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The rumours are true: the bestselling phone of the early 00s, the Nokia 3310, is making a comeback, complete with the game Snake. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: applications are now being accepted for HENN's Design Research Exchange summer residency programme focussing on strategies for high-rise development. (more…) View the full article

This week’s issue of Dezeen Mail features our coverage of the Istanbul Design Biennial including a plotter that repeatedly writes text from the Open Source Architecture Manifesto onto a wall (above), plus all the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 123 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

News: the "death-ray" effect created by sunlight reflected off the glazed facade of Rafael Viñoly's Walkie Talkie skyscraper in London were predicted over a year ago by a professional CGI artist, it emerged today as developers rush to install protective screens. (more...) View the full article

News: Parisian design agency RSi-studio have sent over the image that won them the award for Best Commissioned Architectural Image at the 2013 CGarchitect 3D Awards last month. (more...) View the full article

This low-cost concrete block house outside Monterrey was designed and built by its owners, with support from a non-profit social housing project led by local architecture office S-AR (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Two new structures have been erected by students amongst the trees of Hooke Park, England – a translucent pyramid suspended from the branches and a wooden burrow that nestles amongst the trunks (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Architecture studio Heusch has sought to create a continuous experience between the indoor and outdoor spaces of this overhauled mid-century residence, located high up in the Santa Monica Mountains. Read more View the full article

Dezeen is now among the 5,000 most popular websites in the world, according to web ranking firm Alexa. Read more View the full article

Following the controversial selection of two winning entries in a competition to design the Bauhaus Museum Dessau's new home, we've created a Pinterest board filled with some of the most iconic and unusual new institutions in the world, including Renzo Piano's Whitney in New York and Frank Gehry's Biomuseo in Panama. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more museum architecture View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Schmidt Hammer Lassen who are currently redeveloping the site of the 2010 Shanghai Expo (pictured), OMA and Populous plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Marcel Wanders, Harrods, Universal Design Studio and more... (more...) View the full article

London designer Sebastian Bergne has created a nativity scene comprising nothing but rectangular wooden blocks. (more...) View the full article

An undulating, multi-pitched roof covers the timber-framed Congress and Exhibition Centre in Agordo, Italy, designed by architects Emanuele Bressan and Andrea Botter. Read more

News: a major retrospective of the work of celebrated architect Le Corbusier is to open at the Museum of Modern Art in New York this June. (more...) View the full article

American firm Supernormal has created a nursery and preschool in the Boston area that features sculptural volumes wrapped in vibrant wallpaper and open play areas illuminated by speckled daylight. Read more

This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a call for artists at Foster + Partners, whose design for the new Apple Campus 2 is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

New buildings and spaces by Tadao Ando and Annabelle Selldorf feature at the Clark Art Institute in Massachusetts, which reopened to the public this week after a 10-year renovation. (more...) View the full article

Discarded cow intestines are given a new life in the intricate lighting installations of Danish designer Kathrine Barbro Bendixen. Read more

Methamphetamine is being doled out to North Korean construction workers in a bid to speed up progress on a skyscraper in the capital city of Pyongyang, according to reports. (more…) View the full article

A light and spacious kitchen, dining and lounge opens onto a latticed balcony in this Tel-Aviv apartment, which has been completely overhauled by Dori interior design studio. Read more View the full article

London's queer community needs architects and designers to help them create new social spaces, says Ben Campkin, co-author of a report charting the decline of LGBT+ venues across the city. Read more

Dezeen has teamed up with Aram Store to offer our UK readers a chance to win a lounge chair designed by Le Corbusier, a side table by Eero Saarinen or a table lamp by Achille Castiglioni. Read more View the full article

French fashion house Balenciaga is being sued for creating key rings that closely resemble Little Trees, the popular in-car air fresheners. Read more View the full article

A large circular mirror reflects a tree planted in the centre of this Osaka cafe by Japanese studio Ninkipen! (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Milan 2015: Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola has overcome her hatred of glass to design a collection of irridescent furniture and mirrors using the material. (more…) View the full article