Architects are increasingly designing staircases that double as seating, allowing office workers to congregate between floors, circulation to be turned into event space and homeowners to curl up with a book on the landing. Here are some of our favourite stair/seating configurations (+ slideshow). More about Special feature: stairs you can sit on
Japanese studio Tato Architects references the ad-hoc extensions of neighbouring buildings with the steel, concrete and wooden volumes that make up this house in Osaka, Japan (+ slideshow). More about House in Ishikiri by Tato Architects
Danish architecture studio BIG has completed an underground maritime museum that loops around an old dry dock in Helsingør, Denmark (+ slideshow). More about Danish National Maritime Museum by BIG
This gas compressor station in southern Denmark by Scandinavian firm CF Møller comprises Corten steel-clad boxes atop a pair of artificial hills (+ slideshow). More about Kompressor Station Egtved by CF Møller
News: the #milanuncut debate that exposed the poor royalties designers earn has inspired the launch of Crowdyhouse, a new crowdfunding platform that helps designers find funding for their products. More about Crowdfunding platform aims to help designers avoid "awful" royalties
Indian studio Khosla Associates used a modular concrete framework, bold colours and perforated terracotta screens to create this climate-sensitive kindergarten in Bangalore, which topped the education category at the Inside Festival awards earlier this month. More about DPS Kindergarten School by Khosla Associates
Japanese design studio Nendo has come up with a range of transformable accessories for dogs (+ slideshow). More about Heads or Tails by Nendo
A raw concrete interior is contained behind the white limestone facade of this townhouse in Lisbon by ARX Portugal (+ slideshow). More about Townhouse in Lisbon by ARX Portugal
These previously unseen photographs show the faceted modular structure of the Baku Crystal Hall in Azerbaijan, which was designed and completed in just eight months (+ slideshow). More about Baku Crystal Hall by GMP Architekten
Exposed brick walls and a large bookshelf are on show through the glazed facade of this ground-floor apartment in Montreal by Canadian designer Anne Sophie Goneau (+ slideshow). More about Espace St-Denis by Anne Sophie Goneau
Giant paintbrushes hold up the splattered ceiling of this conceptual restaurant by Polish designer Karina Wiciak (+ slideshow). More about Pracownia by Karina Wiciak
A black steel staircase links the six storeys of this townhouse in Tel Aviv by Israeli architect Pitsou Kedem (+ slideshow). More about Tel Aviv Townhouse by Pitsou Kedem
A hotel comprising four prefabricated fibreglass tubes has opened near the top of Europe's highest peak (+ slideshow). More about LEAPrus 3912 by LEAPfactory
Walls of weathered stone and timber surround this gabled family retreat by British studio McLean Quinlan Architects on the Devon coastline in south-west England (+ slideshow). More about Mortehoe House by McLean Quinlan Architects
A woodland landscape scene is hidden within a pattern of coloured polka dots on the exterior of this house extension in Moers, Germany, by Düsseldorf studio MCKNHM Architects (+ slideshow). More about CMYK House by MCKNHM Architects
Product news: this daybed by design studio Outofstock is shaped to reference landscape elements (+ slideshow). More about Landscape daybed by Outofstock
London architect Zaha Hadid has designed a family of superyachts for German shipbuilders Blohm+Voss (+ slideshow). More about Superyachts by Zaha Hadid for Blohm+Voss
This boutique interior by Brazilian architect Guilherme de Vasconcelos features a red faceted wall that references the angular qualities of polished gems (+ slideshow). More about Las Chicas boutique by Guilherme de Vasconcelos
A combined car park and terrace covers the roof of this hillside house in Los Angeles by Californian studio Anonymous Architects (+ slideshow). More about Car Park House by Anonymous Architects
Precast concrete lintels with oozing courses of grout create a distinct facade on this house near Brussels by Belgian studio And'rol (+ slideshow). More about Wall House by And'rol