North Korea rebrand | Scottish cottage extension | Colourful striped kindergarten

Latest architecture and design news from Dezeen.
 
 
   
 
   
 

Gabled guesthouse by Sutherland & Co extends countryside cottage in Scotland

Sydserf by Sutherland & Co

This modest extension to a cottage in the Scottish  countryside was designed by architecture studio Sutherland & Co so the owners could invite their family to stay. More ›

 
 

Call for entries to YAC's Observatory Houses competition

Young Architects Competitions is inviting designers to submit proposals for a complex of observatory houses, located in the grounds of Italy's Roccascalegna castle. More ›

 
 

Jan Skuratowski's "pavilion-like" House M features large window walls

Jan Skuratowski's House M

Large windows are slotted in between concrete and timber-clad floorplates to form this polygonal house in the Swiss town of Möhlin, designed by Basel-based architect Jan Skuratowski. More ›

 
 

Job of the day: Part-II architectural assistant for Asif Khan

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a Part-II architectural assistant to join Asif Khan's London studio, which recently installed temporary plant-filled pavilions across east London. More ›

 
 

Snask rebrands North Korea as Love Korea with heart-focused identity

North Korea new identity by Snask

Stockholm studio Snask's North Korea rebrand features a heart motif designed to create a "common feeling of belonging". More ›

 
 

Atelier XÜK adds wedge-shaped roof extension to Spanish-style villa in Shanghai

Ladislav Hudec Shanghai villa renovation by Atelier XÜK

Atelier XÜK has added a corrugated-metal  attic room to this Spanish colonial-style house, which was designed in the 1920s by a Hungarian architect for a plot in Shanghai's French quarter. More ›

 
 

Glazing surrounds white house by Evelop Arquitectura to provide vistas of Mexican dale

Evelop Arquitectura has created a white hillside house where glazing fully opens onto lavender bushes and a verdant garden, against the backdrop of central Mexico's rolling terrain. More ›

 
 

AFKS wraps horseshoe-shaped kindergarten in stripy multicoloured metal cladding

Painiitty Daycare Centre in Espoo by AFKS Architects

Colourful metal cladding extends across the front of this daycare centre in the Finnish city of Espoo, which encloses a secluded playground to its rear. More ›

 
 

Heureka chair by Timo Spelleken can be assembled without tools, screws or adhesives

Heureka Chair by Timo Spelleken

Recent graduate Timo Spelleken has designed a minimal flat-pack chair that can easily be assembled at home without tools, screws or adhesives. More ›

 
 

Toronto flower shop by MSDS Studio features pale walls and linoleum-covered furniture

Flur by MSDS Studio

Speckled linoleum furniture, pale walls and minimal shelving provide a neutral backdrop for flower arrangements and plants at this Toronto  florist by MSDS studio. More ›