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This yellow lamp by Ukraine designer Vasiliy Butenko can be adjusted in any direction by rotating the flat, pivoting disc that forms its shade. (more...) View the full article

Planning permission has been granted for a luxury mixed-use development designed by British architect David Adjaye for a site opposite London's iconic Ritz hotel. (more…) View the full article

This modernist resort in Northern California, which formed an enclave for artists in the 1960s, has been overhauled by Los Angeles design studio The Novogratz. Read more

Canadian studio Burgers Architecture has built a vacation home on Vancouver's Bowen Island with gabled volumes that culminate in glass walls to overlook the region's waterway. Read more

The upper storey of this house in Kanagawa is supported by timber beams that extend from the outer walls towards an atrium that connects the two levels (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Kengo Kuma and OODA have paired up to transform a disused slaughterhouse in Porto into a cultural centre, which will feature art galleries and a library beneath a sweeping ceramic-clad roof. Read more View the full article

Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in our first movie looking at the interface between design and technology, Andy Millns of 3D production company Inition claims virtual reality will soon become almost indistinguishable from the real world. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Music Project: French visual effects studio Superbien has used projection mapping to transport Cameroonian singer Irma to different environments in this single-take music video for her track Save Me. (more...) View the full article

British designer Lara Bohinc aimed to create objects of "future modernity" when producing this collection of relic-inspired lamps, which are made entirely from steel and Jesmonite. Read more View the full article

A Tel Aviv flat that was once the home of Israel's first prime minster has been renovated and extended by local firm Pitsou Kedem Architects to create a new basement level with industrial-style fittings (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Charred wood, lead shingles and molten glass are among the materials used by artist Anders Ruhwald to transform a vacant Detroit apartment building into a public art installation that acts as a memorial. Read more

The facade of this house in the Spanish town of Novelda is divided into three sections that are each angled to make the most of the available views and sunlight (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

British architect David Chipperfield is the fourth in our A-Zdvent calendar of architects. He was last year's director of the Venice Biennale and is best known for designing museums and galleries, inlcuding the Hepworth Wakefield in the UK (pictured). See more architecture by David Chipperfield » View the full article

Glass walls provide woodland views from inside this structure by Japanese architect Takuya Hosokai, which contains a market and restaurant serving only locally produced food (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Second in our A-Zdvent calendar this year is the Barcelona Chair by Modernist architect Mies van der Rohe. (more…) View the full article

Motion graphics designer Al Boardman celebrates five Chicago skyscrapers in this short animation. (more...) View the full article

London architecture studio ShedKM used walls of locally quarried red sandstone to help this concrete house in north-west England fit in with its coastal surroundings (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

We've just got back from Design Week Mexico, so we're spotlighting beautiful architecture projects from the country on our latest Pinterest board. Examples include a white crystalline church and a rammed-earth villa. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › View the full article

The broken-up massing of this Duke University research facility by US firm Gluck+ is meant to help protect the building from storm surge. Read more View the full article

The Dezeen Awards 2019 design shortlist has been revealed. It includes a self-cleaning water bottle, a pendant light made with used coffee grounds, and the world's first silent wireless breast pump. Read more

British set designer Es Devlin has created a disorienting mirror maze inside a former warehouse in Peckham, which is perfumed with an exclusive Chanel scent (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This year's World Architecture Festival was held in the German capital of Berlin, so we've created a new Pinterest board dedicated to the city's regenerated architecture – including a renovated Nazi-era swimming pool hall by Veauthier Meyer Architects. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › View the full article

Portuguese architecture studio Virgula I has used local Iberian chestnut to introduce warmth and character into this hotel renovation in the town of Vila Nova de Cerveira (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Hong Kong studio Rural Urban Framework covered this new primary school toilet block in mirrored tiles so that it reflects its surroundings, helping to camouflage the building (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Here are some photos from an exhibition of David Bowie memorabilia that opens this week at London's V&A museum, featuring costumes, album artwork and set designs from his personal archive. (more...) View the full article