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Perched on an Alpine ridge 3256 metres above sea level, this shiny steel cabin by Swiss firm Savioz Fabrizzi Architectes creates a starting point for mountaineers climbing the Bishorn, Weisshorn or Tête de Milon (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Architect Frank Gehry filled a stage with crumpled paper for a recent production of the Mozart opera Don Giovanni (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Local firm Tom Chung Studio has converted an industrial space in downtown Toronto into a multi-purpose venue with rooms and furniture that can be easily reconfigured. (more…) View the full article

A geometric wall mural and a berry-toned bedroom appear inside this central London penthouse, which has been created by fashion designer Roksanda Ilincic. Read more

The Andaz Hotel in Amsterdam by Dutch designer Marcel Wanders features chandeliers encased inside huge bells and wallpaper that combines fish with cutlery (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

3XN has unveiled plans to build a residential tower in Aarhus that will be almost as tall as the Danish city's cathedral. (more…) View the full article

Stockholm studio Humans Since 1982 has combined 288 analogue clocks to create an installation of shifting monochrome patterns, lettering and numbers (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

This labyrinth-like fashion store in Hangzhou, China, by 3Gatti Architecture Studio features a rotating toilet and a hidden love room "equipped with bar and condoms" (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Movie: Marc Viardot of Swiss bathroom brand Laufen explains the concept behind two installations by Konstantin Grcic and Toan Nguyen, which showcased the company's new slimline SaphirKeramik product in Milan. (more...) View the full article

Milan 2013: bamboo trees sprouted up around a topographical landscape of stone and water at this installation created by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma in Milan last month. (more...) View the full article

Belgian studio Graux & Baeyens Architecten has used "sober but brutal" materials to create a new atelier for painter and sculpture Stief Desmet. Read more

With New York's 12-day-long festival NYCxDesign now over, US editor Eleanor Gibson picks out the emerging American designers and studios that stood out. Read more

Car brand BMW has designed a folding electric bicycle. (more…) View the full article

Austrian architects WG3 have designed a mobile hotel room that could be delivered to all kinds of outdoor locations. (more…) View the full article

The Ace Hotel chain has opened its newest outpost inside a 1920s tower in downtown Los Angeles, complete with a 1600-seat theatre. (more...) View the full article

Our selection of the most promising architecture and design roles on Dezeen Jobs this week includes positions at BIG and OMA. Read more View the full article

UK firm Mole Architects extended a protected farmhouse in south-east England by adding an extension with a barrel-vaulted roof that references local agricultural buildings (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for a senior project architect at Büro Ole Scheeren, whose Kuala Lumpur skyscraper design with a tropical garden slicing through its middle is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. 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

Milan 2012: Auckland company Resident show their new collection of furniture at MOST in Milan this week, including their Bing pendant lamp that’s made of white clay from Matauri Bay in New Zealand. (more…) View the full article

Japanese architect Hironaka Ogawa designed this rural house in Kagawa like a sundial, with a south-facing tower that casts shadows across a grassy courtyard (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dutch designer Marcel Wanders discusses how he overcame the challenges of using LED technology in his new lamp for Moooi and defends the high cost of design products in this movie Dezeen filmed in Milan. (more...) View the full article

This house by architect Marlene Uldschmidt has been built into the side of a hill in Portugal and features a vertical light well that links its upper and lower floors (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Colour-blocked walls painted in flamingo pink, azure blue and pastel green define the different areas of this seaside apartment in Greece, by architect Stamatios Giannikis. Read more View the full article

News: a library dedicated to design has opened in South Korea's capital city, offering access to over 11,000 books chosen by an international team of curators and critics. (more...) View the full article