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This chicken coop by Swedish architect and designer Torsten Ottesjö is designed to look like the protective wing of a mother hen. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: the Southern California Institute of Architecture has launched a scholarship for a European architecture student to study a masters at the university in Los Angeles. (more…) View the full article

Fashion designer Raf Simons has created two upholstery fabrics, Helia and Silas, for Danish textile company Kvadrat. Read more View the full article

The homes of 27,000 Palestinian refugees will be replaced as part of this reconstruction project underway at Nahr el-Bared, 16 kilometres outside of Tripoli, Lebanon (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This week's Dezeen Mail includes a 13-metre-square London micro home filled with sliding plywood furniture and Diébédo Francis Kéré's tree-inspired design for the Serpentine Pavilion. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail › View the full article

British architects and critics have ridiculed UK housing minister Esther McVey, who gave a speech announcing that architects are using computers as a "new way" to design buildings. Read more

Rio 2016: Danish studio Henning Larsen Architects used boat sails and masts to create this maritime-inspired pavilion for the Rio 2016 Olympics (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Milan 2014: Dutch designer Frederik Roijé has created a series of metal trays that form criss-crossing patterns when stacked on top of each other (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

In this week's comments update, readers are debating Patrik Schumacher's suggestion that architecture teachers use students to advance their own agendas rather than teach skills for the real world. Read more

We've hit a huge social media milestone, with one million followers on Pinterest. Read more View the full article

Snøhetta has won a competition to design the headquarters of Banque Libano Francaise in Beirut, the firm's first project in Lebanon. (more…) View the full article

British designer Samuel Wilkinson has paired steam-bent wood with Vienna straw to create a contemporary dining chair called Latis. Read more

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

Today is Norwegian Constitution Day – an annual national holiday in the Scandinavian country that marks the anniversary of the signing of its constitution in 1814. To celebrate the occasion, we're revisiting some of the most beautiful Norwegian house designs from our archive, including a remote cottage on the island of Vega (pictured) and a timber-clad home on a slope overlooking Oslo. See more Norwegian houses » View the full article

A staircase formed of wooden boxes and platforms, and supported by a black metal framework, rises up through this Sicilian residence that was recently renovated by Milanese architect Francesco Librizzi. (more…) View the full article

The strength of polyester, aluminium and steel dictated the size of tables in this series by Belgian architects Office Kersten Geers David Van Severen (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Hong Kong brand Ziiiro‘s first watch design, Gravity, is now reduced by 20% as part of the Dezeen Watch Store summer sale. Like their Orbit design, also in the sale, Gravity doesn’t have hands but rotating comets tell the time. Available at the reduced price in blue or magenta, Gravity is now only £92 (UK and EU) or £76.67 (rest of the world). Get yours here » Don’t forget you can get 10% off any product at Dezeen Super Store at 38 Monmouth Street, London WC2 with this flyer. View the full article

There’s a special staircase for dogs at this renovated house in Ho Chi Minh City by architecture studio 07Beach. (more…) View the full article

Floating orange platforms across an Italian lake and a disorienting mirror maze are among US editor Dan Howarth's 10 favourite installations from the past 12 months, continuing our review of 2016. Read more View the full article

Architecture studio Kientruc O has designed a kindergarten in Ho Chi Minh City, which is made up of a stack of gabled brick blocks and features a curving cantilevered staircase leading to a roof garden. Read more View the full article

A giant glass and steel doughnut that will transport passengers up and down a 162-metre-high pole is undergoing final tests ahead of its opening later this summer, according to designer Marks Barfield Architects. (more…) View the full article

London Design Biennale 2016: The UK government is not doing enough to support the design industry, according to Barber and Osgerby, who claim their London Design Biennale pavilion is one of the few not to receive public funding. (more…) View the full article

Japanese studio Nendo has created a collection of stackable chairs from recycled household plastics, which take design cues from a folded sheet of paper. Read more

World Heritage Corb: French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier's humble hosiery factory in France was one of the first buildings designed with proportions based on his innovative Modulor system, and has recently been added to UNESCO's World Heritage List (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A group of survivors from the deadly 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida are protesting the creation of a museum and memorial for the tragedy – which firms including Studio Libeskind and Diller Scofidio + Renfro are vying to build. Read more