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Dutch firm 8A Architecten has modernised a small labourer's house in Leiden by adding a large oak structure that incorporates a staircase, storage facilities and sofa (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has paid homage to the northern lights by constructing a titanium-clad cathedral that spirals up towards the sky (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: this film by Eizo ColorEdge follows visualisation artist Forbes Massie as he describes his studio's methods for creating images that "your grandmother falls in love with" (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Product news: London designer Paul Cocksedge has launched a gadget on Kickstarter that plays music wirelessly through vintage speakers (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Lisbon Architecture Triennale: Portuguese artist Marta Wengorovius teamed up with architect Francisco Aires Mateus to create this small wooden library that can be used by only one person at a time. (more...) View the full article

Inception-esque folded buildings feature on new book covers for the science-fiction novels of William Gibson. Read more View the full article

Product news: rolls of slatted wood are draped over simple chair frames to complete these seats designed by Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance for French brand Petite Friture. (more...) View the full article

London Design Festival 2016: print studio Eley Kishimoto has applied its graphic Flash pattern to a number of pedestrian crossings in Brixton, south London. (more…) View the full article

Curving pale wooden furnishings and soft pink, green and blue tones decorate this tea shop in New York City designed by local firm New Practice Studio. Read more

Wearable technology is no longer just for people, as San Francisco agency New Deal Design has designed an activity-tracking device for canine companions. (more...) View the full article

These new images by photographer Brad Feinknopf offer a tour through David Adjaye's Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, which opened last fall in Washington DC. Read more View the full article

Whitewashed brickwork and galvanised steel surfaces feature inside this old Vancouver warehouse that Canadian studio Scott & Scott has converted into a liquid-nitrogen ice cream shop (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

We've selected five of the best architecture and design positions on Dezeen Jobs, including vacancies at Californian studio Belzberg Architects and British firm John McAslan + Partners. Read more

Philip Freelon, the architect behind major buildings dedicated to black culture in the US, including Washington DC's National Museum of African American History and San Francisco's Museum of the African Diaspora, has passed away. Read more

Square and circular holes puncture the concrete facade of this house in Japan by Fuse Atelier, allowing light to filter through to five small terraces concealed behind (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

The first and only built project by the late experimental architect Lebbeus Woods is the Light Pavilion, one of of three large-scale installations at Steven Holl's recently completed Sliced Porosity Block in Chengdu, China (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A wall of storage filled with art and ceramics features inside this house that architect Neil Dusheiko has renovated for his father-in-law, near his own home in north London. Read more View the full article

News: on the eve of a major exhibition about his life, architect Richard Rogers has spoken of how architecture's civic responsibility has been eroded in "an age of greed". (more...) View the full article

London nightclub Ministry of Sound is opening a Squire and Partners-designed co-working space and members' club with a bar at its centre to appeal to the "next generation of rebel creatives". Read more View the full article

Vertical gardens, secret courtyards and mist-spraying pools were in the news this time last year: a forested skyscraper was proposed for Nantes in France (above) and a foliage-clad house was completed in Brussels (below). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: Gijs Bakker, head of the masters school at Design Academy Eindhoven, is leaving the schol after 25 years, the school has announced. His departure this week coincided with graduation week for masters students and was followed by the resignation of the heads of all three masters courses. (more…) View the full article

As 2013 gets underway, here's a look at the ten tallest skyscrapers set to complete around the globe this year (+ interactive image). (more...) View the full article

This arched wooden chair by Norwegian designer Stine Aas is intended to evoke the details of classical architecture when a number are stacked on top of one another or arranged side by side. Read more View the full article

News: six buildings have been shortlisted for this year's Stirling Prize, including the overhaul of Sheffield's notorious Park Hill housing estate (above), an elliptical chapel and a museum that mimics volcanic formations. (more...) View the full article

Feeling the urge to downsize? Take lessons from 10 of the best micro homes – including a cloud-shaped holiday home and a 3D-printed urban cabin. Read more View the full article