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London firm Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has completed NEO Bankside, a set of six-sided apartment blocks beside the Tate Modern art gallery on the edge of the River Thames. (more...) View the full article

French architect Emmanuelle Weiss has added a contrasting dark brick extension to a red brick house outside Lille (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Spanish studio M2arquitectura has renovated a Barcelona apartment by adding sliding partitions, bright green surfaces and furniture that folds out of the walls (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The illusory shadows of burning candles and unexpected assemblages of decrepit furniture make up the latest collection by British designers JamesPlumb. (more...) View the full article

Product news: different modular elements stack up to make these pendant lamps by Croatian design studio Grupa (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

A dark walnut staircase merges with a kitchen counter and a bathtub inside this renovated apartment in Mayfair, London, by architecture studio KHBT (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Product news: Paris design studio A+A Cooren has designed a table and a console with branching metal legs for French brand La Redoute. (more...) View the full article

Reclaimed timber boxes are piled up to the ceiling to create a wall of shelves at the new San Francisco store for skin and haircare brand Aesop (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Our recap of the week on Dezeen leads with our most popular and most commented story, the news that a Zaha Hadid-designed building has been pirated in China. Also, scroll on for Dezeen Music Project track of the week. (more...) View the full article

News: 3D technology company Inition has developed an augmented-reality iPad app that allows architects to look inside static architectural models, visualise how their building will look at night and track how wind flows around their design proposals (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Our job of the week is a call for senior architects in Beijing for MAD, the firm behind projects such as the Ordos Museum in the Gobi desert and more recently the twisting Absolute Towers in Mississauga, Canada (pictured above). Visit the ad for full details or browse many other architecture and design job opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Fornasetti founder Piero Fornasetti (above). With a new wallpaper collection for Cole & Son coming out this month, we met up with Piero's son, Barnaba Fornasetti (below), who told us the story behind the eccentric Italian design house that he now heads (+ interview + slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Product News: clouds, umbrellas, flying machines and suits of armour are among the motifs in this collection by Italian design house Fornasetti for English wallpaper brand Cole & Son (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Product news: the first piece to be produced by Barcelona studio Lagranja Design is an armchair inspired by classic Danish design. (more...) View the full article

The Barcelona Pavilion as you've never seen it before: Spanish architect Andrés Jaque has filled Mies van der Rohe's iconic structure with junk from its basement (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Product news: British design brand All Lovely Stuff have created a bird box inside a flowerpot. (more...) View the full article

Danish architects Tredje Natur and PK3 have designed a series of artificial islands that will transform Copenhagen's harbour into a recreational area filled with wildlife and water sports (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

We've now published all the movies from our Dezeen Live series of talks with designers and critics that we filmed at 100% Design during the London Design Festival last September, so here's a recap in case you missed any. (more...) View the full article

Reactions to a Zaha Hadid project for Beijing being copied by a developer in another Chinese city lead Dezeen Mail issue 133, which also features the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 133 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

This cocktail bar in Vienna by Tzou Lubroth Architekten features a faceted ceiling of upside-down peaks inspired by the mountain landscapes of traditional Chinese paintings. (more...) View the full article

Here are the latest images of architect Jean Nouvel's Philharmonie de Paris, set to become the world's most expensive concert hall after surviving the French government's recent cull of major cultural projects (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Scientists at a Spanish university are developing a new type of concrete that captures rainwater to create living walls of moss and fungi. (more...) View the full article

This concrete house in Tokyo by Japanese architect Hiroyuki Ito has a glazed stairwell that splits the building into two distinct halves. (more...) View the full article

Product news: German designer Sebastian Scherer used sheets of coloured glass to create these tessellating tables. (more...) View the full article

Jagged copper balconies emulate the topography of surrounding landscape as they fold around the exterior of this apartment block in north-east Italy by architects Plasma Studio of London and Beijing (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article