DezeenTV: the next movie in our series of Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents features designer Kai Linke of Frankfurt talking us through his selection of eclectic images including a dog covered in snowballs and the long wait involved when growing chairs from plant roots. More »

Photographer Julien Lanoo has sent us his photos of this transparent pool house in Munich, Germany by Berlin studio Baumhauer. More »

Japanese architect Hiroyuki Miyabe of Speac Inc. has renovated this house covered in ivy by stripping it back to its structural elements.
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Here are the latest images of UK architects drdh’s design for a new cultural quarter in Bodø, Norway comprising a library and culture house. More »

Loove Broms and Li Jönsson of Sweden's Interactive Institute have devised a system of lamps that visually indicate a factory's energy consumption through spotlights. More »

Dutch architects Zeinstra van Gelderen architecten have designed this one-man pavilion made entirely of rubber. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »

Photographer Logan MacDougall Pope has sent us his images of this lakeside retreat in Sri Lanka made using a stray shipping container and timber from weapon boxes. More »

Lebanon architects Atelier Hapsitus's proposed design for the new headquarters of the BLC bank in Beirut would cantilever over the existing building. More »

Architectural filmmakers Spirit of Space have sent us this video of a pavilion situated in Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo, designed by US architects Studio Gang. More »

This visitor centre by Danish architects EFFEKT will have a series of ramped green roofs and sit at the heart of the Hareskoven forest in Copenhagen. More »

UK architects Foster + Partners have also announced their proposed masterplan for the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong. More »

Rotterdam architects OMA have announced their proposed masterplan for a new cultural district in Hong Kong. More »

Danish bicycle company Biomega launch two new bikes today, one by London designer Ross Lovegrove and the other by Danish design collective KiBiSi. More »

This residential building in Copenhagen with sloping green roofs by Danish architects BIG will be completed in October, and has just won the 2010 Scandinavian Green Roof Award. More »