This three-sided house in a Dutch village has two blackened timber sides that flank a neighbouring property, while its only glazed facade is orientated towards an adjacent field (+ slideshow). More
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has unveiled its design for a new library in Christchurch, New Zealand, to replace the building left wrecked after the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes (+ slideshow). More
Shelves with running water line the walls of skincare brand Aesop's latest London store, designed by local studio JamesPlumb (+ slideshow). More
White aluminium panels give a ridged texture to the walls and rooftops of these residential properties completed by BURO II & ARCHI+I in a Belgian coastal town (+ slideshow). More
An insect provided the inspiration for this office building in Leiria, Portugal, which comprises a concrete block raised off the ground on 16 triangular feet (+ slideshow). More
Milan 2015: 20 studios from both sides of Ireland's north-south border were invited to collaborate on projects that aim to show the breadth of the island's creative industry – including one firm that hasn't shown in the Italian city in more than 60 years (+ slideshow). More
A driveway cuts through one wing of this three-pronged house in New York state, which is topped by a roof terrace with amphitheatre-style seating (+ slideshow). More
Milan 2015: London designer Kacper Hamilton has created a complex sand-timer that uses weights to measure the passing of seconds and minutes (+ slideshow). More
The chunky quartzite walls of this library on the outskirts of Paris are faceted to accommodate the span of a century-old walnut tree at the centre of the site (+ slideshow). More
Milan 2015: furniture, ceramics and glassware by Norwegian designers have been collected together for an exhibition intended to show the country's contribution to Scandinavian design (+ slideshow). More
British firm Hawkins\Brown has added a music school and boarding house to a school in Surrey, England, featuring sandy coloured brickwork and timber screens that reference musical annotation (+ slideshow). More
Tufts of brightly coloured electrical cabling give the walls and furniture of this bar by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma a hairy appearance (+ slideshow). More
An Eames House Bird stands guard on the porch of this tiny yellow building in Seoul, which has been adapted by Nordic Bros Design Community to house a fashion boutique (+ slideshow). More
Milan 2015: design companies are launching fragrances, scented products and cosmetics to diversify their brands into new markets (+ slideshow). More
Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka has built a transparent glass tea house beside a historic Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan (+ slideshow). More
Pre-rusted steel clads this L-shaped extension to a farmhouse in rural Canada, giving the block a burnt orange colouring that complements the red brickwork of its neighbour (+ slideshow). More
Italian architect Renzo Piano has completed his new home for the Whitney Museum of American Art – an asymmetric steel and concrete assembly in Manhattan's Meatpacking District (+ slideshow). More
Prolific Japanese design studio Nendo has created a chair for office furniture company Kokuyo, following its one-year retrospective exhibition in Milan (+ slideshow). More
Strips of dark-stained timber give a charred appearance to the three stacked blocks that form this house in the Netherlands, which replaces another property that was destroyed by fire (+ slideshows). More
Architects Deborah Saunt and David Hills used underground rooms and mirrors to help disguise the volume of their house, which is located in a conservation area in leafy south London (+ slideshow). More