Belgian creative agency Dift has designed the interiors for a loft apartment housed in a former office space in the centre of Ghent (+ slideshow). More about Dift transforms former Ghent office space into WATT loft apartment
A house-shaped extension protrudes from the side of this children's centre by Seoul studio UTAA, providing a playful space for reading that faces out onto a garden (+ slideshow). More about UTAA extends South Korean children's centre with "a house within a house"
A requirement for this house in Matsuyama, Japan, was for views of the city's summer firework display, so architect Teruki Takayoshi added a balcony, a roof terrace and a two-storey-high window (+ slideshow). More about Matsuyama house by TTArchitects features dedicated spaces for watching fireworks
Photo essay: London-based photographer John Short was determined to depict the death of New York's creative scene, but his images of its once-legendary arts venues proved that the spaces are far from "lost" (+ slideshow). More about John Short rediscovers New York's lost creative spaces
London architect Simon Astridge has renovated the disused basement of a kitchen showroom in Putney, adding textured materials and a spiral-shaped wine vault with a glass trapdoor (+ movie). More about Simon Astridge creates "wine cave" beneath south London kitchen showroom
British designer Kris Lamba has folded a 20-metre-long piece of carbon fibre into a chair that facilitates different sitting positions (+ slideshow). More about Kris Lamba's RV1 Carbon Chair is made from a single carbon-fibre sheet
This oxidised-steel extension to an end-of-terrace Victorian house in east London peeks over the top of the adjacent brick boundary wall, which is interrupted by a matching steel gate (+ slideshow). More about HÛT uses pre-rusted steel for extension to Victorian brick house in London
Turkish creative consultancy Designnobis has devised a temporary shelter that could be easily transported and quickly assembled to house those displaced by natural disasters (+ slideshow). More about Designnobis proposes pop-up disaster relief shelter for earthquake-affected families
Architects are increasingly proposing new architectural uses for shipping containers, such as replacing slum housing with skyscrapers formed from the stacked metal boxes and forming staircases by balancing them at an angle. We've collected together the best shipping-container projects, both realised and proposed, from the pages of Dezeen and pinned them to a new Pinterest board.
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A timber sunshade folds in on itself to form a balcony for this nautical-inspired house overlooking the Mediterranean sea near Saint-Tropez, designed by London architecture office Jak Studio (+ slideshow). More about Timber sunshade becomes a viewing deck for retreat near Saint-Tropez by Jak Studio
Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has created a bridge spanning a Copenhagen canal, which features a series of wire masts based on ships' rigging (+ slideshow). More about Copenhagen bridge by Olafur Eliasson is designed to resemble ship masts
Music: found footage and animation come together to form provocative anti-establishment imagery in Earl Sweatshirt's Off Top music video, directed by Taylor Johnson (+ movie). More about Earl Sweatshirt's Off Top music video combines chaotic animation and found footage
Archipl-Architects has converted a 19th-century factory into the regional headquarters for a care home in Ghent, Belgium (+ slideshow). More about Archipl-Architects converts former washing machine factory into light-filled workplace
This week on Dezeen: two proposals for glass-bottomed swimming pools suspended between high-rise buildings went viral this week. More about This week, plans for vertigo-inducing swimming pools in London and India emerged
Australian studio Made Group has completed a pool house for a Melbourne home with a faceted timber ceiling inspired by origami (+ slideshow). More about Origami Pool House by Made Group features a faceted timber ceiling
Square and circular holes puncture the concrete facade of this house in Japan by Fuse Atelier, allowing light to filter through to five small terraces concealed behind (+ movie). More about Fuse Atelier's House in Tsudanuma brings light in through a perforated concrete facade
NeoCon 2015: Swedish studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has unveiled a new line of chairs and tables for Teknion that unites elements of lounge and office furniture (+ slideshow). More about Claesson Koivisto Rune launches Cover furniture collection for Teknion
Design and architecture studio Conran and Partners is reworking the interior of a 17-storey block that forms part of London's Brutalist Barbican Estate, transforming it from a youth hostel into high-end apartments (+ slideshow). More about Conran and Partners to turn Barbican's Blake Tower into luxury apartments
Pomo summer: the Piazza d'Italia in New Orleans, designed by Charles Moore, is one of the few icons of Postmodern architecture that isn't a building, and is next in our summer season on Postmodernism. More about Postmodern architecture: Piazza d'Italia, New Orleans by Charles Moore
Fernando Romero and two other Mexican architects have unveiled plans to transform Mexico City's Avenida Chapultepec into a public park featuring trees, cafe plazas, a raised promenade and water features. More about Mexican architects to create public park in the centre of a busy Mexico City road