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Local spruce wood is used throughout Markolfhalle Markelfingen, a multipurpose hall that architecture studio Steimle Architekten has added to the edge of a lake in Germany. Read more

As part of Dezeen’s Social Housing Revival series, we look at how one county in Maryland is leading the way in the US after devising a novel public-development strategy to help combat its housing crisis. Read more

Dezeen’s top five houses of the month for March include a timber and concrete residence that is « designed to be overlooked » and a copper-clad home in Colorado that creates « semi-reflections » of the landscape. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: designs by Ronan Bouroullec and Jos Klarenbeek feature among the new rugs released by Dutch textile brand Kvadrat for 2024, under the umbrella name Novelties. Read more

Interior designers Nate Berkus and Brigette Romanek, designers Neville Brody and Rio Kobayashi and architect Nikoline Dyrup Carlsen have been named Dezeen Awards 2024 judges. Read more

Architecture office Destudio has remodelled an apartment in Valencia for a couple of empty nesters, swapping the positions of the living and sleeping areas so they perform better for the owners’ lifestyles. Read more

Oozing mortar joints create a « crusty crown » for The Brick House, a family home in Perth, Australia that has recently been completed by local practice Studio Roam. Read more

Brass ribbons line the asymmetric portals that connect the kitchen and dining room of this Toronto residence, renovated by local architecture and art studio Svima. Read more

Dezeen School Shows: a video game informed by the Harry Potter books is included in Dezeen’s latest school show by students at the American University in Dubai. Read more

The 19th-century villas in the suburbs of Paris informed the arched windows and sloping roofs of this social housing block in France, completed by local studio SOA Architectes. Read more