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A three-metre-high pivoting glass door protrudes from the sloping roof of this London house extension, which is clad in fibre-cement panels to match a refurbished dormer window (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Multicoloured herringbone patterns cover sections of parquet flooring at these London apartments renovated by Alma-nac, which are used as guest suites for a record label (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Architecture studio Alma-nac has extended and added a second grey-brick skin to a 1950s property in Brockley, south London to create a contemporary family home. Read more View the full article

In Milan next month Italian brand Cappellini will launch this cantilevered stool by New York designer Todd Bracher. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Copulating couples can be spotted among a crowd of tiny figurines under the surface of Rolf Sachs’s latest table. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This villa by Athens firm Deca Architecture is one of a collection of 24 to be introduced to the Greek island of Antiparos by Athens developers Oliaros. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Swiss studio Estragon have designed a camera for Swiss camera manufacturer ALPA. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These polished marble blocks by Milanese designer Emanuele Pizzolorusso can be arranged on your desk to make miniature monuments. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2010: Italian designer Marco Dessi presented a series of drinking glasses decorated with the pattern of netting used to packaged oranges. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Barcelona architects Xavier Vilalta Studio have won a competition to design a tower for Doha, Qatar. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch architects MVRDV have designed this creative industries office block in Amsterdam that has letters of the alphabet cut out of the facade. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

JDS Architects have designed a street lamp for Italian brand Ewo that allows light to escape through perforations in its stem. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

For those readers who asked to see more interiors from Zaha Hadid’s Pierres Vives government building in Montpellier, here’s a reading room lined with glowing bookcases by architect Stephane Hof (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Japanese studio Alphaville raised the base of this Osaka house up on crooked stilts, revealing the complex arrangement of rooms, bridges and lightwells contained within (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Kyoto studio Alphaville has squeezed an angular concrete apartment building onto a small plot in the Japanese city of Hikone (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The partners of new Vancouver studio Scott & Scott Architects created this remote snowboarding cabin for their own use at the northern end of Vancouver Island. (more...) View the full article

This proposal for a concrete chapel by Joaquim Portela Arquitetos is designed to reach up towards the sky from its site in the Swiss Alps (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Exterior curtains draw back across the glazed facade of this hillside events venue in Bern, Switzerland, to offer visitors uninterrupted views of the surrounding Alps (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This asymmetric Alpine cabin by Austrian architect Peter Jungmann has been named Ufogel because its owners think it looks like a cross between a UFO and a "vogel" - the German word for bird (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This scaly apartment block in alpine Slovenia appears to have had its corners sliced away to create triangular balconies. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Finnish practice Alt Arkkitehdit has covered a family home in northern Finland in weathering steel panels and greying spruce planks that help it to blend into its woodland setting. Read more View the full article

Science, aeronautics and NASA inspired the Very Polite Agency's packaging design for ALT, a liquid cannabis product for people who want a mind-expanding rather than purely medicinal high. Read more View the full article

German studio Archifaktur has inserted felt-lined caves and green-floored playrooms into the loft of a 1930s primary school (photographs by Zooey Braun). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A slide and bright yellow ladder are among the playful interventions employed by Alter & Company in its modernisation of a farm in Surrey, England. Read more View the full article

Artists Studio Job of Belgium have installed pieces from their iconic collections in the rooms of a Belgian stately home. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article