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Designer Shaakira Jassat has created a rain-catcher that is slim enough to fit on the outside of buildings in dense urban environments. Read more View the full article

Portuguese practice António Costa Lima Arquitectos has inserted a perforated, lattice-like brick volume into the stone shell of a former warehouse to create this new home along Lisbon's waterfront. Read more View the full article

Working on tourism projects in Brazil could help alleviate poverty and reduce destruction of the rainforests, according to BIG partner Kai-Uwe Bergmann. Read more View the full article

A sinuous plywood wall winds through the interior of this Parisian apartment, which has been redesigned by local studio Toledano + Architects. Read more View the full article

Just in time for Easter, here are eight buildings shaped like eggs, including a golden sauna in Sweden, beach huts in South Korea and a micro home in Slovakia. Read more View the full article

Waves of corrugated steel and wood accents wrap around the Marginal Housing 3.0 block by Merge Architects located alongside Boston's harbour. Read more View the full article

This week on Dezeen, Adidas released a face mask, Waugh Thistleton Architects proposed creating mobile vaccination centres in shipping containers and designers were accused of "coronagrifting". Read more View the full article

Japanese studio FORM/Kouichi Kimura have completed a house in Shiga, Japan, that spreads out from a central courtyard. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Six pine buildings form this storm-resilient marine research centre in Mississippi designed by US architecture firm Lake Flato Architects. Read more View the full article

Dezeenwire: an online archive of work by architects Archigram has been launched by the University of Westminster in London. More details in the press release below. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

American studio Pugh + Scarpa have completed a mixed-use building in Los Angeles clad in perforated metal panels, which open to reveal balconies and glimpses of the brightly-coloured building. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

3GATTI Architecture Studio of Rome and Shanghai have won a competition to design an automobile museum in Nanjing, China. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Former European skateboarding champion and architect Matthias Bauer of MBA/S Associates has designed a skatepark and youth club in Stuttgart, Germany. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

New Swedish brand RVW will present their inaugural collection during the London Design Festival next month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London studio FAT have completed the womenswear department of London department store Selfridges using angular structures and painted floor patterns in clashing colours. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve just launched our online watch store at www.dezeenwatchstore.com. The store specialises in watches by named designers and boutique brands and our collection will grow over the coming months. Click here to visit the store! </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Austrian architects Sandra Janser and Elisabeth Koller have painted streets in Graz, Austria to resemble a running track as part of a regeneration project (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s a roundup of our most popular stories from March this year. In first place was Jesolo Magica, a retail and business centre near Venice by Zaha Hadid Architects. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Rain falls inside parts of this house in Tokyo by Japanse studio Takeshi Hosaka Architects. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Horizontal layers of colour protrude out from the facade of this bank branch in Tokyo by Japanese architects Emmanuelle Moureaux. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

German designer Kilian Schindler has created this adaptable modular kitchen system for German kitchen accessories brand Naber. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Naked mannequins sit on the walls and ceiling of this MC Escher-inspired clothes store in Shanghai. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Skincare products at Aesop‘s latest store in Paris are displayed on 427 steel caps that would normally be used in the city’s plumbing network. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This Hong Kong boutique has an undulating ceiling of woven cables and a checkout inside the changing rooms. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Want to work on those biceps at home but embarrassed to have the dumbbells lying around? Like the idea of carrying a cane but feel less self-conscious with an umbrella? Think a pocket mirror would be handy but not sure it will go with your suit? (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article