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British architect Norman Foster has revealed that if he could visit any building from history, it would be Crystal Palace, which he cites as a major influence on high-tech architecture. Read more View the full article

Goldsmiths student Nicholas Bennett has created waterproof footwear for commuters, that can be integrated into a suit to protect it from the floods that might become our daily reality due to climate change. Read more View the full article

Peruvian studio 51-1 Arquitectos has completed an academic building in Lima that is meant to serve as a "gastronomic machine" for training culinary and hospitality students. Read more View the full article

A derelict house in London that had tunnels dug under it by the infamous Mole Man has been restored and adapted by architect David Adjaye for the artist Sue Webster. Read more View the full article

Brooklyn practice Arnold Studio has designed this light-filled apartment inside a historic brick house in the borough's Clinton Hill neighbourhood. Read more View the full article

Large stretches of glass front this black house in San Francisco, which local firm Michael Hennessey Architecture designed to exhibit alternatives to "conventional building strategies". Read more View the full article

This week, readers are debating whether closing parks is necessary in the fight against coronavirus. Read more View the full article

Open-government advocate Bianca Wylie discusses her concerns over smart-city project Sidewalk Toronto in the fourth VDF talk in collaboration with reSITE. Read more View the full article

Glass walls and perforated metal screens help to blur the boundaries between inside and outside for this house in Beijing by architecture studio TAOA. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Australian bathroom accessories brand Phoenix has released its Axia collection of taps, which feature a minimalist design and thin cantilevered spouts. Read more View the full article

Belgian design brand Quinze & Milan will present a sofa covered in pockets for backpack company Eastpak at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan next month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2010: French architect Jean Nouvel presents an office wall system for Italian brand Methis at Superstudio Più in Zona Tortona. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Royal Institute of British Architects in London have announced 102 winners of this year’s RIBA Awards, including projects by Rick Mather Architects, Heatherwick Studio and Caruso St John Architects. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

DMY Berlin: new products in Polish designer Oskar Zieta’s line of pressure-inflated metal pieces were on show at DMY Berlin last week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These wooden cabinets covered in acrylic fragments are by Brazilian brothers Fernando and Humberto Campana for Italian brand Edra. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

DezeenTV: Copenhagen designers Stine Gam and Enrico Fratesi are the next guests in our series of Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents, talking us through some of their influences including Danish painter Vilhelm Hammershøi and the importance of craft in their work. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: French designer Arik Levy is to be guest of honour at Stockholm Furniture Fair in February 2011. See press release below. See also: All our stories about Arik Levy Guest of Honour 2010 Paul Smith All our stories about Stockholm 2010 (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s a proposal by Asymptote Architecture for a port terminal in the city of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Basel studio Pedrocchi Architekten have designed an extension to this fashion house in Austria with a faceted glass front. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Wiggling back and forth across an Amsterdam nature reserve, this curved timber maze by Dutch architect Anne Holtrop was designed to stage an exhibition of landscape paintings. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Panels woven from steel wire filter light into this combined cafe and gallery by Spanish architects MSB Estudi Taller. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Paris architects Nadau Lavergne have completed a round wooden theatre and matching circular restaurant for a campsite in the south of France. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Curved alcoves nestle into earthquake-resistant walls at the rear of this renovated house in Tokyo. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Copenhagen designers KiBiSi designed these headphones to withstand being worn in the rain and snow. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Rather than design a run-of-the-mill skyscraper for a new hotel in Xian, China, architects 3Gatti decided to put lots of smaller buildings on a gigantic set of shelves. (more…) View the full article