News: Google has joined up with automotive manufacturers including Honda, Audi, Hyundai and General Motors to integrate its Android smartphone operating system into cars. More about Google joins forces with major auto brands to bring Android to car dashboards
A facade of translucent plastic pillows can be pumped up to alter lighting and temperature inside this domed tropical greenhouse in Aarhus by Danish firm CF Møller (+ slideshow). More about Quilted greenhouse by CF Møller inflates to change light and temperature conditions
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our next movie from Miami, show director Marianne Goebl discusses the trends that emerged from Design Miami 2013, including a renewed focus on female designers such as Charlotte Perriand and Maria Pergay. More about 2013 was "a year of seminal women designers" says Design Miami director
Japanese artist Kohei Nawa filled a dark room with billowing clouds of foam for this art exhibition in Aichi, Japan (+ slideshow). More about Kohei Nawa's Foam installation created a cloud-like landscape of soapy bubbles
One of the suites at this year's Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden, features blocks of ice carved into the shape of Parisian rooftops and chimney pots by French designers Les Ateliers de Germaine (+ slideshow). More about Icehotel suite by Les Ateliers de Germaine recreates the rooftops of Paris
Bright red walls contrast with vivid green lawns at this art and culture centre in Portugal by Lisbon architecture firm Future Architecture Thinking (+ slideshow). More about Art and culture centre with bright red walls by Future Architecture Thinking
News: car brand Nissan has unveiled a revised design for its new London taxi to replace the city's famous black cabs, having altered the look of the vehicle in an attempt "to better reflect the iconic nature of the traditional black cab" (+ slideshow). More about Nissan updates its new London taxi design to make it "easier to recognise"
News: a fighter jet incorporating 3D-printed parts has successfully completed a test flight, making it the first combat aircraft produced using additive manufacturing. More about First combat aircraft with 3D-printed parts completes test flight
Japanese studio Nendo has created a succession of boutiques for New York fashion brand Theory where garments hang from geometric black frames and circulation routes are modelled on road layouts (+ slideshow). More about Nendo's store interiors for Theory are modelled on road systems
Italian office Studio Galantini has upgraded the wooden structure of a 1970s chapel in north-west Italy so that it can be used for summer services, music recitals and theatrical performances. More about Studio Galantini rebuilds wooden frame of small Italian chapel
Dutch designer Richard Hutten has created a conference table that can easily be converted for a game of ping pong. More about Richard Hutten designs combined conference and ping pong table
News: a survey of UK design and digital agencies has revealed annual increases in salaries and bonuses that indicate a recovery from the financial crisis affecting the design industry, though unpaid internships and free pitches are still on the rise. More about Pay rises and bonuses suggest better times ahead for UK designers
Anemone tentacles moving beneath the surface of the ocean influenced the latticed facade of this student housing block by French studio Atelier Fernandez & Serres at an oceanic observatory in the eastern Pyrénées (+ slideshow). More about Student housing with a coral-inspired facade by Atelier Fernandez & Serres
Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek has created a collection of furniture made by meticulously gluing together tiny squares of wood, which are cut from the waste material of his famous scrap wood furniture. More about Piet Hein Eek uses offcuts from his scrap wood furniture to make Waste Waste 40x40
A diagonally stacked arrangement of cardboard shoe boxes covers the back wall of this footwear store in Santiago, Chile, by Move Architects (+ slideshow). More about Footwear store interior covered with stacked shoe boxes by Move Architects
One of this week's most popular stories was a house in Spain featuring a cantilevered rooftop swimming pool, so we've collected together all the Spanish houses that have appeared on Dezeen in a new Pinterest board. See our Pinterest board of Spanish houses »
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London architecture studio ShedKM used walls of locally quarried red sandstone to help this concrete house in north-west England fit in with its coastal surroundings (+ slideshow). More about Coastal concrete house on a red sandstone base by ShedKM
Almost everything is pristinely white inside this dental clinic in Sicily by architecture studio Bureauhub, from the walls and floors to furniture, equipment and staff uniforms (photos by Roland Halbe + slideshow). More about White Space orthodontic clinic with Corian walls by Bureauhub
News: the owners of an observation deck on the 94th storey of Chicago's John Hancock Center are considering adding a glass box into which visitors would be strapped and tilted forward to experience a bird's eye view of the city below. More about Tilting glass attraction proposed for observation deck of Chicago's John Hancock Center
French studio TVK has overhauled the Place de la République in Paris to create an even larger pedestrian plaza that includes a new cafe pavilion, water features and over 150 trees (+ slideshow). More about TVK transforms Place de la République into Paris' largest pedestrian square