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British artist Grayson Perry is working with London-based architects Apparata on an affordable-housing scheme with integrated studios for artists in Barking, east London. Read more View the full article

American designer Paul Loebach created this collection of rustic furniture in reference to the country cabins erected in nineteenth-century Adirondack, New York. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

News: work is about to start on a high-density, car-free “satellite city” for 80,000 people that will be built from scratch in a rural location close to Chengdu and later replicated in other parts of China. (more…) View the full article

North America's tallest glass elevator, designed by Solomon Cordwell Buenz, will climb the exterior of the modernist Aon Center skyscraper in Chicago in 60 seconds offering tourists panoramic views. Read more

This timber-clad house along Australia's scenic Great Ocean Road has been raised above the ground to capture the best views of the ocean and provide shaded outdoor space beneath (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Graphic designer David Pearson has censored the cover of George Orwell's classic novel 1984 as part of his series of redesigned books for publisher Penguin. (more...) View the full article

Greece has been criticised for plans to erect a floating barrier in the sea to deter people crossing by boat, in a project reminiscent of Trump's border wall. Read more View the full article

Staggering a series of parallel spaces, architect and Columbia University professor Lydia Xynogala has created a hillside home on Skiathos where rooms have secluded terraces facing the ocean. Read more View the full article

White and black painted patches create artificial shafts of light and shadows on the walls of this salon in Japan by Tokyo studio Takara Space Design. (more...) View the full article

This taco restaurant in Vancouver, designed by local studio September, is filled with fibreglass Eames chairs and stools, lush plants and curvy black tables. Read more View the full article

Architect David Adjaye has designed a collection of sustainable underwear for online clothing retailer PACT. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This glazed garden hideaway by Italian studio act_romegialli is disguised inside a dense thicket of bushy plants and blossoming wildflowers. (more...) View the full article

Swedish studio Sweco Architects has covered the ceiling of this hair salon in Umeå with 85 green MDF boxes. (more...) View the full article

Trailing plants cascade over the edge of this elevated walkway, which was designed by Garis Architects to shelter a community events space in western Malaysia (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Plants sprout through the patchwork aluminium facade of this pharmacy and clinic in Japan by architects Kengo Kuma and Associates. (more…) View the full article

Wonder Architects have used pale green ceramic tiles to clad a house extension in Yangqing, China, that mirrors the form of its traditional neighbours. Read more View the full article

Germany, one of six countries bidding to host the United Nations’ Green Climate Fund, have selected Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA) to design a sustainable HQ in Bonn if their bid is successful. (more…) View the full article

A green cross emblazoned across the centre of this denture repair centre by Polish architect Adam Wiercinski marks a window where customers can collect or drop off their teeth (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This house in western England by London studio Paul Archer Design features a mirrored facade that slides across to cover the windows (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Plywood is used to make cabinets, nooks and dividers inside this olive green retail store in Lower Manhattan that Brooklyn studio ABA has designed for London streetwear brand Maharishi. Read more View the full article

Here’s another stadium designed by German studio GMP Architekten (see our earlier stories here and here) for the 2010 FIFA World Cup starting this week in South Africa. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

News: London is set to offer a rival to New York's acclaimed High Line park with these competition-winning proposals for a landscaped promenade linking gardens and railways arches along the River Thames. (more...) View the full article

Czech architecture studio Formafatal has used blackened wood, perforated aluminium panels and a green roof to form this low-lying holiday home in Costa Rica. Read more View the full article

This house in Berlin designed by Brandt + Simon Architekten is covered in rows of green shingles with curved edges and features windows laid out to resemble a face (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

K11 Musea is a shopping centre on the Tsim Sha Tsui harbour-front in Hong Kong, designed by an architecture team led by Kohn Pedersen Fox. Read more View the full article