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Dekleva Gregorič Arhitekti builds wooden house with chimney-shaped skylight

Chimney House by Dekleva Gregoric Architects

In a play on Slovenia's traditional wooden barns, Dekleva Gregorič Arhitekti  has extruded the shape of a chimney along the top of this house to create a continuous skylight. More ›

 
 

Carl Hansen & Son builds faux apartment to explore how furniture makes a home

Danish homeware brand Carl Hansen & Son built a mock apartment featuring rich colours and mid-century furniture for its Salone del Mobile installation during Milan design week. More ›

 
 

Zooco Estudio uses granite to unify disparate blocks of Gallician arts centre

Verín Arts Center by Zooco Estudio

Spanish Zooco Estudio has completed a complex of granite-clad buildings in the city of Verín that come together to form an arts centre for the Galician region. More ›

 
 

Job of the day: landscape architect at Martha Schwartz Partners

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a landscape architect to join the London studio of Martha Schwartz Partners, whose projects include teardrop-shaped landscaping for an Abu Dhabi plaza. More ›

 
 

Germans Ermičs' Ombré chairs pay tribute to influential Japanese designer

Ombre glass screens and chairs by Germans Ermičs

This colourful glass chair by Amsterdam designer Germans Ermičs  is based on a seat designed by Shiro Kuramata in the 1970s. More ›

 
 

Alma-nac slots angular openings into timber-clad gables of House in the Woods

House in the woods by Alma-nac

Triangular windows are set beneath the pitched roofs of this house in England's South Downs National Park, which London studio Alma-nac designed to sit discreetly in its wooded setting. More ›

 
 

Cassina marks 90th anniversary with installation exploring its past and future

Cassina 9.0 exhibition by Patricia Urquiola

A spaceship-style shelter, and oversized "sofa island" and virtual-reality experiences all featured in furniture brand Cassina's Milan design week exhibition. More ›

 
 

Tents create guest bedrooms with panoramic views at Peggy Deamer's New Zealand retreat

House in Kaiwaka by Peggy Dreamer

The main living areas of this compact holiday home near New Zealand's Kaipara Harbour are arranged perpendicular to a platform that provides space for three tents used to accommodate guests. More ›

 
 

Kris Provoost photographs the most flamboyant architecture of China's building boom

Beautified China by Kris Provoost

OMA's trouser-shaped CCTV tower  and Herzog & de Meuron's Bird's Nest stadium feature in this photo series  by Kris Provoost, which documents the "weird architecture" China has tried to ban. More ›

 
 

OMA's XY 180 lighting can be used to create geometric patterns

Architect OMA has combined fluorescent rods with spotlights to create this linear lighting collection, presented by Belgian brand Delta Light during Milan design week. More ›