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Toulouse architects BAST have renovated a derelict house in the French city by adding a corrugated steel extension that contrasts with the existing masonry (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Product news: a perforated door slides across the front of these simple sideboards by Danish designer Simon Legald for Normann Copenhagen. (more...) View the full article

Cape Town architect Mark Thomas and engineer Henry Fagan have completed a sinuous wooden walkway that meanders through the treetops of a botanical garden on the eastern slopes of Table Mountain (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Competition: Dezeen and Ostføld have teamed up to give readers the chance to win one of five felt and leather cases for mobile devices. (more...) View the full article

Norm Architects has created a collection of minimal bathroom cabinets and accessories for Korean brand Lagom Bath, designed for use in tight living spaces. Read more View the full article

3Gatti Architecture Studio has unveiled a vision for an eco-resort in a Latvian forest, featuring pavilions topped with inflatable roofs that look like pine cones. Read more View the full article

Creative agency StyleMood has transformed a 19th-century firehouse in New York City into this cosy members' club. Read more

Spanish architect Alberto Campo Baeza has extended a house he completed 25 years ago in Madrid by adding a boxy white studio in the garden. (more...) View the full article

Dutch architects UNStudio have designed a concept for a new business district at Tonghzou in Beijing, consisting of skyscrapers linked by aerial bridges (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen is giving away five copies of Urban Potters: Makers in the City – a book documenting the revival of ceramics in London, Copenhagen, New York, Sao Paulo and Tokyo. Read more View the full article

British designer Bethan Gray has teamed up with natural surface specialist Nature Squared to create a collection of iridescent furniture clad in leftover materials from the seafood and farming industries. Read more

This image celebrating our 200,000th follower on Pinterest was created for Dezeen by British illustrator Sam Brewster. If you don't already, follow us here and check out over 100 boards filled with the best architecture and design projects. View the full article

House S in Osaka by Suga Atelier has a concrete facade that looks like a rockface and it's the latest addition to our A-Zdvent calendar. Read more about House S » View the full article

News: the rise of affordable 3D printers is sparking a boom in demand for personalised sex toys that can be ordered online or printed at home. (more...) View the full article

London studio Scott Architects has added a curvy timber extension to a terraced house in Hackney, featuring a bowed wall that cuts through the centre of a green roof. (more...) View the full article

In Milan the latest Foster + Partners-designed Apple Store features a dramatic water feature in an update on the traditional Italian piazza. Read more View the full article

Blee Halligan Architects has renovated and extended a house on Highbury Hill in north London, using black gridded glazing and pale brickwork to frame views into the back garden (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

For his first solo exhibition, Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has filled an entire wing of Denmark's Louisiana Museum of Modern Art with a landscape of stones meant to emulate a riverbed (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Next up in our A-Zdvent calendar series is V-House in Leiden, the Netherlands. Architects GAAGA named the building after its roof, which pitches inwards to create a V-shaped profile. Read more about V-House » View the full article

New bathroom products brand By Humankind aims to eliminate plastic waste through more sustainable products such as refillable deodorants and dehydrated mouthwash. Read more

Landscape architecture firm Reed Hilderbrand has cut a pathway through water as part of its extension to the sculpture garden at the New Orleans Museum of Modern Art. Read more

This engineering research facility at the University of Debrecen, Hungary, by NAPUR Architect has a steel-panelled facade that can fold open to let daylight penetrate the laboratories inside (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Zaha Hadid 1950-2016: next up in our exclusive video series, Richard Rogers reflects on the battle to select Zaha Hadid's design for the London Aquatics Centre, a building he describes as "a roaring success". (more…) View the full article

London's Design Museum has become the latest institution to start collecting newsworthy items and pop-culture icons, buying a Rainbow Flag, a David Bowie CD and a Frisbee. Read more View the full article

News: Danish firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen has won a competition to design a theatre and cultural centre in Hjørring, Denmark, with plans for a series of buildings clad in Corten steel (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article