Swedish architect Max Holst used a traditional Swedish paint to give an all-black appearance to the exterior of this woodland house outside Stockholm (+ slideshow). More about Woodland villa in Sweden designed by Max Holst with a blackened exterior
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 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
Studiomama has converted the upper floors of a 300 year-old building in Stockholm's medieval old town to create a pair of 200-metre-square apartments with built-in wooden fittings (+ slideshow). More about Studiomama pairs pale wood with marble for revamped 1720s loft in Stockholm
Behind a tiled and metal-framed shop front, skincare brand Aesop's Stockholm store by local firm In Praise of Shadows features pale oak floorboards that contrast with the roughly hewn elm fittings (+ slideshow). More about In Praise of Shadows uses dead wood from a Stockholm park in first Swedish Aesop store
Swedish architect Tommy Carlsson has completed an affordable prefabricated home near Stockholm that is clad in corrugated iron and resembles a cube with some of its corners cut off (+ slideshow). More about Happy Cheap house by Tommy Carlsson is a prototype for low-cost prefab homes
Stockholm-based Note Design Studio used photographs of Death Valley to inform the pastel colour scheme for this restaurant and coffee shop in the Swedish capital (+ slideshow). More about Note Design Studio uses desert colours in Stockholm bistro
Squares of brass alloy create a textured grid on the walls of these three ferry terminal buildings in Stockholm by Swedish studio Marge Arkitekter (+ slideshow). More about Brass squares give patchwork facade to Stockholm ferry terminal by Marge Arkitekter
Stairs and bookshelves wrap around a triple-height atrium inside this university library, which Danish architecture studio Adept describes as a "spiral of knowledge" (+ slideshow). More about Stairs spiral around interior of Adept's Dalarna Media Library in Sweden
The second project on Dezeen today from Swedish architecture office Wingårdhs is an eight-storey residential building constructed entirely from wood in the Stockholm suburb of Sundbyberg. More about Wingårdhs completes prefabricated apartment block built entirely from wood
Swedish architecture firm Wingårdhs has completed a university auditorium in a Stockholm suburb with a patterned glass facade that twists and leans over the adjacent street (+ slideshow). More about Glass triangles animate facade of Wingårdh's auditorium for Karolinska Institutet
News: American firm SOM and Danish studio Entasis have triumphed in a competition to design a skyscraper for Gothenburg that will be more than twice as high as the Swedish city's current tallest building. More about SOM unveils latest skyscraper proposal – a 230-metre tower for Gothenburg
Stairs glazed in warm shades of red, orange and yellow lead up from the platforms of a train station in Lund, Sweden, to a new pedestrian bridge by Metro Arkitekter (+ slideshow). More about Colourful stairwells zigzag up to meet Metro Arkitekter's Skyttlebron railway bridge
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: this new movie by White Arkitekter reveals the firm's masterplan for the relocation of an entire Swedish city, before continued iron ore mining destabilises the ground beneath it (+ movie). More about White Arkitekter unveils masterplan for Swedish city relocation
Crumbling brick and peeling plaster walls have been left exposed during the renovation of this compact Stockholm apartment by Karen Matz (+ slideshow). More about Karin Matz leaves unfinished plaster walls in renovated Stockholm apartment
A barrel-vaulted roof sits atop this family holiday home, completed by architect Mats Fahlander over the rocky terrain of a Swedish national park (+ slideshow). More about Summer house on stilts by Mats Fahlander nestles into the landscape of a Swedish fjord
This house in the Swedish seaside town of Mölle by Stockholm studio Elding Oscarson has an upper storey clad with roughly sawn Douglas fir and a lower section that is entirely transparent (+ slideshow). More about Elding Oscarson completes Swedish seaside house in Mölle
News: "An architecture challenge doesn't come much better than this," says David Chipperfield, who has been named winner in the competition to design a new home for the Nobel Prize in Stockholm (+ slideshow). More about David Chipperfield triumphs in Nobel Center competition
Swedish firm OkiDoki! Arkitekter has created its own offices inside a former corset factory in Gothenburg, designing an open-plan workspace that hosts events for local residents in the evening (+ slideshow). More about Former corset factory converted into office and events space by OkiDoki! Arkitekter
Swedish studio Sweco Architects has covered the ceiling of this hair salon in Umeå with 85 green MDF boxes. More about Green boxes pattern the ceiling of Clip Drop In hair salon by Sweco Architects