré, Ma Yansong and Elizabeth Diller to speak at RIBA International Week
In our final movie from the AHEAD Asia awards last month, Australian architect Kerry Hill says he doesn't believe in "plonk architecture" and instead approaches every building differently. More about I don't believe in plonking "a Gehry here, a Gehry there", says Kerry Hill
This house by Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao comprises a cluster of five-sided concrete blocks that emerge from a forested hillside to offer panoramic views towards the city of Monterrey. More about Tatiana Bilbao's Ventura House "grows organically" out from a forested Mexico hillside
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a deputy range manager of kitchen and dining at IKEA in Älmhult, which launched kitchens made out of recycled plastic bottles by Form Us With Love earlier this year. More ›
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A vanity table optimised for selfies and a tactile rug that helps you avoid walking into walls while virtual-reality gaming were among the objects presented at this year's Milan design week by Singaporean designer Olivia Lee. More about Olivia Lee designs furniture to help solve technology-related daily dilemmas
Toronto-based StudioAC has remodelled the interior of a local apartment for a young client, balancing a bright and open living space with a cosy bedroom tucked away inside a millwork box. More about White box forms sleeping nook in Toronto loft by StudioAC
This conceptual, exposed concrete home by the Office of Adrian Phiffer is meant to respond to the banal character of its proposed location in Midtown Toronto. More about Adrian Phiffer envisions concrete Toronto home with cutouts and angled walls
A+Awards: a swimming pool that starts inside this Architizer A+Award-winning house in central Germany continues out perpendicular to the low-slung volume and projects from the sloped site. More about Villa K by Paul de Ruiter Architects lies long and low on a German hillside
Tech giant Apple has joined the list of companies approved to test driverless vehicles on California's roads. More about Apple secures license to test self-driving cars in California
Over 1,500 terracotta blocks were intricately carved and stacked to create this installation in Milan, which SHoP architects hoped would provide visitors with a moment of solace. More about SHoP creates immersive terracotta enclosure as a space to pause and reflect
Featuring an irregular geometric form, this apartment building in Saitama, Japan, accommodates homes for seven families, as well as red-painted communal areas at street level. More about Balconies and courtyards puncture Japanese apartment building by Eureka and Maru Architecture
When refurbishing the interior of this gallery in Rome, Antonino Cardillo looked to the colours and textures used in the opening scene of Richard Wagner's Das Rheingold opera. More about Antonino Cardillo bases textured all-green gallery interior on Wagner opera
Black-painted larch clads this small house in Croatia, designed by architect Tomislav Soldo for a hill overlooking forests and mountains. More about Croatian mountain lodge by Tomislav Soldo designed to light up like a lantern through diagonal shutters
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an interior design assistant at Float Studio in New York, which designed mattress brand Casper's headquarters in Manhattan, where employees can have meetings or take naps on beds provided at the office. More ›
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London studio Raw Edges has partnered with Persian rug company Golran to update its Lake carpet collection with a floral design that appears different depending on the viewing angle. More about Raw Edges's floral Lake rugs use lenticular patterns to change colour
To revitalise a residential district in Newark, New Jersey, local firm Ikon.5 Architects has created a neighbourhood facility featuring basketball courts and classrooms for professional development. More about Glass facade invites participation at New Jersey community centre by Ikon.5 Architects
Swedish studio Front has put a new spin on the classic No. 14 bentwood chair by Gebrüder Thonet Vienna with its one-armed N.0 design. More about Front designs asymmetric version of Thonet's classic bistro chair