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The two-L-shaped halves of this house in Singapore by Chinese architects Neri&Hu fold around a courtyard garden and two pools of water. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Industrial designer Tom Dixon presents two new lamps as part of an exhibition of lighting at new Milan show MOST next month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2013: British brand Another Country has launched its third series of wooden furniture and first range of patterned textiles at designjunction (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Virtual Design Festival has teamed up with Studio Drift to live stream a special performance of Franchise Freedom, the Amsterdam studio's kinetic artwork comprising hundreds of illuminated drones. Tune in from 9pm UK time to watch it live. Read more View the full article

Dezeen archive: Fantastic Norway’s mountain lodge with a sloping roof that you can ski over (top left) was one of our most poplar stories this week and our thoughts are turning to all things wintery, so this week we’ve rounded up all our stories about skating, skiing and sledging. See all the stories » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen announces Virtual Design Festival, the world's first online design festival, taking place from Wednesday 15 April onwards. Read more View the full article

An overhanging canopy shades the cascading exhibition spaces and outdoor terraces that make up Shigeru Ban's gallery at the Tainan Art Museum. Read more View the full article

Photo essay: Polish photographer Alicja Dobrucka has produced a series of images documenting the rapid growth of skyscraper construction in Mumbai, India (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Seattle firm Olson Kundig Architects used dynamite, chippers and saws to bore through the huge boulders of a rocky outcrop on a North American island to make room for this raw concrete house (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Beams supporting the rear extension of this Victorian house in west London are painted vivid red to create a bold contrast with the property's traditional interior. (more…) View the full article

As Europe's largest Ferris wheel is set to be built in Newcastle, Owen Hatherley questions why the giant wheels are still being built in cities across the world. Read more

British designer Aitor Throup has been announced as G-Star Raw's new creative director, following three years as a creative consultant to the brand. Read more View the full article

This faceted museum in the Alps by South Tyrolean architect Werner Tscholl is precariously cantilevered. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

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.

An exhibition at the Design Museum Gent brings together the largest collection of furniture by architect Lina Bo Bardi ever presented in one place. Curator Evelien Bracke selects her highlights. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this interview filmed at Dezeen Space, street artist Stewy talks about painting indigenous British animals in unexpected areas of the city, including one side of Dezeen Platform. Watch the movie. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

US studio Form4 Architecture has designed a Palo Alto office complex that features rectangular structures wrapped in glass and metal, with curved elements that are meant to represent the "highs and lows of exploratory research and development". Read more

Luxury 1950s Mexican vacationlands and the style of a "gaudy" furniture designer have informed the interior of this taco restaurant in Vancouver, by local designer Shiloh Sukkau. Read more View the full article

Faceted metal plates surround cave-like rooms and a winding mezzanine at the new Amsterdam headquarters for drinks brand Red Bull. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has completed a 55-storey tower in Beijing with exterior glass panels that function as prisms, capturing and refracting daylight (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Slides and climbing frames connect brightly coloured playrooms in this kindergarten and play space by Crossboundaries, set within a formerly derelict building in Zhengzhou, China (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Wisconsin company Three Square Market is offering microchip implants to all of its workers, enabling them to make purchases and log into computers with the wave of a hand. Read more View the full article

Daily data visualisations created by John Burn-Murdoch for the Financial Times have provided one of the most reliable pictures of the global coronavirus pandemic. He spoke to Dezeen about how his charts allow people to stay informed independent of politicians and other influences. Read more View the full article

Architect Masayoshi Nakanishi has created a library with curving seating areas, which is aimed exclusively at women in Japan. Read more View the full article

Birch plywood and linoleum are among the cost-effective materials used by design-build firm Sheet/RockLA to update a collection of rustic cabins on a forested site in the San Bernardino Mountains. Read more