News: the University of Minnesota has launched a new programme that could halve the time it takes for students to gain a licence to practise architecture in the United States. More about New course fast-tracks architectural education in USA
Designer Dominic Wilcox describes why he chose to hang a row of bird cages above a street in London in the next movie we filmed about the Seven Designers for Seven Dials aerial installations curated by Dezeen. More about "I brought bird cages back to the Seven Dials area" - Dominic Wilcox
As 2013 gets underway, here's a look at the ten tallest skyscrapers set to complete around the globe this year (+ interactive image). More about Top ten tallest skyscrapers completing in 2013
Cologne 2013: Italian designer Luca Nichetto has created a lounge chair with a folding backrest for Finnish design brand One Nordic. More about Hai by Luca Nichetto for One Nordic
Wooden clothes feature in Iceland-based fashion designer Sruli Recht's Autumn Winter 2013 menswear collection. More about Concentrated by Sruli Recht
Maison&Objet 2013: French design duo Colonel present furniture inspired by camping at Maison&Objet design fair in Paris, which concludes tomorrow. More about Collection #2 by Colonel
Cologne 2013: French brand Ligne Roset has launched a storage box and mirror hanging either end of a leather strap by design collective Outofstock. More about Vanity Shelf by Outofstock for Ligne Roset
News: America's first fully digital public library without a single book is set to open this autumn in San Antonio, Texas, and will be based on the design of an Apple store. More about America's first bookless library to open in Texas
News: American Airlines has unveiled a new logo and livery for its aircraft, designed by brand consultancy FutureBrand. More about American Airlines debuts new logo and livery
Cologne 2013: Italian designer Luca Nichetto installed his idea of the house of the future at trade fair imm cologne last week (+ slideshow). More about Das Haus by Luca Nichetto
Designer Faye Toogood talks through her installation of 49 workers' coats hanging above the street in the first of this series of movies we filmed about the Seven Designers for Seven Dials aerial installations curated by Dezeen. More about "It was about celebrating trades that have been lost" - Faye Toogood
Walls of books fold around a wooden staircase in this renovation and extension to a north London home by Hackney studio Platform 5 Architects. More about Book Tower House by Platform 5 Architects
Vietnamese studio Vo Trong Nghia Architects has hidden a bamboo-framed conference centre behind a fortified stone wall in the countryside outside Hanoi (+ slideshow). More about Dailai Conference Hall by Vo Trong Nghia Architects
Adobe employees can play basketball and ping pong inside the software company's new mural-covered Utah campus by San Francisco-based designers Rapt Studio (+ movie). More about Adobe Utah campus by Rapt Studio
Polish fashion and interior designer Aga Brzostek has created a chair with an integrated blanket for wrapping up warm in winter. More about Autumn/Winter chair by Aga Brzostek
News: Dutch architecture studio Universe Architecture is planning to construct a house with a 3D printer for the first time. More about Dutch architects to use 3D printer to build a house
South Korean designer Dong-yeop Han has created a series of storage boxes with duffle-coat toggles as fastenings. More about Toggle Toggle by Dong-yeop Han
News: French interior and product designer Andrée Putman has died in Paris aged 87. More about Andrée Putman 1925-2013
The first and only built project by the late experimental architect Lebbeus Woods is the Light Pavilion, one of of three large-scale installations at Steven Holl's recently completed Sliced Porosity Block in Chengdu, China (+ slideshow). More about The Light Pavilion by Lebbeus Woods with Christoph a. Kumpusch
Product news: Australian designer Marc Newson has created a 22-piece collection with orange details for bathroom brand Caroma (+ slideshow). More about Bathroom collection by Marc Newson for Caroma