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Naturehumaine has completed six new apartments in a historic Montreal neighbourhood, renovating an existing volume and adding a similar building to an adjacent, vacant lot. Read more

Dezeen School Shows: a project that aims to tackle Barcelona’s rising sea levels using laser-cut artificial reefs and another that intends to reconnect fragmented communities through modular creative workshops are featured in Dezeen’s latest school show by Norwich University of the Arts. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: Spanish brand Azteca has launched Onyx Lux, a tile that recreates the look of precious stone and offers unusual pale shades of blue and green. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: designer Álvaro Catalán de Ocón has created a collection of rugs for Spanish brand Gan, which aims to expose and tackle the global issue of river pollution. Read more

Promotion: Sarah Andelman, co-founder of Parisian concept store Colette has discussed the unexpected approaches needed to succeed in the future retail landscape in a talk hosted by Dezeen and brand retail experts Liganova during Milan design week. Read more

This is a poem for someone who is juggling her life. Be still sometimes. Be still sometimes. It needs repeating over and over to catch her attention over and over, as someone who is juggling her life finds it difficult to hear. Be still sometimes. Be still sometimes. Let it all fall sometimes. – Rose …

I’d hang out with this little dude. Crated by Cheryl Cochran.

That feeling when you see an object so beautiful, yet so simple, it makes you gasp? Yep, Laura Fischer’s Rock Objects did that to me last weekend.

Cork cladding creates a « camouflaged » upper storey at this home near Lisbon, Portugal, designed by local studio Inês Brandão Arquitectura. Read more

Italian design brand Alessi has marked its centenary year with a Milan design week show where special-edition products are presented in settings that include a staircase covered in toilet rolls and a curling pitch. Read more