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A black staircase lined with perforated white walls zig-zags up through this renovated city dwelling by Canadian studio Post Architecture. Read more View the full article

Australian architecture studio DeciBel has unveiled plans for a cultural complex in Hanoi, featuring six bulb-like structures to reference a floating lotus flower. Read more View the full article

Romanian designers say they are about to storm the world stage – and they're not going to let the lack of home-grown brands, manufacturers or heritage stop them. Read more View the full article

In a bid to solve the UK's housing crisis, Estonian design collective Kodasema has launched its prefabricated 25-square-metre micro home that takes less than a day to build and can be relocated to make use of vacant sites. Read more View the full article

Macdonald Wright Architects has added a barn clad in black-stained boards to Caring Wood – a Kent country villa that is vying to be named the UK's House of the Year. Read more View the full article

Japanese practice Hibinosekkei has completed a nursery in Yokohama, which features plywood-lined interiors and house-shaped openings set into its dark facades. Read more View the full article

Musicians, actors and chefs are among the celebrity creatives paired with 13 designers to create collection of furniture currently on show in New York, which will be sold to raise money for charity. Read more View the full article

Designers are increasingly looking to the human body when finding materials for their creations. Here are 10 of the most stomach-churning examples, featuring blood, sweat and tears (plus urine and hair). Read more View the full article

For those who enjoy cafe culture, interiors reporter Natasha Levy picks out 10 eye-catching examples from cities around the world, from a Canadian coffee shop that doubles as an artists' workshop to a Vietnamese eatery with its own fish pond. Read more View the full article

In this week's comments update, readers are questioning Nikolas and Lukas Bentel's decision to design vision-impairing Squiggle Glasses. Read more

Architecture firm OMA has revealed plans to reconfigure and update the New York galleries of auction house Sotheby's. Read more

Ford has a solution to ease one of the most common sources of fear and anxiety in dogs — the loud noise from fireworks. Read more

Architecture that embodies a country's values can help improve communication between feuding nations, says Jean Nouvel as the National Museum of Qatar opens in Doha. Read more

PepsiCo has launched a drinks machine, for offices and schools, to give its customers an alternative to using single-use plastic. Read more

London studio PearsonLloyd marries the convenience and economy of flat-pack furniture with quality materials in a chair designed for new Copenhagen brand Takt. Read more

In this week's comments update, readers are debating the French Senate's ruling that dictates Notre-Dame Cathedral must be built in the same style as it was before the fire. Read more

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

Spanish fashion retailer Zara has announced that 100 per cent of the cotton, linen and polyester used in its clothing will be more sustainable, organic or recycled by 2025. Read more

We've selected the top five roles in architecture, interiors and design on Dezeen Jobs this week, including positions at Architecture 00 and OHLAB. Read more

Parts of an industrial shack in Amsterdam have been incorporated into the 5-metre-wide Huis M&M, a residential conversion by NEXT Architects and architect Claudia Linders. Read more

The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter includes Banksy's pop-up-shop installation, opened in response to a trade mark dispute, and Zaha Hadid Architects Beijing airport terminal. Sign up to Dezeen Weekly here ›

Keeping a record of LGBT+ design makes political change increasingly possible says Andrew Campbell, the author of Queer x Design. He has picked five examples of LGBT+ graphic design from the past 50 years for Dezeen. Read more View the full article

Julius Taminiau Architects has rebuilt an old cowshed to create a house clad in thin timber slats that conceal double-layered openings. Read more View the full article

This week on Dezeen, Tesla's futuristic Cybertruck polarised opinions and we continued our high-tech architecture series. Read more View the full article

The Hudson Yards development in New York and a Texas art centre by David Adjaye are among the top 10 architecture projects in the US this year, selected by US editor Eleanor Gibson for our review of 2019. Read more View the full article