Polish Design Season: Jakub Szczęsny of Centrala has designed a floating island that purifies river water, powered by exercise machines. More »

Chile-based architect Veronica Arcos has completed an angular house in the El Arrayán area of Santiago, Chile. More »

Paris designer Patrick Norguet has refurbished the interior of a hotel in Lyon, France, inspired by the history of silk production in the local area. More »

Thomas Coward of Omvivo has designed a collection of bathroom furniture combining timber, stone and solid surface. More »

Japanese designer Koichi Futatsumata of Case-Real has designed an office and showroom in a wooden hut for retailer Alohanine in Fukuoka, Japan. More »

Copenhagen- and Rotterdam-based architects Powerhouse Company have completed a spiral-shaped extension to a house in Burgundy, France. More »

Polish Design Season: Beata Konarska and Pawel Konarski of Warsaw design studio Konarska-Konarski have created a group of winged horses with screens in their flanks. More »

Copenhagen practice NORD Architects have completed a cylindrical education centre in Bjerringbro, Denmark. More »

Dezeen and the organisers of the Dutch Design Awards (DDA) have got together to offer readers the chance to win one of five copies of the Dutch Design Yearbook 2009. More »

Tokyo 09: Japanese designer Nosigner will exhibit a modular collection of furniture at Design Tide Tokyo from tomorrow. More »

Dutch Design Week: at the Design Academy Eindhoven graduation galleries last week, designer Roos Kuipers presented an open coffin where the dead body is gradually covered in layers of fabric. More »

Paris practice LAN Architecture have designed a 142m high “mirror tower” for Beirut, Lebanon. More »

French designer Nicolas Vrignaud has designed the signage for a building comprising a fashion school, shopping centre, exhibition hall and restaurants on the banks of the Seine in Paris. More »

Belgian architect Axel Enthoven has designed a mobile holiday home that resembles the Sydney Opera House. More »