Local practice NAAW Studio has converted a former Soviet railway workers' housing block into the Fika restaurant in Almaty, Kazakhstan, retaining original features of 1950s building. More about Studio NAAW uncovers Soviet-era details in Almaty restaurant interior
Paris-based lifestyle brand Kitsuné has opened a cafe next to its boutique in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, both with minimalist interiors featuring white oak and stainless steel. More about Café Kitsuné Los Angeles features Parisian-style interiors with "Japanese twist"
Green terrazzo is teamed with concrete and clay-toned plaster at Terzetto, a London flat extension that architecture studio ConForm Architects has modelled on bay windows. More about ConForm Architects models green-terrazzo flat extension on bay windows
Our latest lookbook features living rooms where vintage furniture and accessories add interest to contemporary interiors, including a concrete apartment in São Paulo and a home in the BBC's former London headquarters. More about Eight living rooms where vintage furniture adds an "unknown history"
This week on Dezeen, South Korean architect Minsuk Cho revealed his star-shaped design for the 2024 Serpentine Pavilion. More about This week the 2024 Serpentine Pavilion designer was revealed
Local architecture studio Daniel Canda & Asociados has renovated a 1980s country club residence in Argentina, opening up the interior and wrapping the second floor in ribbon windows. More about Daniel Canda adds "suspended glass box" to 1980s residence in Argentina
US architecture studio Kendle Design Collaborative has designed an accessory building for a family home with a metal roof extension meant to frame an outdoor garden while "celebrating the Arizona sky". More about Kendle Design clads Arizona "micro building" in weathering steel
Funnel-shaped concrete skylights illuminate a plant-filled courtyard at the centre of this home in Bengaluru, India, which has been designed by local studio A Threshold to "blur boundaries between the inside and outside". More about Skylit home offers a "seamless transition between indoor and outdoor living"
Dutch firm UNStudio has unveiled the design for the Seoul Twin Eye spokeless Ferris wheel in Seoul, which will consist of an intersecting double-ring structure on top of a cultural complex. More about UNStudio reveals plans for world's tallest Ferris wheel in Seoul
The 5 Gyres research institute says bioplastics are "not a silver bullet solution" for plastic pollution, following a study that raises concerns about so-called biodegradable products. More about Researchers find bioplastic drinking straws intact after over a year buried underground
British architecture practice Studio Bark has worked with students from the University of East London to devise a roof-supporting column with otherwise unusable timber at a site within ancient English woodland. More about Studio Bark devises structural use for waste timber in English woodlands
Architecture studio Aedas has designed a pair of round-edged, 150-metres-high skyscrapers, named One Future, in Hangzhou, China. More about Aedas lines twin skyscrapers with bronze fins in Hangzhou
Promotion: Thailand's Department of International Trade Promotion has announced Style Bangkok 2024 in March 2024, which will spotlight environmentally conscious products designed by Thai brands and craftspeople. More about Thai-designed products displayed at Style Bangkok 2024
UK architecture studio DaeWha Kang Design has designed a pavilion and courtyard for The OWO hotel at the site of the former Old War Office in Whitehall, London. More about "Unashamedly contemporary" pavilion designed for Old War Office site in London
Dezeen Courses: a programme that challenges students to experiment with materials is included in this roundup of courses at Central Saint Martins. More about Seven degree programmes at Central Saint Martins
Local architecture studio Bockus Payne has renovated a 1970s commercial skyscraper in Oklahoma City, reformatting its interiors and landscape and completely replacing its exterior glazing. More about Bockus Payne renovates 1970s skyscraper in Oklahoma City
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a keyboard attachment for iPhones designed by Clicks Technology. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features mechanical iPhone keyboard that readers have "honestly been waiting for"
Canadian architecture studio D'Arcy Jones Architects has completed a project called John Street Redo, which involved renovating and enlarging an early 1900s home in a way that is "forward-looking without erasing an old building's original charm". More about D'Arcy Jones adds subterranean garage to century-old house in Vancouver
Dezeen Showroom: Swedish design brand Pholc collaborated with Danish design duo Maria Bruun and Anne Dorthe Vester on a pair of lamps that feature shades informed by Japanese rice paper lanterns. More about Meter lamps by Pholc
Large translucent windows bring a lantern-like quality to Check Patterned House, a concrete home in Saitama, Japan, completed by local studio IGArchitects. More about Translucent glazing and concrete encase compact Japanese home by IGArchitects