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Dezeen promotions: Autex has transformed a roof terrace in London into a showroom displaying its latest acoustic panels and products. Read more

An exhibition of monumental geometric black sculptures by the late American designer Tony Smith on display at Pace Gallery in Manhattan brings together three works for the first time. Read more

Burning Man co-founder Will Roger has spent the last 14 years capturing the festival in aerial photographs. As a book of his images is released, he spoke to Dezeen about how they created a pop-up city in the desert. Read more

French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have collaborated with Swarovski to design six bronze fountains embellished with over 3,000 crystals on the Avenue de Champs-Elysées in Paris. Read more

Brazilian firm Kruchin Arquitetura has added a concrete and glass extension to a family dwelling it completed in São Paulo over three decades ago. Read more

Who is Junya Ishigami? Here's a look at seven significant projects by the Japanese architect, who has just been announced as designer of the Serpentine Pavilion 2019. Read more

Design Miami 2014: Audi's new head of design has created his first concept car for the brand, which is on display at this year's Design Miami event (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Colourful painted patterns frame windows scattered across the bright red facade of this primary school in the Italian town of Chiarano by Treviso office C+S Architects (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Following the recent publication of a number of studios, we've created a new Pinterest board full of unique office spaces, artists' ateliers and designers' workspaces. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more studios on Dezeen View the full article

The US has had eight buildings by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List after 15 years of campaigning. Read more

French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have put their spin on the humble roller blind using textiles the duo created for Danish brand Kvadrat (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

This 14-storey riverside residential block in Brisbane, named Walan, is conceived as a stack of traditional Queenslander residences with characteristic 360-degree verandas. Read more

Kubo Tsushima Architects gave a curved form to this public toilet in Japanese town of Nakanojo, to avoid creating spaces for dust to collect or spiders to lurk (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Chinese designer Chengxu Tian's Layering Movement collection of footwear features textured, stripy patterns created by injection moulding (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Pedro Ferreira Architecture Studio has converted a derelict 19th-century house in Porto into six flats with pine, white marble and concrete finishes. Read more View the full article

A playground slide is tucked into the rooftop folds of this children's centre in a coastal South Korean village by Seoul studio JYA-RCHITECTS (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: a research team at Stanford University has developed a pocket-sized microscope that can be assembled from a sheet of paper and costs less than a pound to manufacture, intended to help in the fight against malaria. (more...) View the full article

Architecture firm Grimshaw has announced its involvement in building a new Terminal One at Newark Airport, which serves New York City. Read more View the full article

News: architect Daniel Libeskind has hit back at his critics, comparing his own work to Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and saying that he doesn't try to be liked, at the launch of an exhibition in Milan this week. (more...) View the full article

Lengths of transparent film and sticky tape wrap around the concrete columns of Paris gallery Palais de Tokyo to form a network of hollows and tunnels in an installation by Numen/For Use (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

French designer Pierre Yovanovitch has offset salmon-pink and butter-yellow surfaces with cobalt blue decor details to create this striking gift shop at an art centre in southeast France. Read more

Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for an interior designer at Foster + Partners, whose concrete roof canopy spans an entire airport terminal in Amman, Jordan (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Small triangular windows puncture the faceted roof and walls of this Italian restaurant in Japan designed by Kyoto studio Geneto (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This week's Dezeen Mail includes a concept proposing meatballs made out of insects for Ikea, Apple's gadget to increase iPhone 6 battery life and our Christmas gift guide, which features a Lego set created for architects (pictured). Read Dezeen Mail issue 283 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Two designers from different sides of the globe have used a fictional design company to launch a new version of Comic Sans, with added spurs to lend it a "vintage, Mid-Western American aesthetic". (more…) View the full article