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The CIFI Building in Beijing by Steven Holl Architects will have swooping glazed roofs that are designed to contrast with a textured concrete facade. Read more

Smartphone users can easily switch their devices from full functionality to minimal "mindful" modes in these concepts by UK design agency Morrama. Read more

Buck Studio played with colour and texture inside this restaurant in Warsaw, which features boldly contrasting orange fixtures and grooved teal surfaces. Read more

London studio Fredrikson Stallard has completed the Reformation collection of furniture and art made using cardboard found on the streets of the city. Read more

Tel Aviv studio Aqua Creations has launched a series of sculptural lighting fixtures that can be used individually or stacked on top of one another. Read more

Simple timber divisions and bright colours define architecture studio RCKa's conversion of a 19th-century London church hall into The Granville, a community centre with workspaces. Read more

Daniel Libeskind's New York architecture firm has revealed plans to build a museum in Kenya's Rift Valley, comprising tapered and pointed structures that resemble upturned stalactites. Read more

A handmade copper lamp and a tiger-shaped pom-pom rug are among the designs featured in this all-female exhibition, which Chelsea gallery 1stdibs is hosting for this year's NYCxDesign festival. Read more

Designer Yves Béhar has revealed plans to build 3D-printed houses for an impoverished farming community in Latin America. Read more

Should Notre-Dame's spire be rebuilt as a replica or be given a modern redesign? Dezeen editors Tom Ravenscroft and India Block will be taking over our Twitter account on 15 May at 4pm UK time to answer your questions. Join the discussion using the hashtag #dezeenchat.

A skyscraper that processes waste, an ice dam, an urban nature reserve and a border-wall building are among the conceptual projects recognised in this year's eVolo Skyscraper Competition. Read more

Researchers at MIT and in the Maldives have come up with a solution to help coastal communities threatened by climate change: submersible objects carefully placed to promote the growth of beaches and islands. Read more

Curving galleries plastered with earth characterise Ghana Freedom, the country's national pavilion at the 58th Venice Art Biennale, designed by architect David Adjaye. Read more

The Consumer Electronics Show has returned the Innovations award it rescinded from female-led sex toy company Lora DiCarlo earlier this year, following accusations of gender bias in the tech industry. Read more

The first section of a five-kilometre-long, looping park is set to open in London's Greenwich this summer, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the architecture studio behind the High Line. Read more

Designer Lisa Marks has combined traditional handicrafts with technology to create a unique bra especially for people who have had mastectomy surgery. Read more

A pair of stone barns on a castle estate in southwest Sweden have been turned into a boutique hotel and restaurant with interiors designed by Kristina Wachtmeister. Read more

We've selected the best architecture and design roles on Dezeen Jobs this week, including vacancies at international firm Büro Ole Scheeren and the Science Museum in London. Read more

An exhibition of cork furniture by Jasper Morrison has opened at the Kasmin Gallery in New York's Chelsea, the designer's first solo show in North America. Read more

Carmody Groarke has refurbished the British Film Institute's home on the South Bank in London, with an illuminated new entrance canopy and revamped interior. Read more

American firm Olson Kundig Architects has completed a three-storey nature retreat in Costa Rica, featuring local teak wood, slatted walls and columns made of tree trunks. Read more

New York design studio Rux has extended its modular Stickbulb series with a chandelier modelled on a large wind chime. Read more

Danish architecture studio EFFEKT has built a helical tower that invites you to climb up above the treetops of the Gisselfeld Klosters Forest in Denmark. Read more

Swedish design duo Butler Lindgård has created textiles based on the female body, including carpets adorned with breasts and fabrics that look blood-stained. Read more

We've updated our Pinterest board dedicated to office design, including the pink offices of beauty brand Glossier and Space10's flexible workspace in a former fish factory. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›