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Paredes Pedrosa Arquitectos has converted three houses within the walls of a 15th-century castle in the foothills of Spain's Sierra de Gredos into a pair of brightly lit homes for a brother and sister. Read more View the full article

Architecture studio Pareid and students from Chulalongkorn University have built an open-walled classroom around two water collecting funnels in western Thailand. Read more View the full article

Children going to school or public places should be given bulletproof backpacks, the CEO of self-defence brand Guard Dog has told Dezeen. Read more

Design Miami: London designer Asif Khan used Swarovski crystals to recreate an ice halo – an atmospheric effect most often seen in freezing northern climates – in this installation in the sub-tropical heat of Miami (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Seven new skyscrapers by architects including French architect Jean Nouvel and British designer Norman Foster have been proposed for the La Défense district of Paris, as part of an attempt to woo businesses from post-Brexit London. Read more View the full article

This narrow staircase with alternating steps is one of a pair installed by French studio MAAJ Architectes in a Parisian apartment. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: the seventh edition of Paris Design Week takes place this September, with events focused on art, design, fashion, interiors, craft and food. Read more View the full article

The chunky quartzite walls of this library on the outskirts of Paris are faceted to accommodate the span of a century-old walnut tree at the centre of the site (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Two dance studios at the top of this copper-clad music conservatory in Paris by local studio Basalt Architecture project outwards from the facade to capture plenty of natural daylight (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The bright lights of Broadway and the Eiffel Tower's ironwork inspired the interior of this Parisian hamburger restaurant by French studio Cut Architectures (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Paris has unveiled plans to plant trees and gardens alongside four of its historic sites to improve the air quality and address climate change. Read more

Frei + Saarinen Architects of Switzerland renovated this 100 year-old parish centre in Zurich by installing walls at all angles. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: construction of the Frank Gehry-designed Louis Vuitton Foundation of Creation in Paris has been halted due to complaints from neighbours, The Independent reports. Read the full article » All our stories on Frank Gehry » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Bands of light shine through the perforated metal facade of this sports hall by French studio Ateliers O-S Architectes in north-west Paris (+ slideshow). (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

A primary school building in Tel Aviv features a facade of perforated screens patterned with an image from a painting by Russian-born artist Marc Chagall – the school's namesake. (more…) View the full article

Japanese architects Junya Ishigami + Associates and Dutch studio MAKS have won a competition to co-design a visitor centre for a nineteenth century park in the north of the Netherlands. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The final wave of regeneration at brutalist Park Hill estate will see 350 student homes, designed by British practice Whittam Cox Architects, built within the iconic concrete framework of the social housing complex in Sheffield, England. Read more View the full article

The overhaul of the brutalist Park Hill housing estate in Sheffield, England, is another of the six projects nominated for the 2013 Stirling Prize (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Japanese studio Another Apartment has completed a house with an asymmetric roof on a narrow site in suburban Tokyo. (more...) View the full article

Product news: British designer Jasper Morrison has created a family of outdoor furniture for Spanish design brand Kettal. (more…) View the full article

Terry Farrell and Nicholas Grimshaw built Park Road Apartments, which contained their own homes, in the 1970s. We continue our high-tech architecture series by looking at the metal-clad housing block. Read more View the full article

PARKA Architecture has renovated a modernist home in Quebec City, preserving its most successful features while bringing in more natural light and decluttering the interiors. Read more View the full article

Here are more public spaces on the back of bikes: a swarm of tiny mobile parks covered in grass are being pedalled around the city of Baku this month (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A section of tarmac appears to have been peeled back from the surface of a car park at London's Southbank Centre, suspending a car upside down in artist Alex Chinneck's latest illusionary installation (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article