Maison&Objet 2016: colourful sweets sold at Brazilian markets influenced these glass lights designed by Humberto and Fernando Campana for Czech brand Lasvit (+ movie). More about Sugary treats influence Campana brothers' Candy Collection lamps for Lasvit
Opinion: toy makers have designed a disturbingly codified world for children that says more about adult self-loathing than how kids really want to play, says Sam Jacob. More about "Toys have become small plastic tablets of moral code that we hand down to the next generation"
Our US job of the week on Dezeen Jobs for a project architect/manager at Studio MM in New York, whose projects include a weekend retreat on the edge of a creek (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Movie: in our next exclusive movie for Moroso, Carole Baijings of Scholten & Baijings explains how the design duo's new seating range for the Italian brand was designed around the fabric. More about Scholten & Baijings' Ottoman daybed for Moroso "started with the textile"
This small office space by Freshwest features an inverted roof, corrugated metal siding and a folding glass door that opens onto the banks of the River Teifi in west Wales (+ slideshow). More about Freshwest creates corrugated iron office on a riverside terrace in Wales
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Tetra, an online shop dedicated to smoking accessories, to give readers the chance to win a patinated brass lighter case. More about Competition: win a Patina Lighter Case from Tetra
American firms Steven Holl Architects, Levenbetts and Leong Leong have produced cube-themed objects and sculptures for a new exhibition at Manhattan's Chamber gallery. More about Steven Holl, Levenbetts and Leong Leong "unpack the cube" for a New York exhibition
Architect Zaha Hadid has created a range of new jewellery pieces to accompany her 18-karat white gold cuff for Lebanese jewellery house Aziz and Walid Mouzannar (+ slideshow). More about Zaha Hadid extends Silene jewellery line for Aziz and Walid Mouzannar
Materials and furniture used throughout this Vancouver restaurant were influenced by traditional Italian osterias and a fictitious patriarchal figure named Savio Volpe (+ slideshow). More about Ste Marie's Vancouver restaurant interior is based on a fictional muse
Inside Festival 2015: Massimo d'Alessandro explains how his studio MdAA transformed an old stable into an apartment by creating a treehouse-like room raised from the floor on a single column (+ movie). More about MdAA creates elevated bedroom "like a treehouse" inside Rome apartment
Architecture firm SOM has released new renderings of Manhattan West – a mixed-use development including a trio of towers that will be built next to New York's massive Hudson Yards (+ slideshow). More about SOM reveals new images of Manhattan West skyscrapers spanning rail yards in New York City
Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for an associate/senior architect at Mikhail Riches in London, whose projects include a housing development featuring stepped and angled roofs (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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The number of skyscrapers over 600 metres high – known as "megatalls" – is set to more than double in the next few years, say experts. More about 2016 heralds beginning of the "megatall" skyscraper era
Moxon Architects has designed a pedestrian bridge with an extremely thin steel base to span Regent's Canal in London, as part of the major regeneration works underway near King's Cross station. More about Moxon Architects unveils plans for slender footbridge in London's King Cross
Stockholm 2016: Swedish studio Claesson Koivisto Rune's collection of stitched leather rugs for its Inde/Jacobs gallery in Texas are going into production with textile brand Ogeborg (+ slideshow). More about Claesson Koivisto Rune patterns leather rugs to look like fields from above
High-rise towers are connected by aerial walkways in Anders Berensson Architects' proposal to convert Stockholm's railway tracks into high-density housing (+ slideshow). More about Anders Berensson Architects proposes colony of skinny skyscrapers for Stockholm
A south London residence updated with new living spaces, custom-built furniture and a two-storey lightwell has been named winner in a competition to find London's best house extensions (+ slideshow). More about London's best new house extensions revealed in Don't Move, Improve! 2016 awards
A park consisting of towering hills designed by Dutch landscape firm West 8 will open this summer on Governors Island, offering sweeping views of the New York Harbor and the city skyline. More about The Hills by West 8 opening summer 2016 on New York's Governors Island
Dutch firm UNStudio has completed a retail and residential complex in Brussels that combines curving architectural forms with flashes of golden-hued aluminium. More about UNStudio's first building in Belgium features a stone facade and golden balconies
Last week, Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena won the Pritzker Architecture Prize. To celebrate, Dezeen has produced this short movie, which serves as an introduction to Aravena's work. More about Watch our short video about Pritzker Prize-winner Alejandro Aravena