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Bright red curving forms and cubic volumes form Haus 2+, a mixed-use building that architecture studio Office ParkScheerbarth has added to a compact riverside site in Berlin. Read more

Chinese studio Neri&Hu has designed the Sanya Wellness Retreat hotel on the Chinese island of Hainan, with public spaces arranged around a central water courtyard. Read more

Design student Willem Zwiers has salvaged second-hand books and used them to form a small furniture collection, currently on show at the Design Academy Eindhoven graduate show at Dutch Design Week. Read more

Known for a string of boundary-pushing projects, Japanese architect Junya Ishigami discusses his unusual approach to designing buildings in this exclusive interview. Read more

Rammed earth walls and an organic colour scheme help this South African family lodge designed by architecture practice Studio Asaï to blend into its natural surroundings. Read more

German designer Basse Stittgen has developed two methods for transforming lignin, an under-used plant-based polymer, into functional objects. Read more

Mexican architecture studio Taller Frida Escobedo has completed a seaside resort in the Yucatán Peninsula with wooden guest quarters suspended on stilts. Read more

Local landscape studio Field Operations has opened a swath of land in Staten Island‘s Freshkills Park, which was once home to the world’s largest landfill. Read more

Dezeen School Shows: a theatre with an inflatable facade that changes shape with the audience’s breathing is included in this school show by Rensslear Polytechnic Institute students. Read more

Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has added a stepped roof and bright-coloured boxes to a former museum dedicated to Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha in the centre of Tirana, Albania. Read more