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Fashion designer Alexander Wang has launched a collection of limited-edition furniture for Italian brand Poltrona Frau, including bean-bag chairs and a drinks cabinet (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

British firm Simon Conder Associates has built two wooden houses into the side of a steep hill in the English coastal village of Porthtowan (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This 20-storey-high lift transports residents and visitors in the Maltese capital Valletta from the recently restored harbour to the top of the city's fortified walls (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This spiral staircase conceived by London designer Paul Cocksedge will feature balustrades overflowing with plants and circular spaces where employees can take time out from their work. (more...) View the full article

Opinion: Mimi Zeiger argues that dismay over the New York Museum of Modern Art's plan to demolish the next-door American Folk Art Museum represents "a lingering sentimental belief that architecture is an exception to the rules of obsolescence." (more...) View the full article

This all-black house in the Yucca Valley desert was designed by Los Angeles office Oller & Pejic to look "like a shadow" (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Transportation start-up Kolelinia has created a vehicle that uses pedal power to transport riders around town while standing up, like a low-tech version of a Segway (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

A growing number of designers have been using marble across a range of unusual and striking projects, so we've collected together the best examples from the pages of Dezeen. See our new marble Pinterest board» Follow Dezeen on Pinterest» View the full article

Clerkenwell Design Week 2014: design studio Russ + Henshaw used 7,200 ceramic tiles to create this colourful passageway beneath a medieval arch in London, marking the first day of Clerkenwell Design Week 2014. (more...) View the full article

This inflatable bag by Royal College of Art graduate Peng You is designed to keep electronic devices safe from knocks and bumps. (more...) View the full article

San Francisco start-up Crave has launched a stainless-steel vibrator that can be worn as a necklace and charged via a USB port on a computer (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The creators of a flying car called AeroMobil say that transport networks are "in crisis" and suggest that a potential solution could be shifting road traffic into the skies (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a director at The Architecture Foundation in London (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Flames lapping the edges of an Indian brick kiln, the concrete beams of Herzog & De Meuron's Beijing Olympic stadium, and a Gothic doorway in Milan's Doumo are among the images shortlisted for this year's Art of Building Photographer of the Year competition (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The curvaceous Panton Chair by Danish designer Verner Panton continues our alphabetical list of iconic seating designs for the run up to Christmas. (more…) View the full article

These two glass and steel pavilions erected by architecture collective De Kort Van Schaik Van Noten in the gardens of a disused presbytery form a community hall and youth club for a Belgian village (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Two of the UK's leading architecture magazines have announced a reshuffle with the appointment of new editors for the Architects' Journal and the Architectural Review. (more…)

This month, Swedish furniture giant Ikea launched its first collection with British designer Ilse Crawford in stores and saw its modular kitchens hacked by some of Denmark's best architects. We've collected together 13 of our favourite Ikea designs and hacks from Dezeen's archive – from furniture for space-poor hipsters to a bar made from storage boxes. (more…) View the full article

Squares of light shine through the perforated brick facade of this former storehouse, which architect Ryo Matsui has converted into an entertaining space after it was partially destroyed in Japan's 2011 earthquake. (more…) View the full article

Hennebery Eddy Architects has clad a fire station in rural Oregon with charred wood, turning "the destructive manner of fire into an image of beauty" (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Movie: in the penultimate instalment of our exclusive video series, Julia Peyton-Jones explains why it was a gamble to commission the relatively young Sou Fujimoto to design the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in 2013. (more…) View the full article

TAKA has completed St Patrick's Park Tearooms, a cafe with bright green window frames that is located beneath the brick arches of a Dublin park originally commissioned by the Guinness family (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

MVRDV has revealed its plans to redevelop a former US Army barracks in Mannheim, Germany, into a "village" of affordable housing. (more…) View the full article

Foster + Partners has won planning approval for a pair of faceted glass skyscrapers in San Francisco, which will be among the tallest buildings in the city. (more…) View the full article

Dutch architecture firm OMA has restored the historic Fondaco dei Tedeschi in Venice, adding new entrances and wood-panelled escalators to turn the 16th-century building into a department store (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article