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A white timber roof masks the upper storey of this Japanese house by Takeru Shoji Architects, but is raised on wooden stilts to reveal the pale timber facade of the lower level (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The next instalment in our A-Zdvent calendar is the welded aluminium and fibreglass Lockheed Lounge by Australian designer Marc Newson. (more…) View the full article

This week we reported on Jacques Herzog's attack on the Milan Expo, Tadao Ando's first project in New York and a Swedish woodland home (pictured). Read on to catch up with the latest architecture and design news, plus our track of the week. (more…) View the full article

Music: French director Benjamin Artola's hand-drawn music video for Grand Soleil's track Misfits transports a man out of a traffic jam onto a trippy journey through seas, deserts and space (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

London architecture studio Feilden Fowles has revealed plans for a visitors' centre with rammed-earth walls in Europe's largest modern and contemporary sculpture park. (more…) View the full article

Built in Lyon's docklands, Jakob + MacFarlane's new headquarters for international news channel Euronews features an acid-green facade punctured by two huge egg-shaped holes (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Stockholm-based Note Design Studio has created minimal furniture for live cooking demonstrations at the newly opened Mall of Scandinavia. (more…) View the full article

Canadian firm Architecture Open Form had to negotiate strict preservation requirements with this renovation of a 125-year-old dwelling in Montreal (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This week on Dezeen: sportswear brand Nike unveiled its Back to the Future-style shoes this week and Thomas Heatherwick's controversial Garden Bridge moved one step closer to reality despite calls for the project to be scrapped. (more…) View the full article

Le Corbusier's seminal Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut becomes a huge canvas for graffiti in these fictional images created by Belgian photographer Xavier Delory. (more…) View the full article

Paritzki & Liani Architects has completed an office for an engineering company in Tel Aviv, featuring a billowing "sky-ceiling" created using the brand's signature product (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Our job of the week on the new and improved Dezeen Jobs is for a 3D visualiser at David Chipperfield Architects, which recently unveiled renderings of its plans to convert the US Embassy in London into a hotel (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: the latest watch from AÃRK is a refined version of the Australian brand's bestselling Classic model. (more…) View the full article

Ikea's tongue-in-cheek response to Kanye West's request to collaborate with the Swedish furniture giant, the latest news from our Brexit design summit and Rio's Olympic architecture (pictured) feature in this week's issue of Dezeen Mail. Read Dezeen Mail issue 317 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Items are displayed upon a series of pine structures inside this accessories store in Ansião, Portugal. (more…) View the full article

Canadian studio Bourgeois Lechasseur Architects has stacked two wood-and-glass volumes at opposing angles, resulting in a home designed to embrace its picturesque surroundings (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Architect Henri Bredenkamp has overhauled a London house once used as a teaching space by Goldsmiths university to create a light-filled home for his family. Read more View the full article

Danish studio EFFEKT has completed a brick-clad apartment block in Copenhagen with a tapered profile that reflects the roof shape of an adjacent church. Read more View the full article

This country retreat by American firm Hariri & Hariri Architecture consists of interlocking volumes clad in ipe and stone and an infinity pool overlooking the verdant, rolling terrain. Read more View the full article

A new training facility in Canada by global firm Perkins + Will consists of two interlocking volumes embedded in a gentle slope, resulting in a split-level layout and different facades. Read more View the full article

The Architecture Foundation has launched a free app that maps the location of over 1,100 historic and contemporary buildings in London, and provides a brief overview of their architectural significance. Read more View the full article

A huge tree trunk has been sliced into sections to create the slatted roof of this outdoor classroom designed by architecture students for a school at an art park in Russia's Kaluga region. Read more View the full article

Brazilian architect Felipe Rodrigues has created a split-level house, with a glazed living area between thin concrete planes that project from a hillside. Read more View the full article

California studio Edmonds + Lee has refurbished and expanded a gabled-roof dwelling in San Francisco, transforming rooms into light-filled spaces with wood flooring and minimalist decor. Read more View the full article

Superimpose has saved a historic factory in Changzhi, China, from demolition by renovating it into a exhibition centre for the city. Read more View the full article