French dessert influences Tokyo apartment interior by Taka Shinomoto and Voar Design Haus
The coffee-soaked layers of a French Opera cake influenced the colours, materials and textures used throughout this apartment in Tokyo (+ slideshow). More
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Kraus Schoenberg's woodland nursery wraps around a small courtyard garden
Roughly cut wooden planks clad classrooms arranged around a central glazed atrium at this nursery, set in a forested suburb of Hamburg, Germany (+ slideshow). More
Alastair Philip Wiper finds "noble failure" at Breuer's Modernist Flaine ski resort
Photo essay: why do some people hate the architecture of Flaine? To find out, photographer Alastair Philip Wiper travelled to the Marcel Breuer-designed Modernist ski resort in the French Alps often referred to as "phlegm". More
Masquespacio designs colourful interior and branding for its own Valencia studio
Bright colours and geometric forms used by the 1980s Memphis Group influenced the interior design of Masquespacio's studio space in Valencia (+ slideshow). More
Mjölk Architekti references agricultural architecture for barn-like house
The tall gabled form of this house in the Czech countryside is based on archetypal local barns and accommodates living areas with a height of nine metres (+ slideshow). More
Kilogram Studio designs cedar-lined interior for Toronto juice bar
The interior of this juice bar in Toronto is lined with a prefabricated cedar structure that is designed to be dismantled and reconstructed in future locations (+ slideshow). More
Nicolas Grospierre's Modern Forms series is an "atlas" of decaying Modernism
Photo essay: Swiss photographer Nicolas Grospierre has spent the last 15 years meticulously documenting Modernist architecture across five continents, a process that has turned him into an "obsessive collector" (+ slideshow). More
Structure exhibition in Milan to bring together work from 26 Norwegian designers
Milan 2016: homeware and furniture from a range of Norwegian designers including Andreas Engesvik and Lars Beller Fjetland will go on display at the Structure exhibition in Milan's Ventura Lambrate district next month (+ slideshow). More
Arhitektura Krušec arranges House on Golo to frame trio of Alpine mountain ranges
This fair-faced concrete house was designed by Arhitektura Krušec to look like rocks emerging from a sloped meadow facing the Slovenian Alps (+ slideshow). More
Bournemouth's bright blue drawing studio is Peter Cook's first building in the UK
Archigram founder Peter Cook has completed his first project in the UK, a vibrant blue drawing studio with a tilted oculus for his former school, the Arts University Bournemouth (+ slideshow). More
10 Years of Studio Job on view at the Armory Show art fair in New York
A capsule Chamber gallery exhibition covering 10 years of work by designers Studio Job is on view at the Armory Show art fair in New York (+ slideshow). More
Huge glass doors open Taller Estilo Arquitectura's Mexican house to a courtyard garden
A pair of giant glass doors span the rear of this house in Yucatán, Mexico, opening it to a leafy courtyard garden and shaded pool (+ slideshow). More
Atelier MIMA completes timber-clad holiday home overlooking a river in rural France
This timber holiday home by Nantes studio Atelier MIMA is designed to follow the gentle slope of a wooded valley that leads towards the Vilaine river in north-west France (+ slideshow). More
De Allegri and Fogale create COS window installations with recycled-fabric objects
Design duo Laetitia de Allegri and Matteo Fogale have installed window displays in four different COS stores to coincide with fashion weeks in London, Paris, Milan and New York (+ slideshow). More
Margen Wigow Arkitektkontor models blackened timber holiday home on Swedish fishing huts
Five blackened timber structures dot the shoreline of a remote island in the Stockholm archipelago to form a holiday home by Margen Wigow Arkitektkontor (+ slideshow). More
Neri&Hu bases Shanghai burger restaurant on 1950s diners
To make this Shanghai restaurant feel like a retro American diner, Chinese studio Neri&Hu added bold tiles and an angular roof that overhangs a foldable glazed facade (+ slideshow). More
Wavy wooden shutters cover gridded apartment block in Iran by TDC Office
Wooden shutters can be drawn across the pigeonhole-style windows of this apartment block in Tehran by local studio TDC Office (+ slideshow). More
Design Museum Holon to host Nendo's first major museum retrospective
Israel's design museum will hold a four-month retrospective covering the prolific output of Japanese studio Nendo and its founder Oki Sato (+ slideshow). More
Williamson Chong Architects adds "carved" facade to Toronto family home
The wooden facade of this Toronto property by local practice Williamson Chong Architects is set-back and angled towards a nearby ravine (+ slideshow). More
PBWC Architects uses 3D lidar scan to win permission for Cornwall house
Cornish firm PBWC Architects has utilised 3D laser-scanning technology to create an accurate model of the rocky site and listed surroundings of a house for St Ives, which has just received planning permission (+ slideshow). More