Baca Architects has designed a marine observatory called the Australian Underwater Discovery Centre that will mimic a whale surfacing off the coast of Geographe Bay. More about Australian marine observatory by Baca Architects will resemble a whale emerging from water
Eggs are hung from the ceiling, balanced on spinning tops and stacked on top of each other in a series of deliberately perilous contraptions created by industrial designer Liang-Jung Chen. More about Liang-Jung Chen explores vulnerability through 12 precarious egg racks
Architect Sarah Wigglesworth discusses her career and Stock Orchard Street home with Piers Taylor in architectural photographer Jim Stephenson's film What Does it Take to Make a Building. More about Sarah Wigglesworth and Piers Taylor discuss straw bale house in Jim Stephenson's latest film
3XN has unveiled its proposal for Cobot Hub, a collection of modular laboratories and offices for developing robots set to be built in Odense, Denmark. More about 3XN designs modular hub for two robot developers in Denmark
A pier park and a rooftop farm atop the Javits Center will be built as part of a $51 billion investment in the Midtown West neighbourhood of New York City. More about New York City pledges billion for Midtown West architecture projects
Dezeen Showroom: Babila is an outdoor lamp and mirror hybrid that was originally created by architect Marco Zanuso Jr. for his own studio and is now being released by Barcelona lighting brand Marset. More about Babila outdoor light by Marco Zanuso Jr. for Marset
Dezeen Showroom: Swedish design duo Bernadotte & Kylberg has created Lines, a tableware collection made from Vitro porcelain, for their new lifestyle brand NJRD. More about Lines tableware collection by NJRD
Architect Rem Koolhaas and his research studio AMO have designed an abstract set made of geometric rooms covered in tactile materials for fashion house Prada's Autumn Winter 2021 menswear presentation. More about Rem Koolhaas and AMO create faux-fur covered geometric rooms for Prada menswear show
Dezeen promotion: Hello Raye is an online directory of furniture with BIM and CAD files that allows architects and interior designers to find the right products for their projects, as well as upload their own materials and models. More about Hello Raye is an online directory of furniture complete with BIM files
Marks Barfield Architects has designed a sustainable mosque in Cambridge that draws on local architecture while incorporating traditional Islamic design aspects, including geometric patterns that symbolise the infinite. More about Marks Barfield Architects designs Cambridge Central Mosque to be "place of tranquility"
After a turbulent 2020, this year designers should be braver and bolder, says Michelle Ogundehin in her interior design anti-trends report for 2021. More about "The uncomfortable truth is that 2020 might just have been exactly what we needed"
A museum dedicated to music topped with an undulating roof that will be punctuated by trees designed by Sou Fujimoto is nearing completion in Budapest's City Park as part of the Liget Budapest Project. More about Sou Fujimoto's House of Hungarian Music nearing completion in Budapest
Plans for a Maggie's Centre by Alison Brooks Architects on a site in Taunton, UK, have been halted after the local council voted against leasing land for the scheme. More about Maggie's charity forced to find new site for Alison Brooks-designed cancer care centre
Norm Architects used natural materials such as oak, clay, linen and travertine to create a jewellery showroom in Copenhagen informed by modernist artists' studios. More about Norm Architects bases jewellery store interior on the studios of Picasso and Matisse
London designers Tom Dixon and Es Devlin and provocateur Max Siedentopf are among 19 makers and artists who have reimagined a simple wooden chair as part of the 19 Chairs charity project. More about Designers including Es Devlin and Tom Dixon customise wooden furniture for lockdown project 19 Chairs
Japanese architecture office Case-Real has completed a house on a compact site in Tokyo featuring galvanised steel cladding and a concealed rooftop terrace. More about Case-Real clads House in Higashi-Gotanda in galvanised steel panels
Architecture collective Colab-19 has built a multi-storey open-air theatre out of scaffolding to help Bogotá's businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. More about Colab-19 uses scaffolding to create multipurpose outdoor venue for pandemic-struck Bogotá
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing plans to build a linear city in Saudi Arabia and sharing their views on other top stories. More about "Only a train would think that's a cool city layout" says commenter
Mexican practice PPAA has designed Casa Octavia, a boutique hotel in Mexico City that is based around the eponymous fashion brand. More about Wooden lattices screen concrete hotel by PPAA in Mexico City
Dezeen Showroom: Stripes is a graphic wool rug collection created by Swedish design duo Bernadotte & Kylberg for their lifestyle brand NJRD. More about Stripes rug collection by NJRD