Columns arranged in V formations support the overhanging roof of this idyllic seaside residence in Chile, which offers occupants panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean (+ slideshow). More about Casa Rambla by LAND Arquitectos faces out over the Pacific Ocean
News: architect Zaha Hadid's undulating Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku has been named Design of the Year by London's Design Museum this evening. More about Zaha Hadid's Heydar Aliyev Center wins Design of the Year 2014
Royal College of Art graduate Yu-Chang Chou has developed a "return and reuse" packaging system to help online retailers reduce waste (+ movie). More about Yu-Chang Chou develops a reusable packaging service for sustainable online shopping
Cape Town architect Mark Thomas and engineer Henry Fagan have completed a sinuous wooden walkway that meanders through the treetops of a botanical garden on the eastern slopes of Table Mountain (+ slideshow). More about Boomslang walkway by Mark Thomas and Henry Fagan extends over a forest canopy
Lego Minifigures can be hacked to create holders for iPhone charging cables, Sugru users have discovered. More about Lego Minifigures hacked with Sugru to create iPhone cable holders
Azusa Murakami and Alexander Groves of Studio Swine have revisited the process they developed to make optical frames from human hair to create a new range of accessories (+ movie). More about Studio Swine extends collection of products made from hair
Tokyo studio PANDA has slotted a boxy family house onto a plot hemmed in by other residences on all four sides (+ slideshow). More about PANDA's House in Jingumae slots in between four existing homes
Prague studio EDIT! has sunken the majority of this Czech house below street level, so only a small gabled structure is visible to passersby (+ slideshow). More about MBP House by EDIT! hides most of its body below street level
Japanese studio Nendo has worked with artisans in Kyoto to design lamp shades based on traditional wire netting cooking utensils. More about Nendo bases wire Basket Lamp on Japanese kitchenware
Slovenian firm 3biro Arhitekti designed underground rooms and cantilevers to create the impression that this family house "only slightly touches the sloping terrain". More about House in Slovenia by 3biro Arhitekti appears to barely touch the ground
Italian designer Tommaso Caldera has reinterpreted the classic caged workshop lamp by combining it with a domestic shade. More about Tommaso Caldera encloses Tull Lamp in a wire cage