This family house in Quebec is modelled on the region's vernacular architecture and was designed to Passive House standards of energy efficiency. More about L'Abri and Construction Rocket complete Saltbox Passive House in Quebec
Designer Kazoo Sato has created a public toilet that uses voice commands to control functions including the door, toilet flush, taps and ambient music as part of the Tokyo Toilet project. More about Kazoo Sato designs hemispherical public toilet for Tokyo
For our latest Dezeen lookbook, we've selected ten compact home libraries that showcase smart, innovative ways to display book collections. More about Ten home libraries that showcase their owners' book collections
A proto-Bauhaus association that counted architects Walter Gropius and Mies van der Rohe among its members informed this nostalgic hotel interior in Munich, designed by Fettle for aparthotel chain Locke. More about Fettle designs Schwan Locke Hotel in homage to early German modernism
American firm Feldman Architecture has created a cypress-clad, beachfront dwelling that is meant to balance "high design and a casual Californian aesthetic". More about Salvaged wood wraps Surf House in Santa Cruz by Feldman Architecture
A dog-friendly shelter for homeless people and a community building for local foraging is included in Dezeen's latest school show by Ravensbourne University London. More about Ravensbourne University London spotlights eight student architecture projects
Architect Rui Mendes Ribeiro has covered the marketplace in the Portuguese town of Vila Nova de Famalicão with a perforated canopy that shades the market square. More about Triangular-patterned canopy shelters stalls at modernised Portuguese marketplace
In our latest lookbook, we celebrate the versatility of wood with ten living rooms featuring walnut panelling, timber beams and wooden window frames. More about Ten welcoming living rooms featuring wooden elements and panelling
This week on Dezeen, Danish architect Bjarke Ingels co-founded a residential design company that aims to create a range of modular homes. More about This week Bjarke Ingels launched a home design company
This Dezeen video showcases the five architecture pavilions at this year's Chart art fair in Copenhagen, including a restaurant covered with microgreens and a structure made out of inflatable bags. More about Chart Art Fair installs five "social architecture" pavilions in Copenhagen
Illustrator Jean Jullien has designed a collection of graphic surfboards hand-painted to look like sea animals, which he describes as objects you could "put on your wall as much as you could surf with." More about Jean Jullien paints surfboards to look like playful marine animals
A project that explores rituals around death through the use of mycelium and a dance studio are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Ravensbourne University London. More about Ravensbourne University London presents nine student architecture projects
Dezeen promotion: an all-electric jet developed to connect city centres with rural areas and a robot street sweeper that was designed to be approachable are among the five New Mobility winners at this year's iF Design Award. More about iF Design Award spotlights five New Mobility winners
Eileen Gray's E-1027 modernist house in the south of France and Le Corbusier's holiday home Cabanon next to it have reopened following a five-year renovation. More about Eileen Gray's E-1027 villa reopens on the Côte d'Azur following extensive restoration
Carlo Ratti Associati has unveiled plans to build a 218-metre-tall skyscraper in China that would grow crops using hydroponics, as well as contain spaces for selling and consuming the produce. More about Carlo Ratti Associati designs hydroponic "farmscraper" for Shenzhen
Dark roofs will be banned and backyards expanded for all new houses built in Sydney's emerging Wilton suburb, as part of planning controls that are being introduced to help lower temperatures in the city. More about Sydney mandates lighter roofs and larger gardens for suburb to ward off climate change
A wave of colourful balls seems to slosh through the New York store of fashion brand Zara in this CGI animation by motion designer Shane Fu, which has accumulated more than 17 million views online. More about Shane Fu fools "gullible" viewers with hyperrealistic window animation
Dezeen promotion: the imbalance of power in the decision-making process behind the creation of public space came under scrutiny in a talk held by the British Council and Therme Art last month at the opening of the Venice Architecture Biennale. More about British Council panelists question who benefits from public space
Creative studio Hello Monday has created an app that teaches and corrects hand positions in real-time to make it easier for people to learn the sign language alphabet. More about Fingerspelling.xyz app helps people to learn the sign language alphabet
DOT Coffee Station in Kyiv by architecture and design studio YOD Group features an interior with "weird, sincere and universal" mosaic tiles arranged to look like pixels on a screen. More about YOD Group installs pixel-like mosaics inside Kyiv coffee bar