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Architecture
Floating wooden pavilion designed by students to deal with forest flooding in Estonia
Estonian interior architecture students designed this floating timber pavilion to provide a shelter, sauna and campfire for visitors to the Soomaa National Park wetlands during flooding. More about Floating wooden pavilion designed by students to deal with forest flooding in Estonia
Furniture
Designers and architects customise Modus' Casper stool for charity auction
Dezeen promotion: designers and architects including Ross Lovegrove, Kenneth Grange and Snarkitecture have customised Modus' cork Casper stool for a charity auction. More about Designers and architects customise Modus' Casper stool for charity auction
Architecture
See-through "ceramic curtain" creates green camouflage for Barcelona house by PMMT
A chequerboard screen of glazed ceramic tiles in various green hues wraps this house in Barcelona, helping it blend in with the surrounding gardens. More about See-through "ceramic curtain" creates green camouflage for Barcelona house by PMMT
Design
Foster + Partners designs first bathroom range for Porcelanosa
Architecture firm Foster + Partners has created the minimal Tono bathroom range for Spanish brand Porcelanosa. More about Foster + Partners designs first bathroom range for Porcelanosa
Architecture
Australian country house by Rob Kennon features a colonnade and a courtyard
This single-storey house in the Australian countryside was designed by architect Rob Kennon with a sheltered veranda around the outside and a courtyard at its centre. More about Australian country house by Rob Kennon features a colonnade and a courtyard
Interiors
Schemata Architects creates basswood-lined interior for Blue Bottle Coffee
Plywood panels are used to conceal storage and serving hatches inside this Tokyo coffee shop by Schemata Architects. More about Schemata Architects creates basswood-lined interior for Blue Bottle Coffee
Architecture
Kerstin Thompson adds intimate underground tasting room to Australian winery
A doorway discreetly set into a circular stone wall leads into this moody subterranean wine cellar that architect Kerstin Thompson has created at Australia's TarraWarra vineyard. More about Kerstin Thompson adds intimate underground tasting room to Australian winery
Furniture
Faye Toogood turns lava stone into fiery Magma tile collection
London designer Faye Toogood has glazed lava stone in a range of fiery colours for her tile collaboration with ceramics brand Made a Mano. More about Faye Toogood turns lava stone into fiery Magma tile collection
Design
Closca creates accessories for folding Fuga helmet to shield cyclists from the cold and dark
Bike helmet brand Closca has updated its folding headgear with accessories designed to keep cyclists safe and warm during winter. More about Closca creates accessories for folding Fuga helmet to shield cyclists from the cold and dark
Interiors
Custom joinery creates tailored storage systems inside home for Emil Eve Architects founders
Architect couple Emma and Ross Perkin used plywood to create bespoke storage solutions inside this tiny London flat, allowing them to showcase books, toys and cooking ingredients. More about Custom joinery creates tailored storage systems inside home for Emil Eve Architects founders
Furniture
Studio Swine designs furniture for Henry Ford's failed Amazon city
Studio Swine used very hard rubber to craft this black furniture collection, designed for American industrialist Henry Ford's failed utopian city. More about Studio Swine designs furniture for Henry Ford's failed Amazon city
Architecture
Dezeen's new Pinterest board celebrates the best of British architecture
This week saw the Caruso St John-designed gallery for Damien Hirst win this year's RIBA Stirling Prize, as the UK's best new building. To mark the occasion, we've scoured our archives to find more examples of Britain's finest contemporary architecture and pinned them to a new Pinterest board. More about Dezeen's new Pinterest board celebrates the best of British architecture
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Filmmaker's first architectural project is modernism-influenced Miami villa
Colombian-Ecuadorian filmmaker Alejandro Landes has completed his first built project: a tropical-modernist mansion in Miami that is currently among the city's most expensive residential properties. More about Filmmaker's first architectural project is modernism-influenced Miami villa
Interiors
Bangkok shoe store by External Reference mimics a bank vault
Safety deposit boxes function as display cabinets in this Bangkok shop for Spanish footwear brand 24 Kilates. More about Bangkok shoe store by External Reference mimics a bank vault
Architecture
Graffiti-covered Les Magasins Généraux warehouse in Paris transformed into BETC offices
Advertising agency BETC has taken a huge derelict flour and grain warehouse on the banks of the Canal de l'Ourcq in Paris and transformed it into offices boasting a large roof garden and plant-filled courtyards. More about Graffiti-covered Les Magasins Généraux warehouse in Paris transformed into BETC offices
Music video
Quentin Deronzier documents growing up for Jerry Folk music video
For Jerry Folk's Kids music video, French visual artist Quentin Deronzier used Cinema 4D to create hypnotic visuals that document the transition from childhood to adulthood. More about Quentin Deronzier documents growing up for Jerry Folk music video
Design
Pia Bauernberger makes custom coats to suit how individual designers work
Austrian designer Pia Bauernberger has designed a series of work coats with features tailored to the idiosyncrasies of specific designers and artists. More about Pia Bauernberger makes custom coats to suit how individual designers work
Architecture
Concrete dovecote transformed into children's playhouse by AZO Sequeira
A small concrete structure once used as a house for doves has been transformed by Portuguese studio AZO Sequeira Arquitectos Associados into a garden playroom. More about Concrete dovecote transformed into children's playhouse by AZO Sequeira
This week on Dezeen
This week, Caruso St John won the Stirling Prize and Google launched a universal typeface
Google unveiled a typeface that spans every written language, and this year's Stirling Prize was awarded to Caruso St John with its gallery for Damien Hirst. More about This week, Caruso St John won the Stirling Prize and Google launched a universal typeface