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A wooden spine extends beneath the diagonally pitched roof of this diamond-shaped house and artist's studio in Japan (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Perforated metal panels create a grid of Xs on the outer walls of this family house in Ljubljana by Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The shell of this chair by Royal College of Art student Ryan Jongwoo Choi is created by moulding resin over a crumpled aluminium sheet. (more…) View the full article

Australian architect Andrew Maynard has doubled the size of a house in Victoria by adding a row of skinny gabled blocks, intended to make the building look like a small village rather than a monolithic block (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: architect and researcher Ammar Mirjan explains how drones could be programmed to construct buildings in the first of two movies about the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in architecture. (more…) View the full article

Collages and sketches of designs by the late architect and Future Systems founder Jan Kaplický have been collected together for an exhibition at the Architectural Association in London (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Comments update: trend forecaster Li Edelkoort's declaration of the death of fashion led the debate this week. (more…) View the full article

Business news: design e-commerce platform Fab.com has been bought by manufacturing company PCH, which plans to sell unique products alongside the website's existing offering of furniture and accessories. (more…) View the full article

An old train carriage forms one half of this family home in Takasago, Japan, while the other half looks like it could be a railway station (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Shoes appear to rest on huge rolls of white paper inside this Camper store in Stockholm – the third interior design concept that Japanese studio Nendo has developed for the Spanish shoe brand. (more…) View the full article

Australian studio Mihaly Slocombe has returned to a Melbourne home it completed almost a decade ago to add a timber nursery annex patterned with circular cutouts (+ slideshow). (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

Lifeguard outposts along Toronto's frozen waterfront have been converted into a series of installations and pavilions, including a set of bright red swings and a spiky timber folly (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: from April visitors to the Czech city of Pilsen will be able to visit three restored interiors designed by influential Modernist architect Adolf Loos in the early 20th century (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Italian designer Moreno Ratti has created a vase from rings of marble offcuts that are piled up like the pieces in a Tower of Hanoi mathematical puzzle. (more…) View the full article

News: trend forecaster Li Edelkoort has published her Anti_Fashion manifesto, outlining why she believes the fashion industry "is going to implode". (more…) View the full article

News: the Egyptian government has revealed plans to construct a 200-metre-high skyscraper modelled on the country's most famous architectural structures. (more…) View the full article

Diagonal slats of timber line the boxy recesses set into the facade of this house in Portugal that has been remodelled by architect Ernesto Pereira (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

See the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Habitat, MAD Architects and Mint, whose gallery featured the Booming Vases collection (pictured). This is also the last chance to apply for roles with PriestmanGoode, UNStudio, Foster + Partners and more... (more…) View the full article

News: electronics company Samsung has launched two smartphone models at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, including one with a display that curves at the edges (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

An angular concrete box has been stacked on top of a rectilinear one to create the form of this yachting club facility near Buenos Aires (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Brazilian architect Marko Brajovic has fixed thousands of bright red shoelaces to the undulating ceiling of this Camper footwear shop in Melbourne (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A modern timber and glass structure connects the more traditional stone-walled buildings at either end of this house in the Scottish highlands, designed by architects Stuart Archer and Liz Marinko (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Photo essay: Istanbul-based Yener Torun has created a photography series that offers an alternative view of historic Turkish cities, featuring modern buildings with graphic shapes and bright colours (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Stockholm 2015: Australian designer Glen Baghurst has launched his first collection of furniture and products, influenced by materials and forms from Britain to Morocco (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article