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Alison Brooks Architects has extended a nineteenth century house in north London by adding two tapered volumes that project into the garden (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

September's Maison&Objet interior design fair has been postponed and will instead take place online, while Paris Design Week is to go ahead. Read more View the full article

Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs has outlined its Toronto Tomorrow masterplan to turn a parcel of the city's waterfront into the "neighbourhood of the future". Read more

Perforated metal screens decorate this residential extension built by architecture studio Welsh + Major in a three-metre-wide gap next to a converted grain mill. Read more View the full article

Giant sheepskins, crumpled metallic leather and plastic sheets adorned models at fashion designer Gareth Pugh's Autumn Winter 2014 show during Paris Fashion Week. (more...) View the full article

With the 58th Venice Art Biennale now underway, design reporter Natashah Hitti picks out the exhibitions, pavilions and installations that are most likely to appeal to architects and designers, from giant hands to an artificial beach. Read more

Six masters students from the L'École de Design Nantes Atlantique present projects ranging from city design to food innovation in this digital show as part of Virtual Design Festival's student and schools initiative. Read more View the full article

British architect Piers Gough of CZWG and fashion designer Paul Smith have completed the latest Maggie’s Centre for cancer care in Nottingham, UK. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This vacation home in Washington state by Prentiss Balance Wickline encloses a courtyard within interlocking volumes clad in weathering steel. Read more View the full article

Frank Gehry will teach an architecture and design course for online education platform MasterClass, sharing his creative process and offering critique on student work. Read more View the full article

The latest edition of Dezeen Weekly includes a controversial concrete house in Mexico and films with impressive interiors to watch during lockdown. Subscribe to Dezeen Weekly › View the full article

London studio Logical Art has created a series of papery necklaces with delicate cut-out patterns (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Copper louvres shade the glazed upper storeys of a police station in France that emerges from behind a cobbled stone wall. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Check out the latest issue of Dezeen Mail for all the best stories and comments from Dezeen, including the new look for McDonalds, flying robotic construction workers and sex-doll shoes. There’s also an update from Dezeen Wire, the latest movies on Dezeen Screen, all our new competitions and jobs, plus news on our Christmas shop The Temporium. Take a look at it here. Dezeen Mail is sent out every couple of weeks and you can subscribe here. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: the programme for this year's Istanbul Design Biennial has been announced, featuring over 70 projects that explore the relationship between design and the human species over the last 200,000 years. (more…) View the full article

Russian studio Niko Architect has sunk a Teletubby-style house underneath an artificial hill punctuated by conical skylights that pop out of its planted roof. Read more View the full article

This week architecture news has been dominated by the call for Denise Scott Brown to be recognised as Pritzker Prize laureate alongside her husband and partner, Robert Venturi, who won in 1991. Scroll on for a recap of the last seven days in design. (more...) View the full article

Industrial designers Priestmangoode have revealed a concept for high-speed trains that would transfer passengers to local services while still moving, instead of stopping at stations. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Canadian studio Architecture Microclimat has created a simple athletic facility in Ontario with a lofty ceiling that enables gymnasts to hang high in the air (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: The Portland Public Service Building by Michael Graves & Associates has been added to the USA’s National Register of Historic Places. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Italian studio Park Associati has overhauled a 1960s office block in Milan and added new glass and burnished aluminium facades (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Icona Design is presenting Fibonacci Concerto, a concept yacht that evokes a grand piano, at VDF x Ventura Projects. Read more View the full article

Matthew Nurse, director of Nike Sport Research Lab, takes Dezeen behind the scenes at the laboratory where Nike tests new technologies and introduces us to Hal, a sportswear-testing robot that perspires as he runs. (more...) View the full article

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

Competition: we’ve teamed up with bi-monthly publication Architectural Design to give away five copies of their latest issue, Experimental Green Strategies. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article