Lanzavecchia + Wai designs cobalt blue glassware based on lab equipment
Designers Lanzavecchia + Wai are the latest to craft objects in coloured glass, producing bright blue tableware for online retailer Luisa Via Roma (+ slideshow). More
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Standard Studio adds living tree to interior of Amsterdam juice shop
A large tree grows through the centre of this Amsterdam cold pressed juice shop, which local practice Standard Studio designed to reflect the city's hidden green spaces (+ slideshow). More
Davidov Partners completes concrete and glass house for empty nesters in Melbourne
Expansive glazed surfaces are sandwiched between simple concrete volumes to form the minimal facades of this house in Melbourne by Davidov Partners Architects (+ slideshow). More
Kauh completes housing complex in Spain with large circular openings in the walls
Circular openings form entrances and windows for this housing development in the Spanish town of Conil de la Frontera, designed by Granada studio Kauh (+ slideshow). More
Mark Havens' Out of Season photographs show Jersey Shore motels "frozen in time"
Photo essay: Philadelphia-based photographer Mark Havens has captured the Modernist architecture and neon signage of motels in a New Jersey resort town, just before many were lost to condominium development (+ slideshow). More
Biasol Design Studio adds booths with pitched roofs to Melbourne restaurant
Dining areas within this Melbourne restaurant are housed beneath individual pitched roofs, which local practice Biasol Design Studio added to give the space a "home away from home" feeling (+ slideshow). More
Angular concrete slabs frame Brazilian house Casa Bosques
Brazilian firm Studio Colnaghi Arquitetura has completed a house in Xangrilá, Brazil, featuring a concrete-framed games room that projects out over a poolside terrace (+ slideshow). More
What Design Can Do Refugee Challenge unveils 25 shortlisted projects to improve refugee's lives
Dezeen promotion: 25 designs that offer a range of solutions for improving the lives of refugees living in urban environments have been shortlisted for the first What Design Can Do Refugee Challenge (+ slideshow). More
Mark Wilson's Kanagawa Blade has a serrated edge carved by jets of water
New Zealand designer Mark Wilson has used a water jet cutter to create a steel knife with a purposefully irregular edge (+ slideshow). More
TKWA restores and extends 1940s Frank Lloyd Wright home in Wisconsin
Milwaukee firm The Kubala Washatko Architects has renovated a Frank Lloyd Wright house near the city, adding a pool house that was informed by the home's original site plan (+ slideshow). More
Tessa Silva-Dawson uses milk as substitute for hydrocarbon plastics
Graduate shows 2016: Royal College of Art graduate Tessa Silva-Dawson has used cow's milk to create a natural alternative to plastic from non-renewable sources (+ slideshow). More
Tidal waters wash underneath Seashore Chapel by Vector Architects
Beijing studio Vector Architects has built a concrete chapel on a Chinese beach, but raised it up above the sands so that seawater can wash underneath (+ slideshow). More
Terry & Terry converts historic brick building in downtown San Francisco into creative workspace
San Francisco firm Terry & Terry Architecture has transformed a century-old brick building into a design agency's headquarters, adding a second level that features a folding glass wall and roof terrace (+ slideshow). More
Provencher Roy to restore Montreal's Alexandra Pier and cruise terminal
An early 20th-century pier in central Montreal is to receive an overhaul by local firm Provencher Roy, which will add a towering beacon and a public promenade (+ slideshow). More
OMA's Pierre Lassonde Pavilion doubles the size of Quebec art museum
Architecture studio OMA has completed its extension to the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Quebec, which features a stack of stepped galleries and a protruding, angular staircase (+ slideshow). More
Eye-like library by MVRDV nears completion in China
Dutch firm MVRDV has revealed its designs for a library with an eye-shaped atrium, which is nearing completion in Tianjin, China (+ slideshow). More
Britain's best new houses revealed in RIBA House of the Year 2016 award longlist
The 20 houses vying for this year's RIBA House of the Year award have been announced, including a forest home for a pair of artists, a London residence covered in mirrors and a cluster of cabins in Dungeness (+ slideshow). More
Studio David Thulstrup transforms Copenhagen warehouse into home for a photographer
Studio David Thulstrup has turned a former factory building in Copenhagen into a house for a photographer, featuring a plant-filled atrium and walls of brick, wood and steel (+ slideshow). More
RIBA names best British architecture projects of 2016
The Royal Institute of British Architects has revealed the 46 winners of its national awards, including a library covered in weathering steel, a bulbous blue drawing studio and Damien Hirst's London gallery (+ slideshow). More
SCI-Arc students build affordable home in low-income Los Angeles neighbourhood
Students in a design-build program at the Southern California Institute of Architecture have completed a house in a crime-ridden area of Los Angeles, with features included to help occupants feel "safe and secure" (+ slideshow). More