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Northmodern 2015: a wooden bench that hides a compartment for a plant pot below its seat is among the latest furniture and homeware items launched by Danish designer Kristina Dam (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: entrepreneur Elon Musk has revealed designs for a supersonic Hyperloop transport system to link Los Angeles and San Francisco in just 30 minutes (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Danish office BIG has designed a triangular viewing platform for Brooklyn Bridge Park that angles up from the ground like a huge fin (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Wire-encased lights are suspended above oak-topped counters at this bakery in Poland by designer Maciej Kurkowski (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A bridge over a stream connects the two sides of this concrete house in India by Mumbai firm Architecture Brio (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: Ferrari has released images of a concept racing car that the Italian manufacturer envisions as a possible future for Formula One. (more…) View the full article

Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with publishers Summit to give readers the chance to win a book full of projects by design duo GamFratesi. (more...) View the full article

Books, records, plant pots and even shoes can be turned into musical instruments thanks to British designer Nick Brennan’s Sound Pegs device (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dutch designer Piet Boon has transformed the interior of a former military hospital chapel in Antwerp, Belgium, into a contemporary restaurant featuring a sculptural chandelier. (more...) View the full article

This week Zaha Hadid completed a concrete building for the American University of Beirut. Read on for more architecture and design highlights from the past seven days plus our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. (more...) View the full article

Behind a dark brickwork exterior, this suburban home by British studio Snook Architects features a double-height entrance lobby, a rugged stone fireplace and a skylight that covers an entire corridor (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: ecommerce giant Amazon has selected an office building by Foster + Partners for central London as its new UK home. (more...) View the full article

The two main buildings of this Portuguese holiday complex by I-da Arquitectos are dug into a hillside, partly burying them in the sloping terrain (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

JDS Architects used staggered balconies to create a cascade of cubes across the facade of this Seoul officetel – a kind of housing and workplace hybrid typical in South Korea (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Rem Koolhaas has accused the president of Princeton University of making a "category error" by expecting former architecture dean Alejandro Zaera-Polo to include full academic citations in texts he wrote for the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale. (more…)

Dezeen has won Best Content Studio at the Digiday Publishing Awards in New York, beating The New York Times to the honour. (more…)

Bulgarian architect Hristina Hristova has designed a tiny holiday home for herself and her husband that can be towed on a trailer so they can avoid the crowds along the country's built-up coast (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Business news: San Francisco studio Wood Thumb is opposing Black Friday's discounting frenzy by upping the price of its products, adding a "Maker's Bonus" for its craftspeople. (more…) View the full article

Zaha Hadid has rejected claims that her architecture is self-indulgent and wilful, believing that she is "widely misunderstood" by the mainstream. (more…) View the full article

Architects and planners should study refugee camps like the Jungle in France, according to architecture undergraduate Sophie Flinder, who has completed a dissertation on the way the camp has become a fully functioning town with its own culture (+ transcript). (more…) View the full article

Los Angeles-based Standard Architecture has completed a store for fashion brand Helmut Lang that features smooth plaster walls, cove lighting and a light-filled garden (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This northern California cabin by Mork-Ulnes Architects is clad in tar-coated timber and sits atop a concrete plinth – measures that both help protect the structure from heavy snowfall. (more…) View the full article

Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi has been awarded the Silver Lion for bringing his floating school to the Venice Biennale, as part of his ongoing research into building for flood-prone regions (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

An oversized camera lens punctuated by a single bullet hole forms the Broken Landscape memorial dedicated to photographer Gordan Lederer (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Brexit design summit: UK design businesses are considering opening offices in the EU to maintain close ties with overseas clients in the event of Brexit. (more…) View the full article