Architects office Mariusz Wrzeszcz has completed a single-storey house in Poland featuring cedar-clad walls, and a glazed living room that opens out to a spacious terrace (+ slideshow). More about Mariusz Wrzeszcz completes house in Poland with cedar walls inside and out
The zigzagging roof of this orphanage in Haiti is independent of its walls, allowing breezes to permeate the building and offer relief from the hot climate, as well as providing earthquake resistance (+ slideshow). More about Freestanding roof spans Haiti orphanage by Bonaventura Visconti di Modrone
Canadian design studio Moss & Lam rediscovered a traditional craft process to create this collection of patterned side tables. More about Moss & Lam uses "alchemic" Italian technique to craft marbled W1 tables
Diners at this sushi restaurant on the Italian coast sit inside house-shaped booths, based on the angled silhouettes of stalls in Tokyo's old street markets (+ slideshow). More about Studio Zero85 recreates outlines of Tokyo market stalls inside Italian sushi bar
Old doors and windows, antique wooden columns and metal drainpipes give this house in Mumbai an aesthetic its architects claim is inspired by the ramshackle buildings found throughout the city (+ slideshow). More about Reclaimed windows and doors form facades of Collage House by S+PS Architects
New York 2016: Canadian design studio Lambert & Fils has balanced pairs of glass globes within folded metal frames for its Laurent lighting collection, designed as a reinterpretation of classic pendant lighting (+ slideshow). More about Lambert & Fils puts a spin on traditional globe pendants with Laurent lighting collection
Walkways that twist through treetops, zigzag along mountain paths and climb skywards feature on our new Pinterest board.
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Dutch firm Studioninedots has renovated a 1970s office building in the Dutch city of Hilversum, removing sections of the existing walls and floors to create a four-storey void crisscrossed by steel staircases (+ slideshow). More about Studioninedots carves out an atrium inside overhauled 1970s office building
Tasked with building a treehouse in a garden without a tree, French studios Saperlipopette Les Architectes and Martial Marquet Architecture have created a wooden structure that instead perches on a wall (+ slideshow). More about Casa No Muro is a treehouse built on a wall instead of in a tree
Studio Ramoprimo based its design for the interior of this Beijing bar on brick walls traditionally found in Italian wine cellars (+ slideshow). More about Studio Ramoprimo creates chevron-patterned brick walls inside Beijing wine bar
Milan 2016: Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa has created a sheepskin armchair and London studio Doshi Levien has produced footstools shaped like "marine creatures" for furniture brand B&B Italia's 50th anniversary collection (+ slideshow). More about Doshi Levien and Naoto Fukasawa design furniture for B&B Italia's 50th anniversary
These seaside houses in Margate, England, feature pitched roofs intended to resemble traditional beach huts, and fully glazed gable ends that make the most of the sea views (+ slideshow). More about Guy Hollaway Architects completes seaside houses reminiscent of British beach huts
This week on Dezeen: fashion designer Stella McCartney revealed her kit designs for British athletes competing at this year's Olympics, while a new logo for the Tokyo 2020 games was finally selected after the original design was ditched. More about This week, Stella McCartney unveiled kits for Rio 2016 and a new logo was chosen for Tokyo 2020
New York 2016: New Zealand and Dutch design duo Sabine Marcelis and Brit van Nerven have created a range of mirrors from layers of coloured glass that create ombré effects across the surfaces (+ slideshow). More about Sabine Marcelis and Brit van Nerven's Hue mirrors feature gradients of colour
Edinburgh practice A449 has adapted a "nondescript" mid-20th-century dwelling in the Scottish Borders to create a home with scenic views for a writer (+ slideshow). More about A449 converts Scottish cottage into writer's home with scorched larch cladding
When it comes to contemporary architecture, San Francisco is a stubborn town. But could change be coming at last? Proposals by high-profile architects such as OMA, Studio Gang and Foster + Partners could bring a more dramatic skyline and a transformed waterfront – if San Francisco's notoriously persnickety planning system and pressure groups let them (+ slideshow). More about Architecture could finally break out in San Francisco, where "dreams go to die"
Milan 2016: Danish firm BIG has created a modular lighting system that can be rearranged to form different letters of a bespoke typeface. More about BIG designs modular Alphabet of Light for Artemide
Our US job of the week on the new and improved Dezeen Jobs website is for an architect/designer at Design, Bitches in Los Angeles, whose recent projects include Button Mash – an Asian-fusion restaurant and video arcade (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Opinion: designers can't save the world, but even the smallest intervention could help improve the conditions faced by the unprecedented number of refugees flooding Europe, says Richard van der Laken. More about "Designers cannot just stand by and watch as the refugee crisis unfolds"
Competition: London-based designer Phil Cuttance has teamed up with Dezeen to give one reader a handmade vase, featuring a raised herringbone pattern. More about Competition: win a hand-cast Herringbone vase by Phil Cuttance