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From Germany to the Bahamas, rural dwellings designed to embrace their natural surroundings make up Dezeen’s top five houses of the month for April 2023. Read more

Italian homeware brand Alessi has made a jump into the world of furniture, launching the frying-pan-inspired Poêle Collection designed by Philippe Starck. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: architect Álvaro Siza aimed to showcase the « beauty and practicality » of plywood with the Alcântara chair, designed for Portuguese brand MOR. Read more

New York-based designer Eny Lee Parker has joined Dezeen Awards 2023 as a judge. Here, she selects five projects that best reflect her work. Read more

Reflective pools and mirrored cubes set within a neoclassical courtyard in Milan feature in Grohe‘s water-inspired installation, which is captured in this video produced by Dezeen. Read more

In the latest Design Dreams video produced by Dezeen for Moooi, Slovenian designer Nika Zupanc describes how her Knitty Chair takes inspiration from huge mooring ropes for ships. Read more

Stockholm Creative Edition, Clerkenwell Design Week and Venice Architecture Biennale are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this month. Read more

London practice Of Architecture has used a fuss-free colour and material palette to create this understated home for a young couple in the town of Newquay in Cornwall. Read more

We’ve selected five opportunities in China available on Dezeen Jobs this week, including positions at Dezeen, Goettsch Partners and Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. Read more

Colleen Healey Architecture has renovated a 30-year-old home in Maryland, introducing large windows and a hybrid facade that mixes Corten steel with cedar shake. Read more