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London designers Shed have completed the new flagship store for fashion brand Spencer Hart, located in a former bank in Mayfair, London. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Sperone Westwater gallery by Foster + Partners architects opened in New York earlier this week, featuring a moving exhibition space that connects the floors of the gallery. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

An urban residential building by Californian firm SPF Architects features design strategies to eliminate a sense of repetition or homogeneity – qualities that can make apartment living "relatively unpleasant". Read more

CES 2016: Pittsburgh startup 360fly has unveiled an advanced version of its globe-shaped action camera that records panoramic, high-definition video footage. (more…) View the full article

Biotech start-up Spiber and The North Face's Japanese distributor Goldwin have created the first mass-manufactured jacket made from synthetic spider silk. Read more View the full article

Walls are peeled back to reveal meeting rooms at this office in Yokohama by Japanese design studio Nendo (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A golden cape woven from the silk of over a million wild spiders is on show at the V&A museum in London. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Mineral crystals grown on thin threads form the shape of a chair in this installation by Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka. (more...) View the full article

Circular mirrors, glowing acrylic rods and large yellows discs adorn the ceiling of this canteen for German magazine Der Spiegel (photos by Zooey Braun). (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Stockholm 2013: Swedish designer Alexander Lervik unveiled a chair made of wooden rods like a bed of nails in Stockholm last week. (more...) View the full article

These spinning tops by industrial designers Reddish of Israel are each made of a single sterling silver wire. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Jonathan Glancey reviews London’s recently-opened Strata tower, the world’s first skyscraper with built-in wind turbines - Guardian </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

World Architecture Festival 2014: a proposal by Canadian firm 5468796 for an art gallery with a spiny exterior has won the title Future Project of the Year 2013 at the World Architecture Festival in Singapore. (more...) View the full article

Individuals could cut their greenhouse-gas emissions by replacing meals with algae grown at home using the countertop Spira device by recent design graduate Rob Russell. Read more View the full article

A spiral staircase twists 810 degrees to form a viewpoint designed by architecture studio Doarchi to look out over the mountains close to Shenzhen. Read more View the full article

Tel Aviv architecture firms Pitsou Kedem and Baranowitz & Goldberg have used a sandy palette and sculptural details in this residence at the top of John Pawson's The Jaffa hotel. Read more View the full article

A spiralling stack of chunky wooden blocks forms this staircase designed by architecture studio QC for an apartment in Poland. (more...) View the full article

A spiral staircase rises through the trough-shaped floors of this concrete residence in Japan by local studio Takeshi Hosaka Architects (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The angled columns of an earthquake-proof structure frame a series of window slits on the exterior of this Tokyo research laboratory by KINO Architects (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: underwater cities with infrastructure networks spiralling down into the depths of the oceans could be a reality as soon as 2030, according to a Japanese construction company. (more...) View the full article

A glazed ramp spirals around a courtyard at the centre of this house in the Portuguese town of Estoril, connecting the various living spaces and a garden roof terrace. Read more View the full article

Pockets of greenery are used to contrast the bright "canvas" of this white house that Mexican studio Jaime Juárez R Arquitecto has completed in Morelia. Read more View the full article

Product news: Japanese studio Nendo has designed a collection of furniture with components that look like they’re peeled away from wooden stems (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Australian studio Splinter Society has redesigned a Californian-style bungalow in Melbourne, as a Japanese influenced house with strong connections to its garden. Read more

Design studio Splinterworks has created a sculptural waterslide that is designed to mimic the barrel-shape of a wave before it breaks. Read more View the full article