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Dezeen Showroom: British flooring company Karta made innovative use of waste leather in this range of realistic wood-look floor tiles, which are partly made from byproducts of the shoe industry. Read more

Nautical references nod to the coastal setting of this brick house in the port city of Thoothukudi, India, which has been completed by local architecture studio STOMP. Read more

Sømærket is a proposal for a floating pavilion in Denmark, which local studios EFFEKT and MAST have designed to be towed between cities to « raise awareness about the underwater world ». Read more

Schools and libraries are among the latest public buildings in France to be designed with natural materials, following a French law informed by the sustainability aspirations of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Read more

Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim has stated that Malaysia does not need more skyscrapers and that it should prioritise initiatives that « serve its people » instead. Read more

South Africa is set to host a new design week this October that will be split between Cape Town and Johannesburg to provide a platform for the cities’ local design scenes. Read more

Design studio HATO has developed a brand identity for the Barbican and Golden Lane Neighbourhood Forum that takes cues from the area’s distinctive brutalist architecture. Read more

A simple steel framework incorporates both desks and storage in the self-designed all-white studio of architecture firm Ministry of Design in Singapore. Read more

A university building in Toronto by Handel Architects has received formal recognition as a Passive House project, making it « the largest Passive House building in Canada ». Read more

Architecture studio The Ranch Mine has completed Shadow Box, a holiday home in northwest Montana with angled forms clad in black metal, offering a « striking contrast » against the landscape. Read more