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The world’s first full-scale timber wind turbine has started turning in Sweden, with a tower built by wood technology company Modvion. Read more

Greek architecture offices K-Studio and Mongon have converted the abandoned Manna Sanatorium in Arcadia, southern Greece, into a luxury forest hotel. Read more

California design studio Lovers Unite has reinvigorated a 1950s home with sweeping views of the Los Angeles hills, turning an unused balcony into an extension of the indoor social space. Read more

Dezeen School Shows: a project proposing alternative uses for geologically disturbed sites in Australia is included in this school show by students at the University of Melbourne. Read more

Northeast Pavilion is a permanent bamboo structure created by Mumbai studio AtArchitecture to showcase local craft and construction techniques from the northeast of India. Read more

For our latest lookbook, we explore ten loft conversions and renovations in New York City where designers have inserted partitions, storage and other elements to cleverly organise open space. Read more

This month’s Dezeen In Depth newsletter explores how life-simulation game The Sims has stayed current amid changing interior-design trends and features Michelle Ogundehin’s annual trends report. Read more

Local practice NAAW Studio has converted a former Soviet railway workers’ housing block into the Fika restaurant in Almaty, Kazakhstan, retaining original features of 1950s building. Read more

Paris-based lifestyle brand Kitsuné has opened a cafe next to its boutique in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, both with minimalist interiors featuring white oak and stainless steel. Read more

Green terrazzo is teamed with concrete and clay-toned plaster at Terzetto, a London flat extension that architecture studio ConForm Architects has modelled on bay windows. Read more