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VDF products fair: L06 is a low-rise wooden table by Studio Eva Natasa that takes its cues from the Asian culture of floor dining. Read more View the full article

These collapsible chairs by American design studio Pilot///Wave hang on the wall in an undulating line when they're not in use. (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Canadian firm ACDF Architecture has designed a lake house on a sloping site in Quebec, with a protruding terrace so residents can get even closer to the water's edge. Read more

Canadian firm ACDF Architecture has designed a lake house on a sloping site in Quebec, with a protruding terrace so residents can get even closer to the water's edge. Read more

Ribbed timber framework folds around the walls and ceiling of this bar in Porto by Portuguese studio AVA Architects (photos by José Campos). (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Argentinian architects Adamo-Faiden have completed a club house in the middle of a lake near Buenos Aires. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Jars of colourful preserves are treated like precious antiques at this Paris jam shop by French architect Noël Dominguez. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2012: new French brand La Chance launches at MOST in Milan this week. (more…) View the full article

Parisian furniture brand La Chance has unveiled a series of new additions to its collection, including a chunky bookcase and a side table that plays with perspective. Read more View the full article

This angular structure looping around a central courtyard is an office building in Saint-Etienne by French studio Manuelle Gautrand Architecture. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The stripped concrete skeletons of three former factories in A Coruña await conversion into public buildings by Spanish architects Díaz&Díaz. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2012: weary fair-goers in Milan can relax and recharge at an installation by Studio Toogood at MOST this week, guided through a healing performance by mysterious helpers dressed in white. (more…) View the full article

Gabled chipboard boxes connected by concrete stairs fill the open space of Casa Mac, a house designed by architecture studio La Errería in Alicante, Spain. Read more View the full article

The facade of this house in the Spanish town of Novelda is divided into three sections that are each angled to make the most of the available views and sunlight (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Swiss architecture studio Bureau A has built a pavilion out of recycled windows on the outskirts of Geneva. (more...) View the full article

Design studio La Firme has turned a tight, triangular space into a bright and airy cafe in Montreal. Read more View the full article

Montreal architect Louis Beliveau of La Firme studio has overhauled a decrepit barn in Quebec by turning its hollow core into a holiday home for two city dwellers. Read more View the full article

French architects Dumazer & Lafallisse have converted a former gallery in Paris into an optician’s. (more…) View the full article

Frankfurt designer Reinhard Dienes presented this adjustable lamp with a long shade at Maison& Objet in Paris last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This multi-purpose sports hall by Parisian studio AP 5 Architects has shutters in the facade to open the lower part of the building. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Feature: Los Angeles is turning into a "dystopia gone right" and is now the most interesting place in the USA for new architecture, according to international and local studios who are prospering from the city's combination of low rents and big projects. (more…) View the full article

Reflected greenery shrouds the mirrored extension that architecture practice Delavegacanolasso added to house in Madrid, which occupies a disused art studio. Read more View the full article

Canadian architect Henri Cleinge built a house for himself in Montreal with concrete walls inside and out. (more...) View the full article

This earth and plant-covered hump is a house by Paris architect Patrick Nadeau, currently under construction in Reims, France. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A lifestyle brand with "a real soul" has launched in Paris, in a boutique that brings fashion together with furniture and homeware. Read more View the full article