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Image of swimming pool with vaulted ceiling named best architecture photograph of 2017

This shot of a dramatically lit swimming pool, taken by Terrence Zhang, has been named architectural photograph of the year. More ›

 
 

Restored floodgates by Studio Roosegaarde reflect the headlights of passing cars

Studio Roosegaarde has restored a set of flood defences in the Netherlands, impregnating the floodgates with a new retro-reflective material that glows in the headlights of oncoming cars. More ›

 
 

Top five architecture and design jobs this week include Studio Fuksas and Woods Bagot

Architecture firm Woods Bagot design apartment complex

Our pick of the best architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs this week include positions with Italian office Studio Fuksas, Australian firm Woods Bagot and UK firm Conran and Partners. More ›

 
 

Dutch design collective exhibits products made from Colback material

A group of 10 designers from the Netherlands have teamed up with manufacturer Low & Bonar to create a set of products made from its non-woven Colback textile. More ›

 
 

LZF designs pendant light shades that are stitched like textiles

Dezeen promotion: Dutch designer Egbert-Jan Lam has created a range of translucent wooden light shades for Spanish brand LZF, which are sewn together like items of clothing. More ›

 
 

Matthew Wood adds seven-square-metre extension to his small London home

The founder of MW Architects used black-blue engineering bricks to add an extension of just seven square metres to his renovated London home. More ›

 
 

Nika Zupanc designs a tower of drawers for storing keepsakes

Tower Cabinet by Nika Zupanc

One hundred and forty four small white drawers make up this cylindrical cabinet by Slovenian designer Nika Zupanc. More ›

 
 

Combas uses natural stone to build "warm and robust" juvenile detention facility in Marseilles

This detention centre for minors in Marseilles offers an alternative to oppressive prison architecture through its muted material palette of natural stone and board-marked concrete. More ›

 
 

Natalie Dionne extends Montreal residence using offset black boxes

Black Box II by Natalie Dionne Architecture

Canadian architect Natalie Dionne has attached a geometric extension onto the back of a brick townhouse in Montreal, to include more space in the kitchen and a balcony for the master bedroom. More ›

 
 

Paolo Ferrari uses rolled velvet cushions and bleached wood for Editions furniture collection

Editions by Studio Paolo Ferrari

Toronto designer Paolo Ferrari has crafted a series of furniture pieces, including a velvet sofa with large rolled cushions and a perforated pale wood cabinet, all made in Canada. More ›

 
 

MoreySmith create co-working offices in former industrial building in Paris

Deskopolitan by Linda Morey-Burrows

Interior design studio MoreySmith has created co-working spaces with a "contemporary industrial" aesthetic in an old factory building in Paris. More ›