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Local studios Atelier Chardonnat and Salem Architecture have renovated and expanded a mid-century modern house in Montreal, dividing the original residence from the addition with a monumental skylight. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: Italian tile maker Casalgrande Padana combined technology and aesthetic research to create an ultra-realistic marble-look tile with optional three-dimensional veining. Read more

Indian practice Studio Terratects has completed Urul, a house on a forested site in Kerala, India, which features a mud-plastered interior. Read more

Japanese studio Nikken Sekkei‘s skyscraper in Dubai with a 230-metre-long skybridge has pipped BIG‘s first supertall to be named Dezeen readers’ favourite new skyscraper. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: large areas of fixed glazing can be opened to allow for ventilation with the Ublo window, created by Korean start-up Ublo. Read more

An updated, postmodern value framework for architecture preservation is needed to protect buildings that are young or ubiquitous as well as those that are exceptional, writes Owen Hopkins. Read more

Spanish architect Joan J Fortuny and studio Alventosa Morell Arquitectes have created 54 social housing units in Inca, Mallorca, wrapped in larch shutters and perforated bricks. Read more

Chinese interior studio Various Associates has completed an irregular pyramid-shaped flagship store for drone brand DJI in Shenzhen, China. Read more

Promotion: Japanese portable lighting brand Ambientec is, for the first time, organising its own events as well as showing at trade fairs to showcase its products. Read more

South Korean design studio SWNA has created a set of rubbish bins for use in Seoul‘s public spaces, featuring friendly rounded forms and animal ears on the lids. Read more