This blackened timber house in Melbourne curves around an olive tree garden, and was designed by BLOXAS Architecture for a client with a severe sleeping condition. More about Black house in Melbourne provides sanctuary for sleeping-disorder sufferer
Morphosis has refurbished guest rooms at a hotel in Vals, Switzerland, where the US firm has also proposed a controversial skyscraper beside Peter Zumthor's famed spa building. More about Morphosis designs bedrooms for hotel at Zumthor's Vals spa
Spanish firm Fran Silvestre Arquitectos designed the off-white angular form of this house so it would "hang from the topography" of the Hollywood Hills. More about Minimal Hollywood house by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos juts out from steep hillside
100% design director William Knight is leaving his London post to head up Dubai Design Week. More about William Knight appointed head of design for Art Dubai Group
The latest edition of Dezeen Mail contains a cross-shaped, 14-storey monument imagined by Giles Miller and Forbes Massie and a skinny house in Rotterdam self-designed by a pair of architects. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail ›
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From John Pawson's minimally styled London house to the skinny Rotterdam residence of architect couple Gwendolyn Huisman and Marijn Boterman, we've rounded up 10 of the best self-designed homes by architects and designers. More about 10 homes architects and designers have created for themselves
Dezeen promotion: architects and designers have until the end of February to submit their entries to this year's A' Design Awards. More about Final call for entries to A' Design Awards 2017
Construction is well underway on a 207-metre skyscraper by Zaha Hadid Architects in Beijing, which will feature a huge twisting atrium that is expected to be the world's tallest. More about Zaha Hadid Architects' Beijing tower to feature world's largest atrium
Five projects are in the running for the Mies van der Rohe Award 2017, including a London housing scheme by Alison Brooks and a church building in Ribe by Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects that shelters 12th-century ruins. More about Five finalists revealed for Mies van der Rohe Award 2017
IKEA and Tom Dixon have revealed the results of their collaboration: a modular bed that "explores notions of adaptability and future-proofing". More about IKEA reveals Tom Dixon's Delaktig modular bed and sofa
Nokia is rumoured to be relaunching its bestselling 3310 mobile phone as a cheap backup for smartphone users. More about Nokia reportedly bringing back 3310 mobile phone
Children can nestle into yellow alcoves and pull wooden furniture out of the walls at this school in Madrid by Rica Studio, which uses play to teach the English language. More about Walls with integrated furniture and yellow nooks encourage play in Madrid school
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a sustainable design advisor at Hawkins\Brown in London, whose remodel of the Bloomsbury building at the Bartlett School of Architecture features a staircase designed as a "social generator" (pictured). More ›
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Architectural photographer Fernando Guerra has captured Claesson Koivisto Rune's first collection for Swedish furniture brand Dux at a vineyard in northern Portugal. More about Fernando Guerra photographs Claesson Koivisto Rune's first furniture collection for Dux
A staircase connecting a series of split levels ascends through a void at the centre of this house in Jakarta, which features a cantilevered upper storey that projects over the entrance. More about Multiple mezzanines are connected by an open stair in Delution Architect's Jakarta house
American firm Studio MM Architect has created a modern holiday dwelling for a forested site in upstate New York, which features a giant front door and a garage for its car-lover owner. More about Studio MM clads Hudson Valley hillside cabin in blackened wood
New York studio Tacklebox has clad the interior of this Washington DC store for skincare brand Aesop with 100-year-old recycled sticks. More about 30,000 sticks line wall of Aesop Georgetown by Tacklebox
Architecture firm Tham & Videgård has turned a former Stockholm design college into a members club that aims to make creative professionals feel "a little spoiled". More about Dark walls and custom furniture fill Stockholm's Alma creative space by Tham & Videgård
Dezeen promotion: Dezeen has teamed up with design brand BD Barcelona Design to look back on some of its most successful products – the first being a table designed by Konstantin Grcic in 2009. More about Konstantin Grcic's Table B for BD Barcelona still is an "iconic design"
Landscape architects McGregor Coxall has won a competition to design a wetland sanctuary in Tianjin, offering migrating birds a stopover to fatten up and breed. More about McGregor Coxall proposes wetland "bird airport" for northern China