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Norwegian firm Snøhetta has completed a library at North Carolina State University that features a robotic book retrieval system and a 3D printing workshop (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This project by architecture collective Rumah Asuh involved the repair and reconstruction of the last remaining traditional thatched residences on Flores Island, Indonesia. (more...) View the full article

Winners of this year's W Hotels Designers of the Future Award have revealed their projects at Design Miami/Basel (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: in this movie Dezeen filmed in Milan, Dutch designer Marcel Wanders describes the two different sides of the Dressed watch he designed for Alessi, which is available to buy now from Dezeen Watch Store. (more...) View the full article

Stockholm 2015: furniture giant Ikea has collaborated with London designer Ilse Crawford to launch a range of cork and natural-fibre homeware products. (more…) View the full article

Product news: Australian designers Nicholas Karlovasitis and Sarah Gibson have added dining and coffee tables to their range of timber stools with metal collars at the tops of their legs. (more...) View the full article

Product news: French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have created this range of necklaces for a Parisian gallery. (more...) View the full article

This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a call for architects at David Adjaye's firm in Shanghai, China. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Shiny aluminium-clad walls allow this small house in Almere by Dutch studio MONO to reflect the colours of its setting (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: Dutch firm Mecanoo has won the competition to renovate Mies van der Rohe's Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library in Washington DC. (more...) View the full article

Architecture studio AOC has renovated a four-storey townhouse in north London, adding wall-hung vintage bicycles and timber mouldings based on the faces of the resident family. (more...) View the full article

Swiss watch brand Mondaine has introduced two new colours in its Stop2Go range that pay homage to its home country's iconic Railway Clock (+ buy now from Dezeen Watch Store). (more...) View the full article

News: Berliners have voted against the development of the former Tempelhof airport site, securing its future as a public park. (more...) View the full article

The age-defining rings of a tree stump provided the starting point for this small round house planned by design collective Penda for a wood-carving artist in Beijing (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A timber-clad box punctuated by narrow windows rests on top of a stone wall to form this extension to a municipal facility near Montpellier, France, by local architect Chrystelle Sanaa (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

In his first interview since joining Apple, industrial designer Marc Newson discusses his latest product – a domestic draft beer machine he says is the equivalent to a Nespresso coffee maker for beer lovers – and the future of the mechanical timepiece in the wake of the Apple Watch (+ interview + slideshow). (more...) View the full article

We've updated our residential extensions Pinterest board to include the most popular examples published on Dezeen in the last 12 months. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more residential extensions View the full article

Disused materials including tyres, burlap sacks and rope are recycled into footwear for the developing world in this project by Ravensbourne university students (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dark grey bricks alternate between protruding and receding rows to give a ribbed texture to the facade of this family house near Brussels by Belgian studio Lezze (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The green finish applied to the metal cladding of this police station extension in Italy resembles oxidised copper, but also aims to evoke the "power and invincibility" of The Incredible Hulk (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The folded concrete canopy of this burial service structure in an Israeli graveyard is supported by slender tree-shaped columns that pay homage to a razed orchard (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This house in Osaka by Japanese studio Tato Architects features walls that step back and forth, worktops that merge with staircases, and windows that wrap around entire rooms (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Ukrainian designer Max Voytenko has created a collection of shelving and coffee tables with supports designed to resemble a drawing of a folded sheet of paper. (more…) View the full article

A towering steel Holocaust memorial in Italy was popular this week, so we've revisited the best commemorative architecture published on Dezeen. Visit our latest Pinterest board to explore more examples, including a concentration camp house shrouded in glass, a fan-shaped stone structure in Japan and a tribute to suspected witches burnt at the stake in 17th-century Norway. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more memorials in our archive View the full article

German designer Konstantin Grcic has created a set of seats based on furniture in a 15th-century Italian artwork, which are on show at Galerie Kreo in Paris. (more…) View the full article