Blackened timber cabins by Cheshire Architects overlook the Tasman Sea
This pair of charred timber holiday homes by Cheshire Architects stand on the side of a hill in New Zealand that slopes down to the Tasman Sea (+ slideshow). More
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Bouroullec brothers design slatted Palissade outdoor furniture for Hay
Maison&Objet 2015: French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have created a range of outdoor furniture with curving slatted surfaces for Danish brand Hay (+ slideshow). More
Luigi Rosselli constructs ranch housing behind "longest rammed-earth wall in Australia"
Submerged below a sandy bank and enclosed by a zigzagging rammed-earth wall, these twelve subterranean rooms provide temporary accommodation for cowboys on an Australian cattle station (+ slideshow). More
Will Bruder clads a mountain home in Aspen with charred cypress
This family dwelling in the Colorado mountains by Will Bruder Architects features an exterior made of burnt wood and a roof sheathed in copper (+ slideshow). More
Diller Scofidio + Renfro releases first official photos of The Broad
This first set of official images shows Diller Scofidio + Renfro's The Broad art museum in Los Angeles ahead of its opening later this month (+ slideshow). More
Black Box writing studio by ANX captures iconic Los Angeles views
A small writing studio designed by Aaron Neubert Architects on a hill in Los Angeles frames views of the Griffith Observatory and other landmarks through a room-sized picture window (+ slideshow). More
Okuwada gives Mook salon in Osaka an oak-panelled makeover
Oak boards cover the chamfered entrance to this hair and beauty salon in Osaka, renovated by Okuwada Architects Office to look like a cave (+ slideshow). More
Thonik and Pieke Bergmans create flags based on Brazilian architecture for design biennial
Dutch designer Nikki Gonnissen and artist Pieke Bergmans have created a series of flags for the 2015 Brazilian Design Biennial that reference the colours and shapes of buildings around the host city of Florianopolis. More
Slide House by Y+M Design Office comprises four layers of square concrete frames
Square concrete frames in different sizes create four layers of rooms for this house at the foot of Japan's Mount Rokkō by Y+M Design Office (+ slideshow). More
Jo Nagasaka knocks through the walls of a Tokyo house to reveal its aged structure
Japanese architect Jo Nagasaka stripped away the walls of this inherited house in Tokyo, revealing an arrangement of timber columns that give the residence an unfinished appearance (+ slideshow). More
Artifox unveils quick-assembly wood furniture that ships in flat-pack boxes
New flat-pack pieces from St Louis-based furniture company Artifox include a vertical bike rack and a standing desk with a writable surface (+ slideshow). More
Pauline van Dongen’s Solar Parka charges electronic devices for nature reserve workers
Fashion designer Pauline van Dongen has created a coat for workers on the Wadden Sea World Heritage site, with detachable solar panels on the pockets for charging electronic devices (+ slideshow). More
GAAGA uses prefabricated wooden walls to build "three-legged" tea house in a Dutch park
Dutch architecture studio GAAGA has completed a three-winged wooden tea house in Leiden, the Netherlands, featuring large windows on all sides to allow panoramic views of the surrounding park (+ slideshow). More
Sydney apartment block by MHN Design Union appears to change colour
The triangular window bays that project from the facade of this Sydney housing block by MHN Design Union appear either red or yellow, depending on the viewing angle (+ slideshow). More
Znameni Ctyr completes a contemporary chalet in the Krkonoše mountains
Znameni Ctyr Architekti has replaced a run-down mountain chalet in the Czech Republic with a similar but more contemporary version that leans outward as if about to fall over (+ slideshow). More
Design purveyor Murray Moss auctions off items from private collection
The owner of the former Moss gallery in New York is selling 60 pieces – from lighting fixtures to homeware – by leading designers including the Campana Brothers, Marcel Wanders, Philippe Starck and Studio Job (+ slideshow). More
Hornbill House by Biome Environmental Solutions faces out over an Indian tea plantation
This holiday chalet by Bangalore firm Biome Environmental Solutions has walls of stone and mud brick, and nestles into a hillside overlooking a tea and coffee plantation in southern India (+ slideshow). More
New Zealand shortlists four designs for crowdsourced national flag
New Zealand has narrowed down the options for its potential new flag design to include three fern motifs and a traditional koru emblem (+ slideshow). More
Zinc cladding lends "workplace aesthetic" to Wimbledon art studios by Penoyre & Prasad
Architecture office Penoyre & Prasad has added an angular studio building clad entirely in zinc panels to the campus of Wimbledon College of Arts in south-west London (+ slideshow). More
Constructed Images: Simon Kennedy distorts the interior of a disused London laboratory
Photo essay: British photographer Simon Kennedy documents an old laboratory at University College London in this series of manipulated images, which each come in positive and negative forms (+ slideshow). More