The living and dining rooms of this house overlooking a river valley in Connecticut, USA, are contained in a timber-clad box raised up by concrete buttresses (+ slideshow). More about Bridge House by Joeb Moore & Partners straddles a site on the edge of a valley
This collection of furniture was influenced by the steel reinforcing bars that are embedded in concrete to improve its tensile strength. More about Bram Vanderbeke creates furniture based on steel reinforcing bars
Music: Australian animation studio Dropbear used over 340 painted cassette tapes and floppy disks to create the stop-motion animation in this music video for producer Opiuo's new track Quack Fat. More about Dropbear recreates retro video games using old cassettes in Opiuo's Quack Fat music video
Strips of black-stained timber give a charred appearance to this extension to a north-west London flat, designed by Fraher Architects to create a bigger kitchen for a client who loves to cook (+ slideshow). More about Blackened timber extension by Fraher Architects provides a new kitchen for a keen cook
Bangkok-based THINKK Studio has constructed a low-tech machine that lets users customise the shape and colour of their own thread lamps. More about THINKK Studio's Lanna Factory machine produces customisable lampshades
Architecture studio Cadaval & Solà-Morales has transformed a traditional white brick house in Mexico City into an apartment complex, with the addition of a row of black penthouses (+ slideshow). More about Cadaval & Solà-Morales installs angular black penthouses during renovation of a 1920s building