Local architecture studio Lorenzo Botero Arquitectos and interior designer Martín Mendoza used a palette of natural materials to transform a three-storey house into a restaurant in Bogotá. More
US architecture studio GBBN designed three brick buildings that allow social housing to both "fit in and stand out" in Cincinnati, Ohio. More
Dezeen School Shows: a playground that encourages social exchange across the Mexico-United States border wall is included in University of Southern California's school show. More
Dezeen Showroom: created for Italian brand Billiani and sold in the US via StyleNations, designer Cristina Celestino's Raquette seating collection makes a feature of intertwined wood. More
The vernacular building techniques of north and south India combine in Hybrid House, a house with rammed-earth walls designed by Sketch Design Studio. More
Blocky volumes clad in roughly textured materials surround a series of courtyards at this home, which Northumberland studio Elliott Architects has created in a village in Yorkshire. More
Multidisciplinary Chinese artist Ai Weiwei tells Dezeen why he thinks all objects have political significance in this exclusive interview. More
The Dezeen Pinterest board for staircases is consistently one of our most popular boards. We round up eight of the most popular staircases with Dezeen's followers on Pinterest. More
Dezeen Showroom: a faceted modular seating system informed by Rubik's Cubes is among eight new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. More
Scientists from Texas A&M University and Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico have observed metal cracking and fusing back together, in a discovery that could pave the way for self-healing machines, vehicles and bridges. More