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Lumps of flint give a textured facade to this English countryside residence, completed by London firm Skene Catling de la Peña for one of the world's richest families (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A primary school building in Tel Aviv features a facade of perforated screens patterned with an image from a painting by Russian-born artist Marc Chagall – the school's namesake. (more…) View the full article

The glazed living space of this cedar-clad cabin near Montreal projects over a woodland slope to optimise views of a nearby lake (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Most Loved: Dutch designer Hella Jongerius reflects on the enduring popularity of her very first sofa design in the second movie from our exclusive new video series. (more…) View the full article

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has unveiled a set of posters advertising the solar system's planets and moons as holiday destinations. (more…) View the full article

Behind the aged stone walls of an old tannery building in northwest Spain, Arrokabe Arquitectos has created a small events venue that opens onto a neighbouring park (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

British artist Cornelia Parker has created an installation based on the mansion from Alfred Hitchcock's film Psycho for this year's Roof Garden commission at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Each of the pieces in this basalt tableware range by British designer Max Lamb has been cast from a hand-carved mould. (more…) View the full article

Japanese studio Geneto Architects has used a medley of mirrors, windows and framed prints to divide the spaces in this Tokyo office (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Graduate students from Harvard University have launched a company that designs, builds and rents out wilderness micro cabins to urban residents "looking to escape the digital grind and test drive tiny-house living" (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

See the latest from our new and improved recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Sanjay Puri Architects, Machado Silvetti and London furniture store SCP, which exhibited new designs by Michael Anastassiades at last year's London Design Festival (pictured). This is also the last chance to apply for roles with John McAslan + Partners, Soho House & Co, Adjaye Associates and more... (more…) View the full article

US technology giant Google has scrapped one of its most ambitious ventures, Project Ara, according to insider sources. (more…) View the full article

Zaha Hadid's final furniture collection for London's David Gill Gallery is made of walnut and leather, a reference to antique furniture from the 50s and 60s (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Italian architect Antonino Cardillo has coated the walls of a vaulted chamber-music and events space in lumpy coral-pink, grey and green plasterwork. Read more View the full article

Five hundred replica Air Jordan V sneakers line the walls of Kith's new Miami outpost, designed by New York studio Snarkitecture. Read more View the full article

One Design Office and Studio Twocan based this pigmented concrete bar inside an Australian ice cream shop on the technicolour treats it will serve. Read more View the full article

Fashion designer JW Anderson has curated an exhibition at UK gallery The Hepworth Wakefield that explores the way artists depict the human form through their work. Read more View the full article

Japanese studio Tomomi Kito Architect & Associates has renovated the interior of an 1970s house in Tokyo to provide a open-planned home for multiple generations of the same family. Read more View the full article

Caruso St John Architects has been selected to curate the British Pavilion at the next Venice Architecture Biennale, with a proposal that will "engage with current political themes". Read more View the full article

Researchers at Forensic Architecture are investigating allegations that human rights organisations colluded with human traffickers to smuggle refugees across the Mediterranean, in the latest real-world intervention by the team. Read more View the full article

Dutch architect Julius Taminiau has created a temporary startup hub using shipping containers in an Amsterdam science park. Read more View the full article

French practice Didier Faustino has offset pink marble walls with olive green furnishings to create a "neutral and sensual" aesthetic for this bar in Ghent, Belgium. Read more View the full article

Microsoft Ireland's new campus in Dublin is designed around the concept of an island, complete with a digital waterfall cascading through the atrium. Read more View the full article

Maze-like stairways and optical illusions are designed to trick the eyes of lodgers at this MC Escher-inspired guesthouse in the city of Guilin, China. Read more

Dezeen is partnering with Rossana Orlandi to challenge designers to develop new ways of recycling and reusing plastic with the Ro Plastic Prize. Read more