Lifeguard outposts along Toronto's frozen waterfront have been converted into a series of installations and pavilions, including a set of bright red swings and a spiky timber folly (+ slideshow). More about Designers convert lifeguard towers into winter pavilions for Toronto's frozen beaches
News: from April visitors to the Czech city of Pilsen will be able to visit three restored interiors designed by influential Modernist architect Adolf Loos in the early 20th century (+ slideshow). More about Restored Adolf Loos-designed interiors open to the public in Pilsen
Italian designer Moreno Ratti has created a vase from rings of marble offcuts that are piled up like the pieces in a Tower of Hanoi mathematical puzzle. More about Moreno Ratti's marble vase stacks like a mathematical puzzle
News: trend forecaster Li Edelkoort has published her Anti_Fashion manifesto, outlining why she believes the fashion industry "is going to implode". More about Li Edelkoort publishes manifesto explaining why "fashion is obsolete"
News: the Egyptian government has revealed plans to construct a 200-metre-high skyscraper modelled on the country's most famous architectural structures. More about Egypt plans pyramid-inspired skyscraper in Cairo
Diagonal slats of timber line the boxy recesses set into the facade of this house in Portugal that has been remodelled by architect Ernesto Pereira (+ slideshow). More about Ernesto Pereira updates a coastal Portuguese home with timber-clad cutaways
News: electronics company Samsung has launched two smartphone models at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, including one with a display that curves at the edges (+ slideshow). More about Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge smartphone features a curved screen
An angular concrete box has been stacked on top of a rectilinear one to create the form of this yachting club facility near Buenos Aires (+ slideshow). More about Estudio Ramos completes concrete sailing clubhouse on Argentina's Paraná River
Brazilian architect Marko Brajovic has fixed thousands of bright red shoelaces to the undulating ceiling of this Camper footwear shop in Melbourne (+ slideshow). More about 30,000 red shoelaces hang from the ceiling of Melbourne's Camper store
South Korean designer Jeonghwa Seo has designed a collection of desktop accessories made of Jeju Island basalt by local artisans, with shapes referencing the volcanic landscape. More about Basalt desk accessories by Jeonghwa Seo originate from a Korean island