Double-height lengths of unevenly spaced timber have been added to the side of this Swiss house by Feliz Architects, alluding to the shapes of nearby trees and screening the interiors from harsh sunlight (+ slideshow). More about Villa MM's timber-grille facade echoes the proportions of surrounding trees
Crinkled fibre-cement panels clad the facade of this theatre extension by Finnish studio ALA Architects in the city of Kuopio, complementing the concrete exterior of the original 1960s building (+ slideshow). More about ALA's Kuopio City Theatre extension features a crinkled facade
This table that houses plants in its centre by St Petersburg designer Maxim Scherbakov is named after the Soviet satellite that first took living objects into space and returned them safely to Earth (+ slideshow). More about Plants grow inside Maxim Scherbakov's marble Sputnik-5 table
Strips of timber from the surrounding forest cover the exterior of this hotel in Sweden by Kjellgren Kaminsky Architecture, so that it reflects its rural setting (+ slideshow). More about Kjellgren Kaminsky clads Öijared Hotel in timber strips from the nearby forest
This cabin made from scaffolding is one of 22 temporary hotel rooms that popped up around Mannheim, Germany, as part of the Hotel Shabby Shabby event for the city's Theater der Welt festival (+ slideshow). More about Hotel Shabby Shabby's 22 pop-up guest rooms included a recycled riverside cabin
XML architects has completed a bright white interior for a shop that sells only vitamin drinks and water in Amsterdam's Red Light District (+ slideshow). More about XML designs vitamin drinks shop for Amsterdam's Red Light District
Curves have been scooped out of the sides of this house for a pianist in Exeter, England, creating a rhythmic series of expanded and contracted spaces that frame the garden (+ slideshow). More about House for a pianist by David Sheppard Architects features fluted outer walls
Norwegian designer Kristine Five Melvær has explored different glass-blowing techniques to create colourful patterns on this series of bulbous vases (+ slideshow). More about Kristine Five Melvær experiments with glass blowing to create Graphic Vases
This red-brick crematorium was designed by Swedish architect Johan Celsing to blend into its setting in the historic Woodland Cemetery outside Stockholm (+ slideshow). More about Johan Celsing's red-brick crematorium follows the terrain of Asplund's Woodland Cemetery
World Architecture Festival 2014: architect Moshe Safdie spoke to Dezeen about his two best-known projects: Singapore's Marina Bay Sands development, which hosted this year's WAF; and Montreal's Habitat 67 building which, he revealed, was modelled using pieces of Lego (+ interview + slideshow). More about Moshe Safdie on Marina Bay Sands: a single tower would have been "unbearable"
Dutch studio 70F Architecture has created a pair of matching – but not identical – houses in Almere, featuring large windows that bring light into the circulation spaces rather than the living rooms (+ slideshow). More about 70F Architecture completes a pair of matching homes for a brother and sister
Tokyo architecture studio Sinato added a L-shaped wall into the centre of this apartment in Japan to partition off space for two new bedrooms (+ slideshow). More about Sinato hides two bedrooms behind an L-shaped wall in Fujigaoka M apartment
London Design Festival 2014: British designer Bethan Gray has created a colourful collection of upholstered seating for furniture brand Workhouse (+ slideshow). More about Bethan Gray covers Ella furniture for Workhouse in brightly coloured upholstery
Behind the black steel exterior of this home on the Stockholm archipelago, Tham & Videgård Arkitekter has created a living space with vaulted ceilings, and bedrooms with one big skylight overhead (+ slideshow). More about Tham & Videgård's Husarö House is a scenic retreat on the Stockholm archipelago
The green-tiled facade of this Lisbon townhouse by Camarim Arquitectos has varying textures and opacities designed to reference the building that previously stood on the site (+ slideshow). More about Camarim Arquitectos pays homage to Lisbon's decorative houses with a patterned-tile facade
External staircases connect the three stories of this cast-concrete house overlooking a lake in Norway by architect Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk (+ slideshow). More about Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk completes "labyrinth-like" concrete home in Norway
British architect Simon Astridge has added a leather-lined dressing room as part of a refurbishment of a London house (+ slideshow). More about Simon Astridge lines a walk-through dressing room in leather
Danish architecture firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen has completed a public library in Edmonton, Canada, with a metallic facade and large windows designed to draw visitors inside (+ slideshow). More about Schmidt Hammer Lassen's Canadian library mimics the angular roofs of its neighbours
These new images by photographers Hufton + Crow reveal the curving details of the two glasshouses at Thomas Heatherwick's visitor facility for British gin brand Bombay Sapphire (+ slideshow). More about Thomas Heatherwick's Bombay Sapphire distillery photographed by Hufton + Crow
This one-bedroom apartment in Barcelona has been remodelled by Nook Architects to include a second bedroom, as well as built-in storage around three arched doorways (+ slideshow). More about Nook Architects squeezes a second bedroom into a Barcelona apartment