In our latest Dezeen Lookbook, we've rounded up 10 of the most refreshing outdoor swimming pools that architects have designed for houses around the world, including a private lagoon, a "Roman bath" and hillside infinity pool. More about Ten architect-designed swimming pools for cooling off at home
In this video, Dezeen x Samsung Out of the Box Competition finalist Sarah Willemart explains how she created a series of animal companions from Samsung television boxes. More about Sarah Willemart and Matthieu Muller transform Samsung Eco-Package boxes into animal toys
Sheets of paper are layered with glue and then moulded by hand to create London designer Ying Chang's Malleable State collection of furniture and homeware. More about Ying Chang creates furniture out of paper for Malleable State collection
Gitai Architects used rammed earth and stones from the nearby Mitzpe Ramon crater to build the Landroom observatory in Israel's Negev desert. More about Gitai Architects builds rammed-earth observatory in the Negev desert
New York practice Desai Chia Architecture has wrapped a house in Connecticut situated on top of a rocky ledge with charred cedar and large windows that overlook the hilly landscape. More about Desai Chia Architecture perches black Ledge House on rocky hillside
Architects and designers have created these seven dental offices with bright and colourful interiors to offer patients a more enjoyable and worry free experience. More about Seven dental clinics designed to take the pain out of check ups
Turquoise and sea-green tiles wash over the undulating facade of this family home in Sydney, designed by local practice Luigi Rosselli Architects. More about Luigi Rosselli Architects creates wave-like facade for Bondi Bombora house in Sydney
IKEA and Lego have collaborated to create Bygglek, storage boxes that aim to turn tidying into a game with stud-covered lids kids can top with their own creations. More about IKEA and Lego release Bygglek storage boxes that double as toys
Vancouver studio Peter Cardew has designed this store in Los Angeles for an athletic wear clothing company to allude to the aesthetic of a gym. More about Clothing racks move along wheeled tracks in Los Angeles athletic store Reigning Champ
Dezeen Showroom: Danish designer Cecilie Manz has created a wooden coffee table for furniture brand Takt that users can assemble themselves by securing the two components together with leather loops. More about Cecilie Manz's flat-pack Plint table for Takt is made up of two parts
Architecture firm Studio PKA has transformed part of a disused 100-year-old building in Mumbai into its own contemporary office space. More about Studio PKA turns heritage building in Mumbai into own architects' studio
Foster + Partners' new Apple Store in Singapore is the latest example of the trend for spherical buildings. Here are nine recent globe-shaped examples. More about Nine examples of spherical architecture from around the globe
This week on Dezeen, design studio House of van Schneider unveiled the logo for NASA's robotic rover and Pentagram gave the Rolls-Royce visual identity a makeover. More about This week, Rolls-Royce had a rebrand and NASA's Mars mission got a logo
New York design practice Reunion Goods & Services has renovated this hotel in Rhode Island to be reminiscent of a colourful home with a fireplace and cosy seating nooks. More about The Wayfinder hotel designed to "feel as if you were staying with friends" in Rhode Island
Biodiversity and effects of climate change can be significantly affected by small-scale rewilding projects argues designer and environmentalist Julia Watson, who has temporarily covered New York's Rockefeller Center plaza and ice rinks with native plants with planting designer, Marie Salembier. More about Julia Watson fills New York's Rockefeller Center plaza with native American meadow plants
Armenian architectural studio SNKH has created a pop-up cinema informed by Bedouin tents outside the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow. More about SNKH creates pop-up cinema within "inverted Bedouin tent" in Moscow
Newtab-22 has used waste seashells salvaged from the seafood and aquaculture industries to develop a sustainable material that resembles concrete. More about Sea Stone is a concrete-like material made from shells
Architect Tom Strala has completed TS-H_01, a minimal family home just outside of Bern, Switzerland that includes separate living quarters for parents and children. More about TS-H_01 by Tom Strala is a pared-back family home on a Swiss hillside
Central Saint Martins graduate Scarlett Yang used algae extract and silk cocoon protein to create a glass-like dress that grows over time and can decompose in water within 24 hours. More about Scarlett Yang designs lab-grown dress from algae that can decompose in hours
German architecture studio Von M has completed a carbon-neutral hotel that is built of wooden modules clad in white shingles. More about Von M clads carbon-neutral Hotel Bauhofstrasse in white fibre-cement shingles