An oval reading room with stepped shelving and a display room with tree-trunk-shaped columns are among the spaces designed by Shanghai studio XL-Muse for this bookshop in Hangzhou, China (+ slideshow). More about Zhongshuge-Hangzhou bookshop features mirrored ceilings and wraparound bookshelves
New York 2016: new Australian brand VUUE has produced a collection of furniture designed to be used flexibly for both indoor and outdoor spaces (+ slideshow). More about VUUE launches Mornington furniture collection for both in and outdoors
Bleacher-style seating, traditionally found at sports grounds, is increasingly popping up inside and over the top of office spaces and public buildings. The stairs designed for sitting on feature in Snøhetta's newly-opened SFMOMA extension and on Napur Architect's skateboard-ramp design for a Budapest museum. We've added these and more of the best examples to a new Pinterest board.
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A three-metre-high pivoting glass door protrudes from the sloping roof of this London house extension, which is clad in fibre-cement panels to match a refurbished dormer window (+ slideshow). More about Alma-nac creates huge pivoting door for London house extension
The centrepiece of this garden-inspired Nordic restaurant in Copenhagen is an indoor greenhouse that Danish design studio Genbyg has created using recycled materials (+ slideshow). More about Genbyg creates indoor garden from recycled materials for Väkst Nordic restaurant
Music: Brooklyn director Ken Edge's video for American musician K Flay's FML track follows the journey of a young girl fighting an internal battle between good and evil. More about Girl attempts to "tame the evil that lurks inside herself" in K Flay music video
Studio Farris Architects has integrated an office into a staircase made from stacked timber beams, and installed it inside a renovated barn in West Flanders, Belgium (+ slideshow). More about Stacked beams form Jenga-like workspace inside converted barn in Belgium
Over 350 species of bird have made their home at this wetland centre, built by local firm X Architects on a former rubbish dump in the United Arab Emirates (+ slideshow). More about X Architects creates facility for bird watchers at a UAE nature reserve
This week on Dezeen: with the Venice Architecture Biennale 2016 just around the corner, we examined some of the key themes already emerging from the world's biggest architectural exhibition, including robotic construction (pictured) and the housing crisis. More about This week, we looked ahead to the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale
Danish architect Bjarke Ingels has designed a chair for furniture brand Fritz Hansen based on the shape of his firm's Via 57 West "courtscraper" in New York. More about Bjarke Ingels designs VIA57 lounge chair based on his New York "courtscraper"
Apple has rethought its approach to retail and debuted a series of new interior features at its latest store on San Francisco's Union Square, designed with UK architecture firm Foster + Partners (+ slideshow). More about Foster + Partners unveils Apple Union Square store in San Francisco
Japanese firm Domino Architects has renovated an apartment in Tokyo by installing wooden partitions instead of building new walls (+ slideshow). More about Domino Architects divides J House with wooden storage partitions
Bricks arranged in pinwheel patterns line the walls of skincare brand Aesop's first store in the American Midwest (+ slideshow). More about Norman Kelley uses reclaimed bricks for Aesop Bucktown in Chicago
British architecture firm Foster + Partners has opened the first retrospective exhibition dedicated to its industrial design work at London's Aram Gallery (+ slideshow). More about Foster + Partners opens exhibition of industrial design at Aram Gallery
Our US job of the week on the new and improved Dezeen Jobs website is for a business development officer at OMA in its New York studio. The firm used translucent scrim to create a "ghost cathedral" for The Met's Manus x Machina exhibition (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Important examples of Postmodern architecture in the UK are under threat, warns heritage campaign group the Twentieth Century Society, which is holding a conference this weekend to kickstart a wider movement to protect them. More about Threat to Pomo buildings could wipe out "whole chapter of architectural history"
EU referendum: David Chipperfield, Ron Arad, Richard Rogers, David Adjaye and Thomas Heatherwick are among the architects and designers that have signed a letter backing the Remain campaign for the UK's EU referendum. More about Heatherwick, Chipperfield and Adjaye among high-profile architects and designers opposing Brexit
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Danish studio EFFEKT has designed a self-sustaining, off-grid village of greenhouse properties, which it will present inside the Danish Pavilion during the Venice Biennale. More about EFFEKT designs ReGen Villages that could produce all their own food and energy
Taxi app Uber is the latest company to explore driverless car technology, confirming it is testing a self-navigating vehicle that could force its drivers out of their jobs. More about Uber is testing a driverless taxi on the streets of Pittsburgh
Beijing studio MAD has revealed plans for a Parisian housing block surrounded by undulating balconies, which is set to become the firm's first residential project in Europe (+ slideshow). More about MAD unveils Parisian housing block with curvy floors and balconies