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As Team 4, Su Brumwell, Richard Rogers, Wendy Cheesman and Norman Foster began to develop high-tech architecture. Continuing our series on the style we look at four key projects. Read more View the full article

Yves Behar's San Francisco studio Fuseproject has designed an octagonal portable charger that can accommodate a computer, a smartphone and a tablet at the same time (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

3XN has revealed its design for the Sydney Fish Market, which will allow the public to observe the workings of what will be the world's largest wholesale fish market. Read more

Fashion designer Kate Spade has been found dead at her New York apartment, where she reportedly took her own life. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Wire: work starts today on an affordable housing development in Harlem by architects Adjaye Associates (more…) View the full article

Footwear brand Allbirds uses merino wool to manufacture the textile uppers of its Wool Runners shoes, which also feature laces made from recycled plastic bottles and insoles produced using castor bean oil. Read more

Remote-controlled ceramic models of military vehicles by Bezalel Academy graduate Oz Biri aim to open discourse on the "absurdity" of war. Read more View the full article

Design studio Workstead has transformed a 19th-century house in Hudson, New York, into a showroom for its furniture and lighting. Read more

The OMA-designed headquarters for the Rothschild Bank in London is one of the six buildings shortlisted for the 2012 Stirling Prize (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Nine cylindrical volumes interlock to form this holiday home on the Danish island Møn, which is covered in thousands of spruce logs and lined with beach pebbles (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Furniture and product design students from The Cass have created pasta inspired by nipples, pocket squares and rose petals for restaurant chain Carluccio's. Read more View the full article

If carrying a wet papery packet home puts you off fresh fish from the counter at your local supermarket, London designers PostlerFerguson have designed a series of sleek sleeves to promote the less endangered types. (more…) View the full article

Product news: a tap presented by French designer Philippe Starck in New York this week uses half as much water as regular taps. (more...) View the full article

Formafantasma has curated a research-focused exhibition at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery in London, UK, which aims to unravel the global impact of the forestry industry. Read more View the full article

Here are some photographs of the Stanton Williams-designed Hackney Marshes Centre, which provides facilities for London’s amateur football leagues and won an RIBA award last week. (more…) View the full article

An oversized camera lens punctuated by a single bullet hole forms the Broken Landscape memorial dedicated to photographer Gordan Lederer (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

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

The second edition of Madrid Design Festival saw a host of designers create exhibitions across the capital. We have rounded up five of our favourites, including a look at Spanish mid-century furniture brand Darro. Read more

A huge, faceted glass volume sits on the roof of the new headquarters Zaha Hadid Architects has designed for Antwerp's Port Authority (slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Hauser & Wirth's Make gallery shows a collection of projects from seven different makers in an exploration of the enduring role of craft in the discourse around sustainable materials. Read more View the full article

In this week's comments update, readers rallied against the suggestion that the Glasgow School of Art should not be rebuilt following a major fire. Read more View the full article

Work is well underway on Heatherwick Studio's "tree-covered mountains" in Shanghai, as shown in this flyover movie filmed by a drone. Read more View the full article

News: Dutch firm UNStudio has developed plans for Qatar's first public railway network in an attempt to encourage more of the country's residents to choose public rather than private transport (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Wood salvaged from old miso barrels has been used to clad a house built by Tato Architects in Japan for the owner of a nearby brewery specialising in soy sauces. Read more View the full article

BIG and landscape architecture firm James Corner Field Operations have revealed plans for a mixed-used development on the waterfront in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, with a beach that could bolster the resiliency of the shoreline. Read more View the full article