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Feature: visitors to the first Chicago Architecture Biennial, which opens later this week, will discover a raft of architectural treasures that are often overshadowed by the skyscrapers and institutions the city is famous for (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Aerial photographer Tom Hegen has captured large greenhouses throughout the Netherlands from the air to draw attention to questions over how we will feed the world's growing population. Read more View the full article

London Design Festival 2014: architect Zaha Hadid has launched her first homeware collection, including vessels, candelabras and a chess set, at London department store Harrods (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

American studio Faulkner Architects has transformed a rustic building in northern California into a simple dwelling sheathed in salvaged redwood and weathering steel. Read more View the full article

Designed in Hackney: today’s design icon created in the London borough of Hackney is Jasper Morrison‘s Crate Series. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Colorado architect Renzo Verbeck and artist Sylvia Adrienne Lisse have designed an eight-pointed angular structure to serve as the temple at the 2020 Burning Man Festival. Read more View the full article

A visit to the new IKEA museum reveals a tension at the heart of the company, between Swedish values of openness and tolerance, and a bid for global domination, argues Tom Cubbin in this Opinion column. Read more View the full article

A collection of outdoor seating, created by French designer Philippe Starck for Italian furniture brand B&B Italia, has foldable backrests that can cover the seat to protect it from the elements. Read more View the full article

Dutch architects Shift ripped out the walls of this central Rotterdam townhouse and replaced them with a three-storey bookshelf. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: this year's edition of the Radical Innovation Award has opened its call for entries, with both professionals and students invited to submit forward-thinking hospitality designs. Read more View the full article

A Dutch hospital that dates back to 1845 is the unconventional setting for co-working company Fosbury & Sons' first international branch, which features interiors by Going East. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: UK manufacturer Forbo Flooring has created a range of textile entrance flooring from regenerated industrial and post-consumer waste, which can reduce cleaning time for businesses. Read more View the full article

A zigzagging structure of spruce beams supports the roof of a science laboratory at the Eleanor Palmer Primary School in Kentish Town, London, designed by AY Architects. Read more

UK charity Art Fund has released photos of filmmaker Derek Jarman's Prospect Cottage in Dungeness, England as part of its fundraising campaign to prevent the renowned house and garden from being sold. Read more View the full article

There was a time when inflatable pavilions were all the rage, but now architects are creating blow-up buildings for all kinds of uses. Here are 10 of the most inventive examples, including a mobile concert hall, a black PVC nightclub and a field of giant mushrooms. (more…) View the full article

New footwear brand Một has created a shoe it sees as distinctly Vietnamese, in a pushback against the influence of globalisation. Read more

Canadian firm Diamond Schmitt Architects has revealed a new building for Ottawa's public library system, featuring a curvilinear roof and glass walls that offer expansive views of the city. Read more View the full article

Change isn't happening fast enough for women in architecture says Jeanne Gang, who suggests that all firms should be set a target to close their gender pay gap. Read more

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

Raw concrete ceilings are concealed beneath the faceted green roof of this environmental education centre in the Czech town of Vrchlabí, designed by Petr Hájek Architekti to sink into the topography of the surrounding parkland (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Skyscrapers in Seoul: here’s yet another skyscraper proposal for the architectural zoo that is the Yongsan International Business District of Seoul – this time a 385-metre-high tower by architects Kohn Pedersen Fox with a vertiginous swimming pool sticking out two thirds of the way up. (more…) View the full article

An underused public space in Veracruz, Mexico, has been given new life by Rozana Montiel and Alvin V Wallach, who built a canopy over the plaza to protect it from the elements. Read more View the full article

This week's roundup from Pinterest focuses on playful ways to relax at home, featuring a Mexican guesthouse with hammocks instead of beds and a Taiwan home with a swing in the family kitchen. Read more View the full article

Following the popularity of a lakeside home featuring intricately patterned wooden screens, we've collected together spectacular examples of Austrian architecture from the pages of Dezeen and added them to a new Pinterest board. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more Austrian architecture View the full article

Movie: Thomas Heatherwick talks to Dezeen about designing the UK pavilion at the World Expo in Shanghai in 2010 in this interview filmed by Dezeen at his exhibition at the V&A museum in London. (more…) View the full article