Chilean lookout house | Herbalist Hotel | Aesop oil diffusers and washbags

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Treewow Retreat is a Chinese village house featuring a round freeform roof

An irregular undulating roof tops this tree-house-inspired holiday home on stilts, built in a remote Chinese village by architecture studio Monoarchi. More ›

 
 

Foster + Partners' Budapest tower will be built despite city's new skyscraper ban

MOL Campus by Foster + Partners

Budapest is to introduce a ban on all buildings over 90 metres, but this will not impact Foster + Partners' plan to build a 120-metre-tall tower, which has already won planning permission. More ›

 
 

Top 15 designs revealed in Dezeen and Samsung's TV Ambient Mode competition

Dezeen promotion: a virtual architectural extension, a window to other parts of the world and an interactive ninja feature on the longlist in the Dezeen x Samsung TV Ambient Mode Design Competition, revealed today. More ›

 
 

Lera Brumina renovates Minsk apartment to unite light and dark spaces

99 square-metre apartment by Lera Brumina

Kiev-based interior designer Lera Brumina has used contrasting textures and colours to unite the light and dark rooms of this 99-square-metre apartment in Minsk, Belarus. More ›

 
 

Top five architecture and design jobs this week include Royal Academy and 5468796 Architecture

David Chipperfield's extension to London's Royal Academy

Our pick of the best architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs this week include positions with the Royal Academy of Arts in London and 5468796 Architecture in Winnipeg, Canada. More ›

 
 

Amy Shao imagines Herbalist Hotel where stressed Londoners can rest

Herbalist Hotel by Amy Shao

Royal College of Art graduate Amy Shao has proposed converting a central London hospital into a hotel, which would naturally treat guests with herbs that sprout from the roof, ceiling and walls. More ›

 
 

Al-Jawad Pike combines robust and affordable materials for extension to Peckham house

Architecture office Al-Jawad Pike used pigmented concrete blockwork for the exterior and interior of this two-storey extension to a Victorian house in south London. More ›

 
 

Esrawe completes glossy bar at Mexico City's Auditorio Nacional

Bar Auditorio Nacional by Esrawe

Shiny tiles gently curve across the ceiling of this bar that Mexican studio Esrawe has completed at one of the country's largest entertainment venues. More ›

 
 

Viewing platform tops Felipe Assadi's Casa Cipolla on Chilean coast

Casa Cipolla by Felipe Assadi

The roof of this concrete house, by Felipe Assadi Arquitectos, doubles as a lookout point for residents to take in views of Chile's coastline. More ›

 
 

ÉCAL students create imaginative oil diffusers and wash bags for Aesop

A quilted washbag and a transparent oil burner are just some of the products conceived by ÉCAL graduate students in response to a brief set by Aesop. More ›