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Los Angeles firm Arshia Architects has created a sculptural white hillside residence to comply with the stringent zoning requirements of its exclusive neighbourhood. More about Arshia Architects completes angular white residence in Hollywood Hills
The bold colours and geometric shapes used throughout this hair salon in Melbourne are based on the works of postmodernist designer Ettore Sottsass. More about Adriana Hanna designs Sottsass-inspired interior for Melbourne hair salon
Bloco Arquitetos has created an extra storey for a family home in Brasília by adding a stilted concrete structure that incorporates panels of perforated brickwork. More about Brick screens are set into framework of concrete columns and beams at Casa Grid
Simon Landrein depicts the chain reaction that follows after a woman falls in love with a random man in Coco Banana's Earthquaker music video. More about Simon Landrein animates woman falling in love with a stranger for Coco Banana music video
This cork-clad studio provides a shared workspace for a musician and a seamstress in the back garden of their north-London home. More about Surman Weston builds cork-covered studio for sewing and music-making
Herzog & de Meuron dominated the headlines this week. The Swiss firm revealed its plans to extend Mies van der Rohe's seminal Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, while its long-delayed Hamburg concert hall finally completed. More about This week, Herzog & de Meuron completed a concert hall and started on a Mies extension
Chilean studio GT2P has designed a set of boulder-like stools using re-melted volcanic rock. More about GT2P melts rock from Chilean volcanoes to create Remolten furniture
Quebec firm Atelier Pierre Thibault has overhauled a home built in the 1970s, removing interior partitions and locating a sculptural plywood staircase at its core. More about Atelier Pierre Thibault reorganises Quebec home around central plywood stairs
Six apartments stacked in pairs of rectangular concrete blocks make up this Caribbean guesthouse, designed by architect John Hix to be completely self sufficient. More about John Hix designs off-grid concrete guesthouse for Caribbean island
Flecks of coloured glass and marble chips pattern these terrazzo objects for the home by Los Angeles studio Besler & Sons. More about Besler & Sons launches speckled terrazzo home accessories
The world's first zero-emissions passenger trains powered by fuel cells are set to go into service in Germany. More about Germany welcomes world's first zero-emissions hydrogen trains
Architect Rasem Kamal has proposed a network of burrow-like spaces that would sprawl out beneath a UNESCO-protected valley in the Jordanian desert. More about Rasem Kamal proposes warren of subterranean services for Jordan's Wadi Rum
Textured surfaces and sculptural staircases are some of the ways that concrete can be used to create contemporary home interiors. See 10 of the most popular examples in this week's roundup from Pinterest. More about 10 popular concrete home interiors from Dezeen's Pinterest boards
Young girls that suffer from spinal curvature will soon be able to wear lighter and more stylish 3D-printed braces to treat their condition. More about 3D-printed back brace offers "fashionable" solution for scoliosis sufferers
Indonesian architect Realrich Sjarief's fondness for geometric forms is expressed in the circular and arch-shaped windows of this house and studio he designed for himself in Jakarta. More about Circular windows and pyramidal skylights add playful geometry to Indonesian home
Dezeen is the top platform for comments on architecture and design and one of the most commented websites in the world, according to a survey of reader interactions. More about Dezeen is the world's most commented architecture and design website
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Nicolette Bodewes has created a tactile toolkit designed to be used in psychotherapy sessions. More about Tools for Therapy encourage people to open up about their emotions
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an industrial designer at the London studio of Marc Newson, whose recent projects include a colourful revamp of Louis Vuitton's iconic luggage trunks (pictured). Read more stories on Marc Newson or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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This house in Belgium has been overhauled for a couple of art and book collectors to include a wood-lined living space and plenty of cosy reading nooks. More about Rob Mols and Studio K update Belgian home with wood-lined garden room