News: Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has unveiled plans for a tower block shaped like a pine cone with balconies sprouting outwards in all directions, as part of a series of "modern follies" underway in Montpellier, France (+ slideshow). More about Sou Fujimoto designs nature-inspired tower for Montpellier "modern follies" project
Designer Francis Bitonti worked with students to design and 3D-print this delicate dress using clear and flexible filaments. More about Francis Bitonti and New Skins Workshop students 3D-print flexible dress on a MakerBot
News: people will soon have up to ten miniature devices on their bodies and clothes monitoring their health, organising their social lives and responding to their emotional needs, according to Gadi Amit, a leading designer of wearable devices (+ interview). More about Wearable technology that ignores emotional needs is a "major error"
News: a woman has been attacked in a San Francisco bar for wearing Google Glass, in the latest conflict amid increasing tension between the city's residents and the tech giants who have based their headquarters in the area. More about Google Glass wearer attacked in San Francisco and accused of "killing" the city
Swiftly following Adidas' launch of knitted football boots, rival sports brand Nike has released its own soccer footwear that incorporates the company's Flyknit technology. More about Nike adapts Flyknit technology to launch knitted football boot
Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza will present plans to build a new entrance and visitor centre for historic Granada palace the Alhambra at an exhibition opening later this month in Berlin. More about Álvaro Siza presents new entrance for Granada's Alhambra palace
Danish furniture brand Menu has started producing cloche-shaped pendant lamps first sketched by late designer Grethe Meyer. More about Menu begins production of cloche-shaped lamps by Grethe Meyer
Daylight filters sparingly across the concrete walls of this indoor swimming pool, which protrudes from the cork-clad facade of a family house in Leiria, Portugal, by local studio Contaminar Arquitetos (+ slideshow). More about Cork-clad house by Contaminar Arquitetos features a shadow-filled swimming pool
Sections of these glass vases by Finnish designer Maija Puoskari can be stacked and swapped to create different vessels for flowers. More about Glass rings stack to form Pi-no Pi-no vases by Maija Puoskari
Perched on a clifftop along the Chilean shoreline, this idyllic residence by architecture studio L2C forms part of a self-sustaining community that produces its own energy and water, and deals with its own waste (+ slideshow). More about Tunquen House by L2C sits high above the Chilean coastline
This raw concrete church by Nameless Architecture presents a cross-shaped elevation to a road junction in Byeollae, a new district under development outside Seoul, South Korea (+ movie). More about Nameless Architecture adds concrete church to growing Korean town
Following the completion of Jean Nouvel's plant-filled hotel in Barcelona and another in Berlin described by the designers as an "urban jungle", we've compiled a list of unique hotels we'd love to visit (+ slideshow). More about Special feature: ten amazing hotel designs
A mat that can be folded into a two-seat sofa by California designer Yumi Yoshida was inspired by the ancient Japanese art of paper-folding (+ slideshow). More about Origami Sofa by Yumi Yoshida unfolds to become a floor mat
Dutch designer Dirk Vander Kooij made these vessels from scraps of plastic, melted down and built up in layers by a robotic arm. More about Dirk Vander Kooij uses a robotic arm to print vases from scrap plastic
Inspired by cigar makers in Spain, Austrian designer Helene Steiner has used thin strips of beech wood rolled into pipes to create a folding chair. More about Pepe chair by Helene Steiner made from rolled-up beech veneer
A house in Singapore featuring a cantilevered concrete room was popular last week, so we've created a new Pinterest board that collects together staggering cantilevered buildings, walkways and structures. See our new Pinterest board»
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The 77 individuals who lost their lives during the 2011 terrorist attacks in Norway will be commemorated by this competition-winning intervention by Swedish artist Jonas Dahlberg to sever a strip of headland from the coastline near Oslo. More about Landscape intervention by Jonas Dahlberg to honour Norwegian terrorist attack victims
Rotterdam-based Studio Makkink & Bey has added an industrial playground with a decorative perimeter fence to a Mecanoo-designed housing complex in Reimerswaal, the Netherlands. More about Studio Makkink & Bey adds industrial playground to Mecanoo's Reimerswaalhof housing
Books, records, plant pots and even shoes can be turned into musical instruments thanks to British designer Nick Brennan’s Sound Pegs device (+ slideshow). More about Household objects become musical instruments with Sound Pegs by Nick Brennan