Marc Newson revamps Louis Vuitton luggage in bright colours
Australian designer Marc Newson has reinvented Louis Vuitton's iconic trunks, making them lighter and more spacious on the inside (+ slideshow). More
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Kodasema creates tiny prefabricated house that moves with its owners
This tiny prefabricated dwelling by Estonian design collective Kodasema is designed to allow its residents to up sticks and move to a new location in less than a day (+ slideshow). More
11 of the best rooftop swimming pools on Dezeen
As London enjoys a mini heatwave, we're celebrating the belated arrival of summer by dipping into some of the best rooftop swimming pools from our archive, including an infinity pool with views of the Tel Aviv skyline and a bathing spot in the Brazilian jungle (+ slideshow). More
UNESCO adds 17 Le Corbusier projects to World Heritage List
Heritage body UNESCO has added 17 projects by 20th-century French architect Le Corbusier to its list of internationally significant architecture sites, including the Unité d'Habitation housing in Marseille – arguably the most influential Brutalist building of all time (+ slideshow). More
Hou de Sousa builds reconfigurable Raise/Raze installation from plastic balls
New York firm Hou de Sousa has created an interactive installation in a Washington DC subway station, using over half a million plastic spheres glued together to form building blocks (+ slideshow). More
Campana brothers use palm fibre to give hairy texture to São Paulo house
Brazilian designers Fernando and Humberto Campana have built a house in São Paulo that is covered in palm fibre to give it a hairy exterior (+ slideshow). More
Germans Ermičs creates coloured glass furniture collection
Amsterdam-based designer Germans Ermičs has created a collection of coloured glass furniture with strong pigments that fade to clear (+ slideshow). More
Paper House Project inserts gridded glass atrium into London warehouse home
Architecture studio Paper House Project has added a double-height atrium surrounded by gridded windows to an apartment in a converted warehouse in east London (+ slideshow). More
Alain Gilles designs felt BuzziBlinds to shield workers from office noise
Brussels-based designer Alain Gilles has created a sound-absorbing screen as his latest product for office acoustics specialists Buzzispace (+ slideshow). More
Tropical Space uses perforated brickwork to build riverside pottery studio in Vietnam
Vietnamese studio Tropical Space has completed a cube-shaped sculpture workshop for artist Le Duc Ha, which hides an elaborate bamboo shelving grid behind its perforated brick walls (+ slideshow). More
Alexander Gorlin creates colourful affordable housing for single adults in The Bronx
New York studio Alexander Gorlin Architects has completed a Bronx apartment block with small studios for low-income tenants, including those who were once homeless (+ slideshow). More
John Pawson creates first standalone shop for London's Design Museum
The Design Museum has opened its first ever standalone retail space, moments away from its new west London site (+ slideshow). More
A-Industrial clads juice store interior with geometric plywood
Los Angeles firm A-Industrial has clad the walls and ceiling of a juice bar in plywood slats, creating a sculptural geometric interior (+ slideshow). More
Cherem Arquitectos builds rammed-earth house in Mexican highlands
A+Awards: we're launching a major collaboration with Architizer profiling winners from its A+Awards. First up is this house in the Mexican highlands, with rammed-earth walls made from soil excavated on site (+ slideshow). More
GamFratesi designs animalistic Apple Watch window display for Hermès
Danish studio GamFratesi created animals from metal wire for the Apple Watch Hermès window display in Japan (+ slideshow). More
World Interior of the Year 2016 shortlist announced
Inside 2016: a converted shophouse, a 1950s-style burger restaurant and a monochrome fashion boutique are among the projects shortlisted for the Inside Awards 2016 (+ slideshow). More
MVRDV creates home-inspired rooms for its new Rotterdam office
MVRDV has moved into a new studio in central Rotterdam, featuring multicoloured meeting rooms, a plant-covered chandelier, an oversized dining table and a staircase that doubles as a seating area (+ slideshow). More
A Little Design maximises space in tiny 22-metre-square Taiwan apartment
Taiwanese studio A Little Design has renovated a 22-metre-square micro apartment to serve every need of its occupant (+ slideshow). More
Edmund Sumner photographs Kenzo Tange's "brutal classic" St Mary's Cathedral
Swooping steel-clad walls support the cross-shaped roof window of Kenzo Tange's 1960s St Mary's Cathedral in Tokyo, documented in these new images by architecture photographer Edmund Sumner (+ slideshow). More
Hostem's New Road Residence is a guesthouse that includes a "lifestyle minibar"
London fashion store Hostem has launched its first guesthouse – a refurbished Georgian house with furniture from Pierre Jeanneret, Faye Toogood and Max Lamb, and accessories that guests can buy (+ slideshow). More