This glazed house built from thick concrete slabs was designed by Swiss architect Gian Salis to follow the slope of a plant-covered hill in Germany's Rhine Valley (+ slideshow). More about Gian Salis' House on a Slope steps down a hillside in the Rhine Valley
This week we reported on rumours that Apple is designing an electric car, the 76 nominees for Designs of the Year 2015 and a garden folly "dedicated to smoking" (pictured). Read on to catch up with the latest architecture, interiors and design news, plus our track of the week. More about This week on Dezeen
Spanish studio LaSelva has designed a collection of hexagonal encaustic cement tiles with a pattern that joins up regardless of which way round they are positioned (+ slideshow). More about LaSelva's hexagonal Atlas tiles are patterned to match up at every orientation
News: Bjarke Ingels' firm has released images of its design for a loop-shaped country house that features a gallery for showcasing the clients' car collection (+ slideshow). More about BIG unveils looping "snail" house designed for a car collector
Each room of this woodland retreat in Japan is topped by a "pointy hat" that gives the timber structure the appearance of a group of pitched tents (+ slideshow). More about Woodland home by Hiroshi Nakamura designed to resemble a cluster of timber tepees
News: images have emerged of a replacement for the stalled Pinnacle skyscraper in London, which will now be demolished following a deal believed to be worth £300 million. More about Leaked designs reveal replacement for London's part-built Pinnacle skyscraper
Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a technical director at Bjarke Ingel's firm in Copenhagen, whose projects include a combined power plant and ski slope that blows smoke rings (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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News: Ferrari has released images of a concept racing car that the Italian manufacturer envisions as a possible future for Formula One. More about Ferrari unveils "aggressive-looking" Formula One concept car
Small wooden houses contain play areas and swinging furniture at this Buenos Aires cafe for both adults and children by architect Íris Cantante (+ slideshow). More about Fiii Fun House cafe by Íris Cantante features wooden swing seats
Business news: the UK government has finally set a date for the introduction of its new copyright protection law, making it illegal to manufacture or sell copies of mass-produced designs after 2020. More about UK government sets 2020 deadline to end replica furniture production
Each room of this townhouse in Spain is a separate block with a translucent frontage, which together create a stepped facade that glows after dark (+ slideshow). More about Rue Space's Casa #20 features a four-tiered facade of translucent glass
Stockholm 2015: Danish furniture manufacturer Carl Hansen & Søn has refreshed a 1970 tray table by Modernist designer Hans J Wegner with a pale and smoked oak veneer. More about Carl Hansen & Søn updates Hans J Wegner's reversible tray table with smoked oak surfaces
Innauer‐Matt Architekten sourced spruce from a nearby woodland for the inside and outside walls of this family house in a hamlet of western Austria (+ slideshow). More about Haus Für Julia Und Björn is a wooden residence in Austria's picturesque Bregenz Forest
Geneva Motor Show 2015: British supercar brand McLaren has released images of its racetrack-dedicated P1 GTR, which will debut at the Geneva Motor Show next month (+ slideshow). More about McLaren upgrades its P1 supercar for the race track
Opinion: Diller, Scofidio + Renfro's The Broad museum in Los Angeles is an elegant exercise in mundanity, says Mimi Zeiger. More about "An object lesson for designers caught on the hamster wheel of producing interestingness"
A section of tarmac appears to have been peeled back from the surface of a car park at London's Southbank Centre, suspending a car upside down in artist Alex Chinneck's latest illusionary installation (+ slideshow). More about Parked car is upended on a tarmac wave in Alex Chinneck installation
A Foster-designed Apple store in China (pictured), Kanye West's Yeezy collection for Adidas and the Designs of the Year nominees feature in Dezeen Mail issue 241. Click through for all the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Lars Müller Publishers to give readers the chance to win one of five copies of a book documenting the last century of design in Switzerland. More about Competition: five 100 Years of Swiss Design books to be won
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has added a wooden building with a pointy metal roof to a seaside hotel complex he completed five years ago in Nagasaki, south-west Japan (+ slideshow). More about Kengo Kuma extends his Garden Terrace Nagasaki hotel with an asymmetric annex