Portuguese architecture studio Virgula I has used local Iberian chestnut to introduce warmth and character into this hotel renovation in the town of Vila Nova de Cerveira (+ slideshow). More about Virgula I adds warm wood to white-walled Portuguese hotel
Architecture firm Hawkins\Brown has converted a pair of north London warehouses using timber dividers to create a temporary home for The Bartlett school of architecture (+ slideshow). More about Hawkins\Brown uses wooden partitions to create temporary warehouse home for The Bartlett
A flurry of projects by well-known architects have recently completed in Paris, including an installation by Sou Fujimoto and Frank Gehry's Fondation Louis Vuitton, so we've put together a Pinterest board exploring the city's best buildings.
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This small house in the French city of Tours by local architecture office Atelier 100architecture features a material palette of zinc panels, plaster and wooden boards that references its historical neighbours. More about Atelier 100architecture slots contemporary house into French medieval city centre
Waist-high partitions divide up the top floor of this mostly windowless house in Japan, framing different activities without cutting off light to any of the spaces (+ slideshow). More about Katsutoshi Sasaki's House in Hanekita contains a grid of half-height walls
Music: directors Martin Lorenz and Martin Allais recreated Charles and Ray Eames' 1977 film exploring the scale of the universe for Barcelona-based band Storms' new music video. More about Storms' music video reinterprets Charles and Ray Eames' Powers of Ten film
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam will next week open a remodelled exhibition wing, as the second and final phase of the major renovation by Spanish firm Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos (+ slideshow). More about Philips Wing by Cruz y Ortiz completes the 11-year renovation of the Rijksmuseum
Visitors to an Austrian museum transcend the exhibition space on a steep black staircase constructed from layers of net by design collective Numen/For Use (+ slideshow). More about Numen/For Use combines "height and wobbliness" in net staircase for Linz gallery
Interieur 2014: a troop of robotic vacuum cleaners "waltz" with each other around a school gymnasium in this installation for the Biennale Interieur event in Kortrijk, Belgium (+ movie). More about Robotic vacuum cleaners perform a Viennese Waltz at Biennale Interieur 2014
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The two main buildings of this Portuguese holiday complex by I-da Arquitectos are dug into a hillside, partly burying them in the sloping terrain (+ slideshow). More about I-da Arquitectos sinks holiday apartments into the Portuguese countryside
This week Frank Gehry responded to criticism of his architecture by wielding his middle finger to gathered journalists (pictured), and we reported on the Chinese president's call for an end to "weird architecture" in China. Read on for more architecture and design highlights, plus our track of the week. More about This week on Dezeen
Interieur 2014: the winners of the spaces category at this year's Interieur Awards have built their concept bar proposals in the halls of Kortrijk Xpo for the biennial design event. More about Biennale Interieur 2014 award winners realise bar concepts at Kortrijk Xpo
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: advances in 3D-scanning technology could enable virtual tourism by providing a "life-like experience" of faraway places says architect Pernilla Ohrstedt (+ movie). More about Future tourists could "travel the virtual world instead of the physical"
Barber and Osgerby's architecture firm Universal Design Studio has completed a gallery for London's Science Museum dedicated to communications technology (+ slideshow). More about Barber and Osgerby's Science Museum gallery is their "most important" architecture project
This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for an eyewear designer at Ron Arad Associates, whose founder launched a range of 3D printed spectacles and sunglasses in Milan last year (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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News: Marc Newson, the industrial designer who joined Apple in September, is working with Italian gun brand Beretta to launch a new version of the 486 Parallelo hunting shotgun next month (original version pictured). More about Marc Newson designs a shotgun for Beretta
Interieur 2014: Interieur president Lowie Vermeersch and curator Joseph Grima explain why they took a "research-driven" approach to Biennale Interieur 2014 in this movie produced by Dezeen for the fair. More about Biennale Interieur 2014 aims to provide "a deeper insight into what design means"
This wooden platform that rises up from a barley field in Mallorca gives a young equestrian a space for contemplation and grooming before and after horse riding (+ slideshow). More about Grooming retreat in Mallorca offers "ritual of self-cleansing" before and after horse riding
News: Frank Gehry has responded to criticism of his own architectural style by giving an audience of journalists the middle finger and saying that most architecture today has "no sense of design". More about "98% of what gets built today is shit" says Frank Gehry
The vast open-plan interior of this São Paulo bookshop by Studio MK27 was designed to encourage shoppers to stay and read the books they've purchased or to simply hang out with friends (+ movie). More about Studio MK27's "bookstore of the 21st century" was designed as a social meeting place