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London studio NEON has built a structure with shingles that "shiver" and adapt in response to changing weather as part of a exhibition in Finland (+ movie). (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

Scientists at Australian research centre CSIRO have used graphene to create a simple filtration system that could change the lives of millions in the developing world by making the process of purifying water faster and more effective. Read more View the full article

Architecture practice HW-Studio took cues from the steps and plazas found in traditional Spanish architecture to design this residence in central Mexico. Read more

Walls of dark brick connect the exterior and interior of this mews house in the north London borough of Hackney (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A grid of glazing covers the long, gabled form of this Milan building designed by Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron to host a research centre and offices. Read more View the full article

Shelves stagger along the walls of this Williamsburg apartment, which local architecture firm Buro Koray Duman designed for a Brooklyn couple with thousands of books. Read more

London-based Marks Barfield Architects has designed a temporary glazed pavilion raised up on criss-crossing steel columns that looks set be built near the firm's London Eye observation wheel on the South Bank. (more...) View the full article

Danish studio Norm Architects has taken influences from both Scandinavian and Japanese design to create this pared-back gallery and workspace for Kinfolk magazine in central Copenhagen. Read more View the full article

News: British architect Terry Farrell's firm is onboard to masterplan a £1 billion business hub in London's docklands for Chinese and Asian businesses. (more...) View the full article

OMA has completed an events centre on a former shipyard in Shanghai, which features a mesh facade and an exposed steel structure intended to reference the hulls of boats once built there. Read more View the full article

Massachusetts Institute of Technology has taken the number one spot as world's leading architecture school for the third year running, according to new global rankings. Read more View the full article

Ukraine is finding its place on the global design stage with multi-disciplinary studios that blur the boundaries between architecture, interiors and furniture. Here are six studios to watch. Read more

Designers Marco Merendi and Diego Vencato have collaborated with Italian firm Gypsum to develop a dirt-resistant concrete, which they used to create a collection of bathroom furniture suitable for outdoor use. Read more

Two blocks face each other across the forecourt of this symmetrical housing development in São Paulo by local firm Corsi Hirano Arquitetos (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The great-grandson of art collector Peggy Guggenheim has opened a gallery at an eco-resort in Tulum, where wave-like cement walls and undulating vine floors provide an unusual backdrop to artwork. Read more View the full article

London Design Festival 2014: design website Standseven has launched its first limited-edition product this week with a stool shaped like the number seven by London architect David Adjaye (+ interview). (more...) View the full article

The oxidised-steel walls and prefabricated construction of this community library and sports centre near Newcastle, England, are influenced by the region's ship-building heritage (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

These public toilets in Japan by Tato Architects comprise a single curved wall sheltered beneath a gabled roof (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This house in London by local studio De Matos Ryan sits within a sunken courtyard, surrounded by a secret flower garden (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The traditional gabled roofs of nearby farm structures influenced this single-family residence outside Columbus, Ohio, by Jonathan Barnes Architecture and Design. Read more View the full article

Atelier Jean Nouvel's recently completed Stelios Ioannou Learning Resource Center, at the University of Cyprus in Nicosia, has been revealed in photographs by Yiorgis Yerolymbos. Read more

The latest Dezeen Mail newsletter features a pen that draws 3D objects, Google's Tel Aviv offices and a blackened-timber Melbourne residence (above) plus all the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 139 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Dezeen promotion: this year's Beijing Design Week features installations, design exhibitions and pop-ups focused on the redevelopment of China's urban environment. (more…) View the full article

This week on Dezeen: Danish architect Bjarke Ingels and his firm BIG dominated headlines this week, as they proposed a New York skyscraper wrapped by gardens and were selected to design the next Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. (more…) View the full article

This renovated office in China by Vector Architects features plant-covered walls and a bright orange glass meeting room (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article