White metal louvres covering the facade of this apartment block in Paris can be drawn across windows and balconies to screen against the sun and street. More about Sliding shutters cover Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes' Parisian apartments
To make this workspace feel more cosy, Muxin looked to the decor of homes and combined warm materials with leafy green plants. More about Muxin brings the "slowness" of living spaces to a Shanghai office
Japanese designer Jin Kuramoto referenced furniture of the 18th century to create a Shaker-style chair for furniture brand Arflex. More about Jin Kuramoto revives Shaker style for Arflex's Root chair
Inception-esque folded buildings feature on new book covers for the science-fiction novels of William Gibson. More about Abstracted architecture graces new covers for William Gibson's dystopian novels
ArchiBlox has given this prefabricated beachfront house near Sydney a verdant plant-covered roof to help it blend into its clifftop setting. More about ArchiBlox creates garden roof for house overlooking a beach in Australia
Italian designer Elena Bompani has designed a flexible furniture system for renters and travellers. More about Elena Bompani's Itaca furniture is made for a new generation of nomads
This year's World Architecture Festival was held in the German capital of Berlin, so we've created a new Pinterest board dedicated to the city's regenerated architecture – including a renovated Nazi-era swimming pool hall by Veauthier Meyer Architects. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
More about Berlin's re-purposed buildings feature on our latest Pinterest board
A Vancouver-based startup's conceptual design for flat-packed recreational cabins would allow users to build for themselves, making the wilderness more readily accessible. More about Flat-packed cabin concept allows tiny houses to be assembled like IKEA furniture
Swathes of bright colour combine with patterned ceramic tiles in the Hong Kong apartment home of multidisciplinary design studio Lim + Lu. More about Lim + Lu creates bright apartment home to double as its showroom
Inside this wooden, prefabricated house in Amsterdam by Marc Koehler Architects, an angular black staircase crisscrosses between split levels. More about Prefabricated house in Amsterdam features wooden walls, zigzagging stairs and split levels
To create the visuals for Fraction's music video, director Julius Horsthuis used software that generates "unpredictable and infinitely complex shapes". More about Julius Horsthuis creates hypnotic fractal visuals for Isometric music video
The loft space of an art nouveau building in Strasbourg, France has been converted into this light-filled two-storey apartment. More about f+f architectes converts attic into bright and spacious two-storey apartment
A cluster of red metal-clad volumes are arranged around a secluded courtyard at Henning Stummel's self-designed home in west London. More about Red pyramidal rooms form Henning Stummel's London home
This week on Dezeen, the best architecture of 2016 was lauded at the World Architecture Festival in Berlin, where Zaha Hadid Architects director Patrik Schumacher gave a keynote speech calling for social housing to be scrapped. More about This week, 2016's best building was revealed and Patrik Schumacher ruffled feathers
Spanish-Mexican studio LaSelva's 45 furniture system for Chinese brand Inyard can be customised to create tables of different sizes and finishes. More about LaSelva's 45 table system has more than 100 different combinations
This vacation home in Washington state by Prentiss Balance Wickline encloses a courtyard within interlocking volumes clad in weathering steel. More about Weathering-steel volumes wrap courtyard at Washington holiday home
A subterranean museum in Poland with a huge public space on its roof has won the title World Building of the Year 2016 at the World Architecture Festival. More about National Museum in Szczecin named World Building of the Year 2016
Tenants have begun moving into 461 Dean, a New York residential building by SHoP Architects described as the world's tallest modular tower and billed a solution to meet the high demand for urban housing. More about World's tallest modular high-rise by SHoP Architects opens in Brooklyn
A monochrome clothing boutique in China has been awarded the World Interior of the Year prize at Inside 2016. More about Heike fashion concept store wins World Interior of the Year 2016
A proposal for a five-storey school in Melbourne has won the title Future of the Year 2016 at the World Architecture Festival. More about "Vertical school" in Melbourne named Future Project of the Year 2016