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Architecture photographer Simone Bossi honed in on just the skylights and staircases of the newly opened underground gallery at the V&A museum, which was designed by Stirling Prize-winning architect Amanda Levete and her firm AL_A. Read more View the full article

A white box bursts through the roof of this old chapel in Limburg, Belgium, to form the new studio for architecture office Klaarchitectuur. Read more View the full article

A concrete and glass block projects out over the entrance of this red brick building in Brussels, which has been converted into offices for social services by WAW Architects. Read more View the full article

OMA and Morphosis have unveiled their visions for Unicorn Island, a new technology hub proposed for Chinese city Chengdu, which are competing against two other yet-to-be-revealed designs. Read more View the full article

Luxury 1950s Mexican vacationlands and the style of a "gaudy" furniture designer have informed the interior of this taco restaurant in Vancouver, by local designer Shiloh Sukkau. Read more View the full article

Royal College of Art student Joy Bonfield-Colombara has funded her way through art school by creating a hand-carved effigy of Lil Wayne in solid 18 carat gold with diamond tears, for the American rapper. Read more View the full article

Architecture studio Snøhetta is working towards a more circular economy with its latest chair design, which is made from recycled plastic and steel taken from Norwegian fish farming industries. Read more

The ongoing uncertainty over Brexit is causing havoc with UK furniture brands' preparations for Milan design week, which starts 10 days after the country is due to leave the European Union. Read more

Young Georgian designer Lado Lomitashvili has completed a bookstore-cum-cafe in Tbilisi, which he hopes will "raise the quality of taste" in the city. Read more

Since the fire devastated Notre-Dame Cathedral and the French prime minister announced a competition to replace its spire, a flurry of designers have offered alternative proposals. Here are eight of the best. Read more

Affordable developer BoKlok, which is co-owned by IKEA and Skanska, has signed a deal with Worthing council in West Sussex to build low-cost housing in the south of England. Read more

Kiev design brand Faina looked to traditional local materials for items of furniture made from clay, wood, willow and flax that tell the story of Ukraine's design roots. Read more

Mexican studio WeWi aimed to replicate a "magical hidden beach" inside this restaurant in Cancun, Mexico, which features greenery growing from large colourful concrete pots and metallic objects hanging from the ceiling. Read more

Architect Dara Huang is the latest Dezeen Day speaker to be unveiled. She will talk about building her own brand on our panel about entrepreneurialism. Read more

London designer Arthur Carabott has worked with composer Anna Meredith to create an augmented reality app that immerses listeners in a piece of music. Read more

Lina Bo Bardi's famous glass easels and a 1960s expo pavilion by Aldo van Eyck have both been reconstructed in Lisbon, for the exhibition Art on Display at the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. Read more View the full article

University of Applied Arts Vienna graduate Ege Kökel has envisioned what life would be like if bio-technologies were used to bring back dodos, as a comment on the impact of de-extinction research. Read more View the full article

A chair made from loaves of bread and a toilet-cum-sink are among the objects on display in an exhibition at Friedman Benda that aims to find a "new form of pleasure" in furniture. Read more View the full article

London design trade fair 100% Design will rebrand as Design London in time for London Design Festival 2020, and move from Olympia in the west of the city to the new Design District in Greenwich. Read more View the full article

Wick Architecture & Design chose materials "that could be found on a construction site" to decorate this Mexican restaurant in Downtown Los Angeles. Read more View the full article

Architecture firm Morphosis has designed a building with slanted walls for the headquarters of athletic clothing brand Lululemon in Vancouver, Canada. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Italian designer Giovanni Barbieri has launched Fine Lines, a collection of custom-made terrazzo tiles. Read more View the full article

The newly opened ME Dubai hotel at the Opus by Zaha Hadid Architects features furniture by Zaha Hadid Design and curving sculptural balconies. Read more View the full article

Since spring is on the way, here’s a range of metal garden furniture designed by Dutch designer Wieki Somers for French brand Tectona. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Bosnian designer Nataša Perković recycled the fibrous waste from palm oil factories to create the Reclaimed Oil Palm collection, which was made using as little material as possible. Read more View the full article