Stockholm 2016: Canadian designer Thom Fougere has created a collection of furniture and homeware based on his home country, including a set of fireplace accessories based on historic tools and tables made from limestone (+ slideshow). More about Thom Fougere creates furniture collection to reflect Canada's "eclectic sensibility"
A concert hall in Poland featuring concrete and crushed brickwork impressed readers this week, so we've visited the Dezeen archives to create a Pinterest board full of awe-inspiring performance venues. Others include a spiky building shortlisted for last year's Mies van der Rohe Award and Herzog & de Meuron's part-completed Hamburg Elbphilharmonie.
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Vertical logs cover the gabled elevations of this rural hotel in southern Portugal, designed by Lisbon studio Future Architecture Thinking (+ slideshow). More about Alentejo Country Hotel features log facades to match the surrounding cork trees
Hungarian designer Zsofia Kollar has used human hair to create a series of scented objects, including a wall hanging and a U-shaped necklace (+ slideshow). More about Zsofia Kollar weaves human hair to create golden perfumed textile
Music: audiovisual artist Kamiel Rongen used his own frozen urine to create visuals in the music video for Dutch musician Marle Thomson's debut track Levitation (+ movie). More about Frozen "pee landscapes" feature in music video for Marle Thomson's Levitation
Movie: gallery director Julia Peyton-Jones describes the reflective aluminium Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, created by Japanese architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA in 2009, as "strange and gorgeous" in this exclusive movie. More about SANAA's reflective Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2009 "merged into the landscape"
Windows are dotted across the facades of this photographer's house in Brittany, France, allowing sunlight to illuminate different parts of the interior through the day (+ slideshow). More about Square windows puncture Alireza Razavi's monolithic House for a Photographer in Brittany
San Francisco company Cobalt has introduced a line of small planes targeted at design-minded luxury consumers. More about Cobalt introduces "design-centric" small aircraft for luxury buyers
This week on Dezeen: Zaha Hadid became the first woman to be awarded the RIBA Gold Medal this week and used the illustrious occasion to defend her architecture, which she believes is "widely misunderstood" by the mainstream. More about This week, Zaha Hadid won the RIBA Gold Medal and defended her "misunderstood" architecture
French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have put their spin on the humble roller blind using textiles the duo created for Danish brand Kvadrat (+ movie). More about Bouroullec brothers create the "Swiss watch" of roller blinds for Kvadrat
This house in Amagansett, New York, by Bates Masi Architects is designed to take advantage of its windy site on Long Island's south shore (+ slideshow). More about Amagansett Dunes House by Bates Masi Architects is shaded with strips of canvas
Business news: Swedish architecture and design studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has developed a new business model that allows designers to earn 75 per cent of the proceeds of their products, rather than the standard royalty of five per cent or less. More about Claesson Koivisto Rune unveils new business concept for entrepreneurial designers
Our US job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a designer at Francis Bitonti Studio in New York, which created a capsule collection of 3d-printed footwear (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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A new exhibition about radical projects to rebuild communities in the aftermath of disasters points to the "changing role of architects in society", says its curator (+ slideshow). More about RIBA's Creation from Catastrophe exhibition showcases the world's best disaster-relief projects
OMA's sister studio AMO has created a short film to present fashion house Prada's Spring Summer 2016 collection, using graphics that look like architectural renderings (+ movie). More about AMO "highlights the attitude of Prada" with graphical campaign video
A group of young Finnish architects have won a competition to integrate two museums by Modernist architect Alvar Aalto – but have been told their design needs "a lot of development". More about Winners chosen for Alvar Aalto museum extension but told to improve their design
Inside Festival 2015: Yarinda Bunnag of Hypothesis explains how the Thai design agency reused elements including scaffolding and tree roots to transform an abandoned warehouse into a Bangkok restaurant (+ movie). More about Hypothesis uses plants and discarded objects to create Vivarium restaurant interior
Lack of experimentation and a culture of narrow-mindedness in schools has led to a dull period in British architecture, according to Archigram founder Peter Cook. More about British architecture is experiencing a "dull period" says Peter Cook
This mid-century house featuring a studio designed by Brutalist architects Alison and Peter Smithson has undergone an extensive renovation by London studio Coppin Dockray (+ slideshow). More about Modernist Wiltshire house with a Smithsons-designed studio gets a facelift by Coppin Dockray
Apple may be better known for cutting-edge contemporary design, but a New York preservation group is honouring the company for sensitively reusing old buildings with its store designs (+ slideshow). More about Apple given New York preservation award for repurposing historic buildings