Jessica Mairs
Jonathan Dunn converts Victorian school house into cinema for an English town
A collection of old school buildings in Rye, East Sussex, has been converted into a cinema and arts centre with the addition of a shed-like extension (+ slideshow). More
Pine-clad sauna by Murman Arkitekter sits on the Stockholm archipelago
This timber-clad sauna for a seaside home in Sweden was designed by Stockholm studio Murman Arkitekter with two gently angled wings that overlook the Baltic Sea (+ slideshow). More
Henning Larsen reveals designs for new mosque in Copenhagen
Danish studio Henning Larsen Architects has unveiled plans for a new mosque and Islamic community centre in Denmark's capital city. More
Translucent and foiled glass fronts German grammar school extension
A glass wall spotted with reflective yellow and orange windows creates a false facade for this extension to a secondary school in south-west Germany, designed by Netzwerk Architekten (+ slideshow). More
Kengo Kuma wins bid to design station for new Paris Metro line
Japanese firm Kengo Kuma & Associates has won a competition to design the Gare Saint-Denis Pleyel, one of three key stations that will be built to serve a new stretch of the Paris Metro. More
Michael Kühnlein builds a timber barn for his herd of pygmy goats
A small wooden shed constructed from stacks of timber planks in a Bavarian field forms a home for a herd of goats owned by German architect Michael Kühnlein (+ slideshow). More
Arnau Vergés builds concrete outbuilding for 17th-century Spanish farmhouse
A grassy lawn grows on top of this board-marked concrete farm building by Spanish architect Arnau Vergés, which is set into a slope beside an old stone house in rural Catalonia (+ slideshow). More
Tham & Videgård designs wooden residential towers for Stockholm waterfront
Swedish studio Tham & Videgård Arkitekter has unveiled plans for a row of high-rise apartment blocks constructed from timber that will tower over an old harbour in Stockholm. More
Icelandic designer creates floatation caps and armbands for bathing in geothermal water
Design March 2015: Reykjavík designer Unnur Valdís Kristjánsdóttir has produced a set of floatation devices to keep users' bodies just below the surface of the water while soaking in the country's hot springs (+ slideshow). More
Haptic adds a pair of extensions to a Victorian home in west London
Slender batons of untreated larch cover two extensions erected in the garden of this semi-detached home in London, as part of a refurbishment and remodelling by architecture studio Haptic (+ slideshow). More
Montreal home updated with corrugated metal cladding and a vibrant staircase
La Shed Architecture has renovated an old residence in a Montreal neighbourhood, adding a roof terrace flanked by corrugated metal and a bright red-orange staircase (+ slideshow). More
Seoul house becomes museum highlighting the plight of second world war "comfort women"
This museum in Seoul, South Korea, is dedicated to women who were coerced into sexual slavery by Japan's imperial army during the second world war (+ slideshow). More
Reykjavik designers convert marine litter into playground equipment and homeware
DesignMarch 2015: net-wrapped hula hoops and skipping ropes with reindeer-antler handles are among pieces created by four Reykjavik-based designers to highlight the hundreds of tonnes of rubbish washed up on Iceland's coastline each year. More
Colourful speckles and polka dots pattern fabrics by Studio Hanna Whitehead
DesignMarch 2015: this textile range by Reykjavik designer Hanna Whitehead is covered with bright flecks and dots based on the coloured glazes from her ceramics collections. More
LAND Arquitectos rebuilds school devastated by Chilean earthquake
A school that was destroyed during the 2010 Chile earthquake has been rebuilt by Santiago studio LAND Arquitectos using simple white-painted pine (+ slideshow). More
Red mirrored lattice encloses South Korean office block by Wise Architecture
A cage-like structure made from strips of mirrored metal and red plastic encases this Seoul office building by South Korean studio Wise Architecture (+ slideshow). More
Eva Jiřičná, Richard Meier and John Pawson recruited for village-like development near Prague
Eva Jiřičná, Richard Meier and John Pawson have been added to a growing list of architects creating designs for Oaks Prague, a major new housing and hotel scheme near the Czech capital (+ slideshow). More
Aesop's first shop in Seoul features recycled pine and blackened-steel fittings
A slice of reclaimed pine, patterned by knots and cracks in the ageing wood, forms a counter top for Aesop's first South Korean flagship store by local studio Wise Architecture. More
Schemata Architects converts Tokyo factory into artist's studio with an indoor garden
A chipboard shed and a herb garden occupy the top floor of this former factory in Tokyo that Schemata Architects has converted into a workshop for a kimono designer (+ slideshow). More
Greenery and observation decks top hillside villa by António Costa Lima
A concrete walkway projects from the street onto the roof of this concrete home in Caxias, Portugal, which is designed to go unnoticed from a hilltop road (+ slideshow). More