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London designer Paul Cocksedge recently completed another sculpture resembling pieces of paper caught in the breeze, although this time the leaves glow like a swarm of fireflies. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

VDF products fair: L03 is a minimal wooden bench designed by Studio Eva Natasa, intended to "ignite more social interaction among people". Read more View the full article

Opinion: the Australian pavilion at this year's Venice Biennale will make a convincing argument for the swimming pool as the Antipodean answer to the piazza – a public space that deserves protection, says Dan Hill. (more…) View the full article

Mexican firm Studio Arquitectos has created a residential apartment complex in popular Mexican holiday resort Tulum, featuring shared courtyards and traditional Mayan materials. Read more View the full article

Photographer Jamie Young is compiling an archive to document the history of water towers in Ireland. (more…) View the full article

This bright white house in Portugal by GSMM Architetti uses the trees on its hillside site to create a sense of intimacy, providing a counterbalance for the openness of its central courtyard (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Clothes and accessories are ensconced in an elaborate lattice of wood at an Amsterdam boutique designed by Dutch studio Doepel Strijkers. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This desk lamp resembling bent blades of grass is by American designer Victor Vetterlein. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Protruding corner windows that are set at different angles front this timber-framed, three-sided building in northern Portland designed by American firm Works Progress Architecture. Read more View the full article

Eleven award-winning projects completed by students across the four year groups on the BSc Architectural Design course at INDA feature in this Virtual Design Festival school show. Read more View the full article

Architects Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham of Tokyo studio Klein Dytham Architecture will host a special edition of their rapid-fire presentation format PechaKucha at Dezeen Day, and are calling for designers with world-improving ideas to pitch for slots in the lineup. Read more

We continue our high-tech architecture series by looking at Norman Foster, the architect of high-tech highlights for five decades including Reliance Controls in the 1960s, the Sainsbury Centre in the 1970s, HSBC in the 1980s, Stanstead Airport in the 1990s and the Gherkin in the 2000s. Read more View the full article

A puppet pops out from the pocket of this tote bag by Japanese designers Nendo. (more…) View the full article

US firm Bates Masi Architects has lifted this New York home above the ground and added lower-level screens to let water pass underneath, helping ensure that "flooding becomes a non-threatening event". Read more View the full article

Stockholm 2015: design studio Färg & Blanche has launched a collection of upholstered stools for Gärsnäs, the Swedish furniture brand that already produces its Emma and Emily chairs. (more…) View the full article

The third Chicago Architecture Biennial will forego a single theme in order push the architecture profession to "think more meaningfully" about a host of contemporary issues, according to artistic director Yesomi Umolu. Read more

Indian architecture studio Nudes has designed the meandering BookWorm pavilion to encourage reading among children and adults. Read more View the full article

Movie: in the final video interview from our exclusive series, architect Moshe Safdie says that architects are too concerned with designing objects to create skyscrapers that work with the city. (more…) View the full article

The exposed criss-crossing skeleton of this see-through house in Japan frames a labyrinth of wall-less rooms connected by over a dozen different staircases (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The series of square waterfalls at the memorial in the footprints of the World Trade Centre buildings (above) is just one of many projects with square or cube-shaped features we published this time last year. (more…) View the full article

Prague studio Ov-a Architekti has built a translucent house and restored a group of 19th-century timber buildings for the office of glass company Lasvit in Nový Bor, Czech Republic. Read more View the full article

We've been reporting from Stockholm design week over the last few days, where a chair based on an obese human body and a pin cushion sofa were presented. See our highlights from the fair in a new Pinterest board » Follow Dezeen on Pinterest » View the full article

Design Miami/Basel 2015: London's Gallery Fumi presents metal-tube furniture by Max Lamb and patinated bronze tables by Glithero as part of its exhibition for this year's Design Miami/Basel fair (+ slideshow) (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

A trio of shipping containers has been converted into a weekend retreat set on stilts on a hillside overlooking Australia's Otway Coast by Melbourne practice Studio Edwards. Read more View the full article

Tech startup Yoto teamed up with Pentagram to develop an interactive audio toy that plays stories, music, radio and podcasts for children without the need for a screen. Read more View the full article