B-ILD combines two apartments in Brussels to create live-work penthouse
A curved wooden staircase connects the two floors of this penthouse apartment in Brussels, which architecture office B-ILD converted from two flats (+ slideshow). More
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Daniel Valle Architects builds Paju Book City headquarters for publisher Kyomunsa
A spiral staircase provides a staff entrance to this headquarters for a South Korean publishing house, completed by Spanish studio Daniel Valle Architects on the outskirts of Seoul. More
Sookhyun Kim burns circles onto Peacock Chair with a heat gun
Following an accident with a hairdryer, design student Sookhyun Kim has burnt a pattern of 426 circles onto this wooden chair using a heat gun (+ movie). More
Treehouse installed in Israel Museum playground by Ifat Finkelman and Deborah Warschawski
Architects Ifat Finkelman and Deborah Warschawski have built a slatted wooden structure around an old pine tree to update a courtyard space at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem (+ slideshow). More
Abandoned station and hotel converted into Lightspeed headquarters by ACDF Architecture
ACDF Architecture has repurposed a space inside an abandoned train station and hotel in Montreal to create the new headquarters for software company Lightspeed (+ slideshow). More
Designs revealed for sunken pavilion on MVRDV's Almere expo site
Dutch studio Doepel Strijkers has unveiled designs for a sunken pavilion with earth walls and a rooftop greenhouse, which will be built in Almere ahead of the Floriade 2022 horticultural expo (+ slideshow). More
Disney's VertiGo robot uses propellers to climb up walls
Disney Research Zurich and Swiss technology institute ETH have developed a four-wheeled robot with integrated propellers that allow it to scale vertical surfaces. More
Thank you for helping make 2015 Dezeen's best year ever
Welcome to 2016 everyone – and thanks for making 2015 our best year ever with seven awards and a record-breaking 44 million visits! More
Industrial designer Richard Sapper dies aged 83
German industrial designer Richard Sapper, who created iconic products for brands including Alessi, Knoll and IBM, has died aged 83. More
Bent installation for Genoa's New Generations festival resembles billowing sails
Curators Edouard Cabay and Margherita Del Grosso led a workshop during the New Generations architecture festival in Genoa to produce this wooden installation resembling the shapes of ship sails (+ slideshow). More
Robert Bigler's Hoverboard is a one-wheeled gyroscopic skateboard
A Silicon Valley inventor has created a vehicle that looks like a skateboard balanced on a single wheel, and allows users to "surf on land" (+ movie). More
Homecare worker charged with assaulting 98-year-old architect IM Pei
A home-help aide to IM Pei has been charged with assaulting the Pritzker Prize-winning architect at his New York home. More
Onurcan Çakır uses stone and concrete to create soundproof house in a Turkish village
Architect Onurcan Çakır paired stark concrete with rugged stone for the walls of this compact family house near the west coast of Turkey (+ slideshow). More
Space4Architecture adds White Snake staircase to New York townhouse
New York firm Space4Architecture has added a curving white staircase with oak treads to a historic townhouse in the city's Upper West Side (+ slideshow). More
Nook Architects uses mesh to divide open-plan Barcelona house
This two-storey house in Barcelona, renovated by local studio Nook Architects, features joined living and sleeping areas separated by stairs and mesh partitions (+ slideshow). More
Timber-clad walkway wraps Quebec hydroelectric plant by Atelier Pierre Thibault
Timber slats envelope this hydroelectric power plant by Atelier Pierre Thibault, which is stationed near a Quebec "ghost town" on the Ouiatchouan river (+ slideshow). More
David Chipperfield extends furniture range for e15 with minimal table and sideboard
Architect David Chipperfield has continued his foray into furniture design with a wooden coffee table and sideboard for German brand e15. More
AandD's L House is split into 11 different levels of living space
Although only 10 metres tall, this red brick house in South Korea by architects AandD is split into 11 different levels connected by a central staircase (+ slideshow). More
Passivhaus community centre by Guillaume Ramillien Architecture is clad in grass and timber
Grass blankets the roof of this low-energy community centre by Guillaume Ramillien Architecture, which is set in the centre of a new development to the south-east of Paris (+ slideshow). More
Laurent Kronental's Souvenir d'un Futur photos show Paris' monumental housing estates
Photo essay: French photographer Laurent Kronental has spent four years capturing the "grands ensembles" housing projects in Paris, juxtaposing the huge buildings with their elderly occupants (+ slideshow). More