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Glass boxes frame a tennis court, gym and pool set into the basement of this Mexico apartment building, which is formed from a series of stacked concrete blocks that cascade down a hill towards a wooded glen (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Slideshow: Paris photographers Milo Keller & Julien Gallico shot this series of photos to showcase experimental jewellery by Swiss luxury design firm Atelier XJC that references feathers, scales and large delicate ruffs. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Five years ago this week, after just four months online, Dezeen already had a quarter of a million readers. We published our first story about a sex toy, as well as a globular building that Zaha Hadid had just designed for a square in Budapest. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The square windows and mansard roof silhouette of this Bavarian townhouse by German architects SoHo Architektur are an echo of the building that formerly occupied the site (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with publishers Brusselssprout to give readers the chance to win five copies of their new Dubai Graphic Encyclopedia. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Ethical design brand Mater has launched a chair with a woven rattan seat inspired by Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius, and a stool featuring a seat made from recycled materials, both designed by architect Eva Karlou. Read more View the full article

German studio Architektur3 has added a triangular tower and public viewpoint to the St Georg church in Bleibach, situated at the intersection of three valleys within the Black Forest. Read more View the full article

Emulsion has transformed a triplex apartment in London's iconic Barbican Estate with a new mezzanine floor and a colour palette inspired by Le Corbusier. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: the Crea collection by Spanish lighting brand Vibia is made up of pendant, ceiling and wall lights that can be customised by designers to suit different spaces. Read more View the full article

The juxtaposition of natural and manmade materials characterises Fractall's homeware collection, which it is presenting as part of the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration. Read more View the full article

Competition: we're now stocking the Minuteman timepieces with bioplastic cases by Hong Kong brand squarestreet at Dezeen Watch Store, and we have five for readers to win. (more...) View the full article

German designer Valentin Loellmann used hazel branches to create the knobbly legs of these benches, tables and stools. (more…) View the full article

This courthouse in northern Palestine, which was commissioned by The United Nations, has chunky stone walls and an ornamental overlay of gold steel (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Designer Ilse Crawford will speak to Dezeen in a live interview as part of our collaboration with Braun for Virtual Design Festival. Tune in from 4:00pm UK time. Read more View the full article

The latest edition of Dezeen Weekly includes a round-up of documentaries on architecture and design to keep you entertained during isolation and our latest Face to Face podcast featuring Hella Jong. Subscribe to Dezeen Weekly › View the full article

Grimshaw is transforming its adaptable 1970s Herman Miller factory, designed by its founder Nicholas Grimshaw, into the Locksbrook Campus for Bath Spa University. Read more

Concave walls at the centre of this Hong Kong boutique hide a stockroom and fitting rooms. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Would you like to be crowned architect, designer or interior designer of the year by one of the biggest awards programmes on the planet? Read more View the full article

Opinion: Salone del Mobile may be the official centre of the furniture business during Milan design week, but Fuori Salone is the fair that actually channels investment into the city, says local designer Eleonora Fassina. (more…) View the full article

Modernist lamps by mid-century French designers including Pierre Guariche and Jean-Boris Lacroix are on show at Galerie Kreo in London's Mayfair. (more…) View the full article

Swedish studio Tham & Videgård Arkitekter has unveiled plans for a row of high-rise apartment blocks constructed from timber that will tower over an old harbour in Stockholm. (more…)

Spinning the wine bottle-shaped shutters in the windows of this Prague shop reveals a wall of wine racks inside. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This time five years ago designer Fabio Novembre created an interior filled with winding ribbons of Corian for a shoe shop in Rome and we published images of Tadao Ando’s building for the Issey Miyake Foundation as it neared completion. Australian designer Marc Newson was named Designer of the Year at Design Miami and a fluid tower by Los Angeles firm Morphosis won a competition for a mixed-use development in Paris’s business district. See all our stories from November 2006 » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

News: construction is set to recommence on 56 Leonard Street, a 250-metre-high residential tower in New York designed by architects Herzog & de Meuron and dubbed the “Jenga building”. (more…) View the full article

In a video message recorded for Virtual Design Festival, the owner of Bar Basso in Milan says the design community has a chance to stay together despite the coronavirus pandemic causing design fairs to be cancelled. Read more View the full article