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Australian office Tribe Studio has hollowed out the centre of a 1920s house in Sydney to create angular ceilings and a wide entrance to the garden (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Scottish architect David Burgher has developed a new virtual reality tool that mimics the visual impairments experienced by dementia sufferers to help architects design better spaces. Read more View the full article

Melike Altınışık Architects has unveiled plans for a Robot Science Museum in Seoul, which will be built using robotic construction techniques. Read more

Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a designer maker at London studio Glithero, which recently installed a kinetic "abstract clock" inside a stairwell at London's V&A museum (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Alchemist Lauren Bowker has embedded ink that changes colour depending on different climatic conditions into a feathered garment (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Brutalism: a 27-storey slab block is next up in our Brutalist buildings series. As the precursor to the larger and more famous Trellick Tower, Ernö Goldfinger's Balfron Tower in east London was a testbed for the architect's utopian housing ideals (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Norman Foster, Calvin Klein and Dieter Rams are among over 100 high-profile designers that have sided with Apple as it continues an ongoing patent case against tech rival Samsung. (more…) View the full article

Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Frame Publishers to give readers the chance to win one of five books released to coincide with Dutch designer Marcel Wanders' retrospective exhibition at Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum. (more...) View the full article

News: American firm Steven Holl Architects has begun construction of a new building for the University of Iowa’s School of Art and Art History, adjacent to the award-winning Art Building West that the practice completed in 2006. (more...) View the full article

Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Michiel van Raaij, editor-in-chief of Dutch architecture blog Architectenweb, to give away five copies of his new book Building as Ornament. (more...) View the full article

A white timber roof masks the upper storey of this Japanese house by Takeru Shoji Architects, but is raised on wooden stilts to reveal the pale timber facade of the lower level (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This mysterious dark gable facing the Piazzale Roma in Venice marks the entrance to a long narrow courthouse by Italian studio C+S Architects (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Work has completed on the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture by British architect David Adjaye, which is poised to open next month (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Members of a private club pay to exchange elaborately wrapped presents in ceremonies held inside this dimly lit, wood-lined room in Paris (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

American studio Specht Architects has renovated and expanded a "mid-century-utilitarian" carpenters' union hall building to create this hotel near downtown Austin. Read more

This Greek olive oil comes in simple circular bottles and stripped-back packaging. (more...) View the full article

This half-scale model of a spiral staircase by American studio Matter Design is made from concrete treads that slip neatly over each other. (more...) View the full article

Curvy and bent wooden strips are laid out to resemble a wave in this installation in Maine, created by local designers Wade Kavanaugh and Stephen B Nguyen. Read more

Its rare to find new houses in Japan that haven't been designed by Japanese architects – but this Tokyo residence with a textured glass facade is the work of Dutch architect Wiel Arets (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Designer José de la O has teamed up with technology firm Mirai Innovation to develop a way for people to manipulate the shape of a vase using only their thoughts. Read more

A "raincoat" designed to protect pavements during harsh weather is among a series of design prototypes that Alphabet company Sidewalk Labs has revealed for its new city in Toronto. Read more

A furry, fox-like creature moves frantically in this ad, created by branding agency Superunion and animation designer Esteban Diacono for a performance of opera The Cunning Little Vixen. Read more

Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has designed the natural-looking packaging for luxury hotel brand Aman's first skincare range. Read more

Tel Aviv studio Aqua Creations has launched a series of sculptural lighting fixtures that can be used individually or stacked on top of one another. Read more

These new shots by photographer Ty Cole document the scene at Louis Kahn's Four Freedoms Park in New York, which opened to the public in autumn 2012 almost 40 years after it was designed (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article