Using a custom-designed structure suited to extreme conditions, Italian studio LEAPfactory has constructed a new building for a ski and snowboard school beside the highest mountain in the Alps (+ slideshow). More
This week we reported on a cycle-friendly high-rise by Foster + Partners (pictured), NASA's plans to use flying drones on Mars and Zaha Hadid's legal settlement and subsequent donation to a labour rights charity. Read on to catch up with the latest architecture and design news, plus our track of the week. More
Raw concrete and timber boxes create rooms inside these gabled blocks, added to a hotel on a vineyard in rural Portugal by architect and set designer João Mendes Ribeiro (+ slideshow). More
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: Dutch designer Lilian van Daal claims 3D-printing can replace traditional upholstery techniques to produce spongy-surfaced furniture in this movie filmed in Eindhoven. More
This interactive installation by design studio Kram/Weisshaar allows users to remotely control a robotic arm that sculpts foam cubes into furniture pieces (+ movie). More
Each facet that makes up the facade of this community building in Poland by OVO Grabczewscy Architekci is covered in a sheet of shiny ridged copper to create the impression of flames (+ slideshow). More
Fashion designer Alexander Wang has launched a collection of limited-edition furniture for Italian brand Poltrona Frau, including bean-bag chairs and a drinks cabinet (+ slideshow). More
Interview: the former head of two Parisian fashion houses has discouraged students from setting up their own brands because the industry is overwhelmed by too many new names. More
Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a director of design, exhibitions and future planning at the V&A museum, whose recent exhibitions have included the Candela installation (pictured) and the political activism-focused Disobedient Objects. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
Ever judged a book by its cover? Amsterdam creative studio Moore has reversed the well-known idiom – designing a sleeve that scans your face and won't open unless approached without prejudice (+ movie). More
Photo essay: British photographer Marc Wilson has spent four years documenting the physical traces of the second world war on the coastlines of the British Isles and northern Europe (+ slideshow). More
Architects Tom and James Teatum have reshuffled the upper-floor layout of two houses in west London to create a pair of double-fronted flats – one spread across the second floor and another squeezed beneath the newly extended rafters (+ slideshow). More
Stockholm 2015: London design studio Industrial Facility has collaborated with Swedish lighting company Wästberg to create lamps that provide power from multiple USB outlets. More
