This small shed-like building by Australian architecture studio Panovscott provides a studio for two artists behind their family home in Marrickville, western Sydney (+ slideshow). More about Panovscott uses old telegraph poles to clad artists' studio in a Sydney garden
Corrugated iron and pre-weathered steel clad this shed-like house and stables, completed by Casey Brown Architects in the bushland of Australia's Kosciuszko National Park (+ slideshow). More about Casey Brown builds metal-clad house and stables in an Australian national park
An exposed steel frame supports the upper storey of this house in Santiago, Chile, which has a mature copper beech tree rising from a courtyard at its centre (+ slideshow). More about Gregorio Brugnoli Errázuriz raises Santiago house above a patio and beech tree
Tectum used a combination of gridded and board-marked concrete for this residence, which is set in a gated community in the foothills of Argentina's Sierras Chicas mountains (+ slideshow). More about Raw concrete and black-painted metal give industrial appearance to house by Tectum
Chinese designer Chengxu Tian's Layering Movement collection of footwear features textured, stripy patterns created by injection moulding (+ slideshow). More about Chengxu Tian creates colourful footwear with raised injection-moulded patterns
Architect Luciano Kruk and his girlfriend Ekaterina Künzel designed themselves this concrete holiday house, which is set among a grove of maritime pines on the Argentinian coastline (+ slideshow). More about Rooftop pool offers sea views at Luciano Kruk's board-marked concrete summer house
Both levels of this holiday house on Spain's Costa Brava feature rooms that can be completely opened out to the elements, allowing residents to make the most of good weather (+ slideshow). More about Casa 1217 by H Arquitectes features rooms that can be indoors or outdoors
The developers of a biodegradable urn that turns the ashes of a dead person into a tree have designed an incubator to aid the growth process (+ slideshow). More about Bios Incube turns ashes of cremated bodies into trees
Black-stained wooden surfaces are paired with herringbone floors inside Olaf Hussein's first store, intended to embody the "timeless design of the Modernism movement" (+ slideshow). More about Olaf Hussein's The Fitting Room store has a Modernism-influenced interior
Switzerland-based art gallery Hauser & Wirth has opened a large outpost in Los Angeles, designed by local firm Creative Space with consultation from New York-based Selldorf Architects (+ slideshow). More about Hauser & Wirth opens LA gallery designed by Creative Space and Selldorf Architects
Larch and corrugated metal both clad the triangular gables of this house by GENS: Association Libérale d'Architecture, which was designed to mimic neighbouring properties in France's Alsace region (+ slideshow). More about GENS "hides" a contemporary house inside a traditional but top-heavy Alsatian building
A growing thirst for contemporary design is transforming the market for house extensions in London, according to architects working in the city (+ slideshow). More about Londoners' "tastes have improved" say architects as home-extension market explodes
Five years after the devastating Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, Klein Dytham Architecture has unveiled a community hall for recovering city Sōma, designed to look like a huge straw hat (+ slideshow). More about Klein Dytham builds latticed community hall for Toyo Ito's post-earthquake recovery programme
New York studio SHoP Architects and Dutch landscape firm West 8 have designed a new city quarter for Philadelphia that would extend the skyline beyond its traditional boundary, the Schuylkill River (+ slideshow). More about SHoP and West 8 masterplan extends Philadelphia skyline across the Schuylkill River
A wavy zinc-covered roof covers the front of this residence by Madrid practice GilBartolomé Architects, which is dug into a steep cliff face overlooking the Mediterranean Sea in Spain's Granada province (+ slideshow). More about GilBartolomé Architects creates cavernous "Gaudiesque" residence with a zinc-shingled roof
Exposed concrete is paired with white furnishings in this two-level Kyoto property that Japanese studio UME Architects has converted into a photographer's home and atelier (+ slideshow). More about UME Architects creates home and studio for a photographer in revamped Kyoto apartment
Italian fashion house Valentino has continued its collaboration with British architect David Chipperfield for its new flagship boutique on London's Old Bond Street (+ slideshow). More about David Chipperfield creates "palazzo atmosphere" for Valentino store in London
Fibre-cement shingles cover this gabled barn in northeast France, which GENS: Association Libérale d'Architecture has converted into five apartments (+ slideshow). More about Cement shingles create scaly facade for French barn conversion by GENS
Optical light screens created mirrored rainbow effects at Dutch designer Iris van Herpen's Autumn Winter 2016 fashion show in Paris, which featured intricate garments that looked like soap bubbles (+ movie). More about Iris van Herpen creates "bubble-like exoskeleton" dresses for Autumn Winter 2016 collection
Studio Alexander Fehre used different wall and ceiling finishes to define the spaces of this 45-square-metre flat in central London. More about Alexander Fehre adds bright colours and patterned wallpapers to small London flat