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“Whatever you are, be a good one.” – Abraham Lincoln

Architecture studio Kompas has completed a house and art gallery in Chiba, Japan, featuring a sawtooth roof and a facade clad in black tiles that are angled to create louvred openings. Read more

An art deco swimming pool in Cornwall has been given a new lease of life thanks to the addition of geothermal heating and community facilities designed by Scott Whitby Studio. Read more

Designers and architects need to adopt a « possibilist mindset » to amplify their influence a to make the meaningful changes needed in the face of climate change, argue Sarah Ichioka and Michael Pawlyn. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: designed to feel soft while offering long-lasting strength, Dedar‘s Textures collection intend to showcase the beauty and luxuriousness of natural fibres. Read more

Only a handful of spruce partitions carve up the pared-back interior of this London office, which McLaren Excell has created for Samsung‘s European design studio. Read more

Times Square is not a place I ever want to visit. Until now: I would love to experience Continuum by Krista Kim where synchronized across 90 electronic billboards, a slowly shifting gradient of color washes over Times Square, creating a moment of calm amidst one of the most visually kinetic places in the world.

Architecture firm Rotative Studio has created three colourful temporary pavilions for reading and socialising in the Place du Marché square in Aigle, Switzerland. Read more

Mexican studio 1540 Arquitectura has created a series of triangular structures incorporating a stable called Services Agavero Ranch in the Tequila district of Jalisco, Mexico. Read more

Shieh Arquitetos Associados has organised this residence in Brazil around a lush courtyard so that its residents can « step onto grass from the bedrooms ». Read more