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News: as construction of BIG's Amager Bakke Waste-to-Energy Plant continues in Copenhagen, a video has surfaced showing a successful trial for the building's smoke ring-blowing chimney (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

See the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Habitat, MAD Architects and Mint, whose gallery featured the Booming Vases collection (pictured). This is also the last chance to apply for roles with PriestmanGoode, UNStudio, Foster + Partners and more... (more…) View the full article

Wavy panels of anodised aluminium conceal ventilation channels within the facade of this university science facility in Bristol, England, by British architecture firm Sheppard Robson (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

See the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with the Royal College of Art, Selldorf Architects and architecture collective Assemble, which has been nominated for this year's Turner Prize. This is also the last chance to apply for roles with Marcel Wanders, Heatherwick Studio, Michael Anastassiades and more... (more…) View the full article

Dutch firm Ronald Janssen Architecten collaborated with architect Donald Osborne to overhaul an old gearwheel factory in the heart of Amsterdam, creating 12 maisonettes with double-height living spaces (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

World Architecture Festival 2015: architect Peter Cook has attacked the redevelopment of King's Cross in London, describing the huge regeneration scheme as "boring, unbelievable, really dour". (more…) View the full article

Italian architect Carlo Ratti has unveiled plans to build a mile-high observation tower, envisioned as a vertical alternative to New York's Central Park. (more…) View the full article

Celebrate Easter by gorging on all of our chocolate-related stories. Dezeen's confection selection includes a cafe with walls that appear to ooze melted chocolate, edible Lego bricks and a geometric hen-shaped Easter egg. See more design with chocolate » View the full article

Business news: Molteni has become the latest Italian design brand to appoint a non-Italian creative director, signing up Belgian architect and designer Vincent Van Duysen for the role. (more…) View the full article

A renovated Barcelona apartment with barrel-vaulted ceilings (pictured), 3D-printed fur and MVRDV's huge staircase in Rotterdam city centre feature in this week's Dezeen Mail. Read Dezeen Mail issue 306 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Ikea has unveiled furniture and homeware made from recycled wood, plastic and glass as part of its latest PS collection aimed at young urban dwellers (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This week on Dezeen: the launch of the Pokémon Go augmented reality video game changed the way players interacted with cities and buildings, and brands began releasing products to help players "catch 'em all". (more…) View the full article

An industrial robot has tattooed a person's leg for what the designers claim is the first time in history (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

London Design Biennale 2016: Viennese design duo Mischer'Traxler has created a mobile-like light installation for the Austrian contribution to London's first design biennale (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

EU students are deferring or cancelling their offers from UK design schools over Brexit with major implications for the future of the sector, according to London Design Festival co-founder and UAL governor Ben Evans. (more…) View the full article

Instead of chopping down a tall tree in the middle of a Los Angeles site, American studio Anonymous Architects incorporated it into this cantilevered cedar-clad residence. Read more View the full article

Haworth white papers: higher education institutes around the world are undergoing radical change as they swap old-fashioned lecture rooms for flexible learning spaces, according to an expert in educational environments. Read more View the full article

American artist Doug Aitken has built a small house-shaped structure, clad top-to-bottom in mirrors, in the desert outside Palm Springs. Read more View the full article

This week's Dezeen Mail features flat-pack bamboo furniture by German designer Stefan Diez and a conceptual looped skyscraper in New York from local studio Oiio. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail › View the full article

David Chipperfield's renovation of the Royal Academy of Arts in London will now include a permanent exhibition space for architecture thanks to a seven-figure donation, it was announced today. Read more View the full article

Belgian designer Alain Gilles looked to the world of cycling when designing this lounge chair, which incorporates a tubular metal frame and customisable elements. Read more View the full article

London agency Spacemakers has brought together design studio Silo and a group of young people to create a range of public seating. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Ceramics brand Mutina have teamed up with Dutch designer Hella Jongerius to produce a range of tonal tiles. Read more View the full article

A skylight that runs along the ridge of this stables near the Chilean capital of Santiago allows daylight to flood onto laminated-timber trusses that support its curved ceiling. Read more View the full article

Thomas Heatherwick's studio has completed a shopping centre at London's King's Cross, formed of two converted 19th-century coal warehouses that appear to reach out and touch one another. Read more View the full article