German studio Batek Architekten has refurbished Yorck Kino Passage, one of the oldest cinemas in Berlin, adding a foyer bar with pistachio-coloured arches and covering its screening rooms in saturated colours. More about Batek Architekten renovates historic cinema in pastel and earth-coloured hues
The Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD) at the University of Stuttgart has released prototypes for self-forming wood furniture that requires no assembly. More about Flat-pack wood furniture uses "nature-powered shaping" to self assemble
Dutch practice Kaan Architecten has completed the new Geo and Environmental Centre (GUZ) in Tübingen, Germany, informed by the appearance of a block of stone. More about Kaan Architecten designs geological centre in Germany to look like a "block of stone"
British photographer Marc Goodwin has gone behind the scenes at 12 architecture studios in Berlin including Barkow Leibinger and Sauerbruch Hutton for the latest in his photography series exploring where architects work. More about Twelve Berlin architecture studios photographed by Marc Goodwin
Berlin studio Behles & Jochimsen Architekten has renovated and extended the Nuremberg Chamber of Commerce and Industry offices in Germany, adding sandstone-clad buildings that tie in with the area's historic architecture. More about Modern extensions unify existing buildings at Nuremberg's House of Commerce
Architecture and interior design studio Gisbert Pöppler has overhauled an apartment in the heart of Berlin, adding a number of one-off furnishings and custom fixtures to suit the clients' needs. More about Gisbert Pöppler designs Berlin apartment like a "tailor-made suit"
Berlin's centre could become the largest car-free urban area in the world following a campaign supported by 50,000 citizens. More about Berlin citizens propose law to ban cars from city centre
Filmmaker Nathan Eddy teamed up with Dezeen to offer readers a 10-day screening of his documentary about the brutalist Mäusebunker building in Berlin, Germany. More about Filmmaker Nathan Eddy presents Battleship Berlin documentary
Fashion brand Balenciaga has opened its first retail location in Berlin, which continues the brand's Raw Architecture aesthetic and boasts monolithic concrete slabs and distressed surfaces. More about Balenciaga designs concrete Berlin store to reference the city's modernist architecture
The organisers of furniture and interiors fair IMM Cologne have postponed the next event until 2023 after concerns about coronavirus made planning "almost impossible". More about IMM Cologne furniture fair cancelled for second year in a row
Milan-based design studio Matteo Thun & Partners and German architecture firm HDR Germany have designed a hospital in Germany that draws on hospitality design to ensure patients are treated like guests. More about Matteo Thun and HDR Germany create new wing with "hotel-like" patient rooms for Waldkliniken Eisenberg hospital
German practice Deadline Architects has completed a co-working space for arts, education and the creative industries in Berlin. More about Deadline designs Berlin "Baugruppen" co-operative for cultural commercial space
Architecture studio OMA has revealed images of the first completed part of its renovation of Berlin department store KaDeWe, a retail and event space connected by wood-clad escalators. More about OMA adds wood-clad escalators to KaDeWe department store in Berlin
Triangular patterned tiles and an eyewear-dispensing machine feature in Stephanie Thatenhorst's playful interior for this children's optician in Munich. More about Stephanie Thatenhorst bedecks kid-friendly optician in graphic patterns
Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron has created an extension to the dockside MKM Museum Küppersmühle in Duisburg, Germany. More about Herzog & de Meuron creates brick extension to its MKM Museum Küppersmühle
Swiss studio Christ & Gantenbein has created the Multifunctional Workspace Building for pharmaceutical giant Roche that aims to offer more freedom and flexibility than a traditional office. More about Christ & Gantenbein designs Roche office to give staff "a reason to come to work"
A proto-Bauhaus association that counted architects Walter Gropius and Mies van der Rohe among its members informed this nostalgic hotel interior in Munich, designed by Fettle for aparthotel chain Locke. More about Fettle designs Schwan Locke Hotel in homage to early German modernism
German architect Philipp von Matt has incorporated a skylit studio and a ground floor exhibition space into this artist's home in Berlin. More about Curved concrete walls snake through Berlin artist's residence by Philipp von Matt
Researchers at the Technical University of Dresden have been working with German architecture firm Henn to create the first concrete building to be reinforced with carbon fibres instead of steel. More about The Cube will be "world's first building made of carbon concrete"
A doughnut-shaped timber "ark" filled with animal sculptures sits at the centre of the recently opened ANOHA children's museum at the Jewish Museum in Berlin. More about Olson Kundig completes Noah's ark-informed children's museum in Berlin