Gradated lava stone flooring and suspended planet-like orbs feature at the Cafe Nuances coffee shop in Paris, which was created by Dezeen Awards-nominated studio Uchronia. More about Colour-drenched coffee shop by Uchronia references "sunsets in the Tunisian desert"
Swedish design studio Addi has created an alternative to conventional waiting-area furniture – a minimalist log-like perch where users can rest for a moment in lieu of taking a proper seat. More about Lumber is a space-saving seat designed for perching
Promotion: German kitchen appliance brand Gaggenau has launched The Essential Induction cooktop, which is designed to be "seamlessly integrated into a kitchen's worktop". More about Gaggenau launches nearly invisible cooktop that "allows the architecture to breathe"
A colourful, reconstituted leather made from cutting room scraps was among the recycled materials used to create the fixtures and fittings for Coachtopia, a London pop-up store for American label Coach. More about Studio XAG creates fixtures for Coach pop-up using discarded leather scraps
Brooklyn-based studio Modu has employed a series of techniques that lower ambient air temperature in order to help cool the interior and exterior of this Houston building. More about Modu clads Houston building with "self-cooling" exterior
Canadian architecture studio Provencher Roy has created Darwin Bridges, a curved bridge on Nuns' Island outside of Montreal constructed with concrete that utilises recycled glass in its mixture. More about Provencher Roy mixes recycled glass into concrete of sculptural Quebec bridge
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has refused a planning application for the Populous-designed spherical music venue MSG Sphere London, as it would have caused "unacceptable harm to hundreds of residents". More about Sadiq Khan rejects plans for MSG Sphere in east London
If you're visiting London for the Dezeen Awards 2023 party taking place on 28 November, here are 10 architecture and design exhibitions also taking place in the city this month. More about Ten architecture and design exhibitions to see in London
Dezeen Showroom: Italian furniture brand Pedrali has advertised a selection of its latest releases on Dezeen Showroom, united by their playful shapes and bright colour palettes. More about Pedrali lists seating and tables on Dezeen Showroom
Promotion: surfaces company Cosentino has collaborated with interior designer Claudia Afshar to launch Dekton Ukiyo, a collection of fluted tiles informed by contemporary Japanese design. More about Claudia Afshar designs tile collection to bring "depth and dimension to any space"
British studio Moxon Architects has repurposed a small cluster of 19th-century farm buildings in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, into a guesthouse, glasshouse and private artist's studio. More about Moxon Architects converts trio of highland outbuildings into guesthouse and artist's studio
Portholes and semi-circular motifs characterise this colourful renovation and extension of a Victorian terrace house in Hackney, London, by architecture studio Gundry & Ducker. More about Gundry & Ducker revamps Victorian terrace to feature "different characters within a single house"
London studio dRMM has completed WorkStack, a top-heavy stack of industrial units in Greenwich that is constructed from cross-laminated timber. More about Stacks of timber inform "inspirational" industrial units by dRMM
Designers need to participate in the development of AI or face having the future world designed without them, warns Airbnb co-founder Brian Chesky in this exclusive interview. More about If designers don't embrace AI the world "will be designed without them" says AirBnb founder
There is only one week left until we reveal the Dezeen Awards 2023 winners at a sold-out event next Tuesday in central London. More about Dezeen Awards 2023 winners will be announced next week at a party in London
British photographer Alastair Philip Wiper talks Dezeen through eight images from his latest book, Building Stories, including a spooky skiing resort, nuclear missile control centre and Steve Jobs' childhood home. More about Eight Alastair Philip Wiper photographs that turn architecture into fantasy
Indian architecture studio Workers of Art has converted a former storage space into its own plant-filled office, using recycled and repurposed waste materials in almost every aspect of its design. More about WOA designs own studio space using materials that had been "relegated to landfill"
Dezeen Showroom: a wooden step stool made from underutilised timber is among eight new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. More about +52 stool by Studio Plastique among eight new products on Dezeen Showroom
London studio Pearson Lloyd has teamed up with furniture brand Profim to create a workplace seating system that is both reconfigurable and recyclable. More about Pearson Lloyd looks to circular economy with reconfigurable Revo seating
US architecture firm Olson Kundig and Canadian designer Erica Colpitts have renovated a mid-century house near Vancouver, warming the modernist structure with natural materials and neutral colours. More about Olson Kundig and Erica Colpitts renovate mid-century house in North Vancouver