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Thomas Heatherwick’s design for the Olympic Cauldron stole the show at the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony on Friday night. Here’s a round-up of all our stories about Heatherwick; highlights include our video interviews with him about the cauldron, about his “hairy” UK pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010; and the new London double-decker bus. Click here to see all our stories about Thomas Heatherwick View the full article

Inside this wooden, prefabricated house in Amsterdam by Marc Koehler Architects, an angular black staircase crisscrosses between split levels. Read more View the full article

Herzog & de Meuron has unveiled its proposal for a linear museum complex in Hangzhou that will sit beside China's Grand Canal and celebrate the history of the artificial river. Read more View the full article

Eco-Visionaries at London's Royal Academy of Arts looks at how art and architecture can help us respond to environmental change, and is the latest in a line of recent large-scale exhibitions on the theme. Read more View the full article

Music: London animator Jack Brown used oil pastels to create an animation of a woman on a journey of self discovery for Doe Paoro's The Wind track (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

News: Zaha Hadid has railed against the UK's "misogynist" attitude towards women architects after a survey of women in the profession found nearly a third knew they were paid less than their male counterparts for the same job. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: “Software is the most important material we have come across in the last 100 years,” said Matt Jones of London studio BERG at yesterday’s Designed in Hackney Day of talks and discussions with some of the most interesting designers and architects from Dezeen’s local borough, curated in collaboration with Beatrice Galilee. (more…) View the full article

Chinese brand Nio has announced it will bring a fully autonomous electric car to the market in the next three years, but has offered a preview of its plans with a concept vehicle on show at the SXSW event in Texas. Read more View the full article

Bright white surfaces, industrial shelving and a grey marble counter create an uncluttered interior for this Porto clothes shop by local studio Fala Atelier (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Milan 2016: Slovenian designer Dan Adlešič has updated his collection of toy-like electronics with a surface that trails light from a laser pen and a keyboard-activated lamp (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

This week Dave Hakkens' Phonebloks Lego-like phone concept came a step closer to becoming reality after he teamed up with Motorola, which has been working on a similar idea (pictured). Scroll on for more architecture and design news plus our Dezeen Music Project featured track. (more...) View the full article

Danish architecture studio BIG is designing a "prototype city of the future" with wooden buildings and autonomous vehicles for Japanese car company Toyota near Mount Fuji in Japan. Read more View the full article

Our Virtual Design Festival collaboration with The World Around for Earth Day kicks off with a series of conversations with designers including Nelly Ben Hayoun and Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi. Read more View the full article

Architecture studio TAA Design has made the green roof of this house in Quang Ngai, Vietnam, from stepped planters finished in red plaster and tiles. Read more View the full article

In this movie by film studio Stephenson/Bishop, architect Carl Turner describes the importance of flexibility in the London house he designed for himself and his partner, which last night was awarded the RIBA Manser Medal 2013 for the best new house in the UK. (more...) View the full article

Campaigning for equality in architecture is at its peak, says Christine Murray, so why is the number of women in the profession still going down? Read more

These new images reveal more details and show the interior designs for late architect Zaha Hadid's residential skyscraper currently under construction in Miami (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Fashion and technology: in the first part of a series focusing on designers who are introducing the fashion world to new technologies, Dezeen speaks to architect Julia Körner about how advances in 3D scanning, modelling and printing are creating a "revolution in customised fashion pieces within ready to wear" (+ interview + slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Faded frescos offer a backdrop to contemporary furnishings in Brolettouno Apartment, a holiday home in northern Italy that has been refurbished by local studio Archiplan. Read more View the full article

From lofty living rooms to towering lightwells, this week’s Pinterest roundup focuses on double-height interiors that use elevated ceilings to their advantage. Read more View the full article

Designed in Hackney: Hackney designer Lee Broom will launch crystal light bulbs cut like whiskey decanters at Ventura Lambrate in Milan next week. (more…) View the full article

Product news: British furniture designer Bethan Gray has created a collection of oak and linen lamps for department store John Lewis. (more...) View the full article

Six British architecture studios including Zaha Hadid Architects, Hopkins Architects and Studio Weave have come up with designs for water fountains for different sites across London. (more...) View the full article

Japanese studio Aoki Jun and Associates redesigned the facade of the Louis Vuitton store in the Ginza district of Tokyo with a patterned and perforated shell based on the brand's monogram. (more...) View the full article

Comments update: following the news that Google has scrapped its ambitious Project Ara, readers have been debating whether modular smartphones will ever be commercially viable. (more…) View the full article