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This house for two retired lecturers in the Indonesian city of Salatiga was designed with multiple bamboo funnels on its roof to echo the area's mountainous topography (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Board-marked concrete walls frame this Buenos Aires residence by Argentinian architect Federico Sartor, but at the back they give way to large windows, offering views of a courtyard and lake (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

German firm Buero Wagner has designed a bar for mixology company Gamsei with ceramic bottles of ingredients hanging from a metal grid on the ceiling (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The Black House by German architect studio Buero Wagner is a stack of differently sized rooms clad in blackened wood extending a house close to Lake Ammersee in Munich. Read more

New York bedding company Buffy has used natural dye made from a mix of plants, spices and fruits to colour its eucalyptus fabric sheets. Read more

New York homeware brand Buffy has launched a comforter made entirely of eucalyptus pulp, reducing its ecological footprint while also making it suitable for vegans. Read more

After 20 years making pushchairs, Dutch company Bugaboo is expanding into a different area of the travel market: luggage (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

French manufacturer Bugatti has unveiled a £1.9 million vehicle, which it describes as the world's most powerful and fastest car, at the 86th Geneva Motor Show. (more…) View the full article

Car manufacturer Bugatti has built a one-off sports car from carbon fibre, which has already been sold to an anonymous "enthusiast" for €11 million before tax. Read more

Product news: this modular shelving is built from tessellating coffin-shaped blocks that can also be used as stools or tables. (more...) View the full article

A path of narrow brass lines leads visitors around the different areas of this restaurant in Munich, which is set inside an important Modernist building. (more…) View the full article

Milan 2012: Hackney-based organisation Technology Will Save Us believe everyone should understand how simple devices work, so at the Hacked Lab in Milan they hosted workshops that included a lesson in building an electronic musical instrument. (more…) View the full article

Toronto practice Building Arts Architects used a small watercraft and boats to transport prefabricated elements to build this boathouse on a site only accessible by water in Ontario. Read more

Create Streets founder Nicholas Boys Smith has been named interim chair of the UK's Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission, after Roger Scruton's removal. Read more

Architecture students collaborated with a women's group in Morocco to design and build a community centre out of stone and earth in the village of Ouled Merzoug. Read more View the full article

Earlier today we featured objects made of tarmac. Now here’s some furniture made of bricks by designers Rachel Griffin of Earnest Studio in Rotterdam and Emilie Pallard of Eindhoven. (more…) View the full article

Dutch Design Week: architect Brian Peters has adapted a desktop 3D printer to produce ceramic bricks for building architectural structures (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

A suspended ceiling folds erratically around the uppermost apartment of a Lisbon block that Portuguese architect Jorge Mealha has refurbished. (more…) View the full article

Brazilian studio 20.87 has used plastic panels and LED lighting to transform an old house in São Paulo into a giant lamp (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Jean Nouvel has completed a tower with foliage bursting out of perforated walls and wide balconies, so we've added this and more verdant architecture to our Pinterest board dedicated to plants. It also includes Vo Trong Nghia's hotel with hanging gardens on its facades and a foliage-strewn house near Brussels by French botanical artist Patrick Blanc. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more plants in our archive View the full article

Major high-rise developments are razing the architectural past of Los Angeles at a rapid rate, says the production designer behind the 1960s sets of Quentin Tarantino's movie, Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood. Read more

Demand for touchless products such as toilets and faucets is soaring as architects look to prevent the spread coronavirus in their buildings, according to Paul Flowers, chief design officer at water technology brand LIXIL. Read more View the full article

Belgian design brand Quinze & Milan will present a sofa covered in pockets for backpack company Eastpak at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan next month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The display system at this Japanese souvenir shop in Paris is just key rings hung on screws in the walls. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2011: British designer Mark Holmes presents a lamp shaped like an incandescent bulb for his design brand Minimalux in London this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article