Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015: US firm Aranda\Lasch has unveiled plans for an art park for a Chinese-Indonesian philanthropist, proposed on terraced rice paddies in the Bali countryside (+ slideshow). More about Aranda\Lasch presents art park designs for sensitive ecological site in Bali
A dining table by Denmark's late Peder Moos has broken the world auction record for a piece of Nordic design, selling for over £600,000. More about Peder Moos table breaks auction record for most expensive piece of Nordic design
British architecture magazines the Architects' Journal and the Architectural Review are set to end their print editions and will move to digital only in the next 18 months. More about Architects' Journal and Architectural Review to end print editions after 120 years
Amanda Levete's firm has revealed its design for a Maggie's Centre for cancer care in Southampton, England, set at the centre of a tranquil flower garden. More about Amanda Levete becomes latest architect to design a Maggie's Centre
Fibreglass petals overlap to create the transparent roof of Amanda Levete's forest-inspired MPavilion, which opened to the public today in Melbourne's Queen Victoria Gardens (+ movie). More about Amanda Levete's tree canopy-like MPavilion opens in Melbourne
Design critic Stephen Bayley has attacked architect Zaha Hadid, describing her as aggressive, intractable and bitter. More about Zaha Hadid is "resentful and wronged" says Stephen Bayley
Tech giant Apple has filed a patent for a "wearable ring device" with touchscreen and voice-control capabilities, paving the way for a potential launch of the Apple Ring. More about Apple is working on a touchscreen smart ring device
Paulo Mendes da Rocha and Metro Associated Architects teamed up to design Aesop's first outpost in Latin America store, pairing exposed concrete with handmade tiles (+ slideshow). More about Paulo Mendes da Rocha and Metro add pastel tones and concrete to Aesop's São Paulo store
Swedish architect Andreas Martin-Löf has completed a weekend retreat for himself on a steep hill overlooking the Stockholm archipelago, with eye-level views of the surrounding tree canopy (+ slideshow). More about Andreas Martin-Löf designs hilltop home near Stockholm with views over the treetops
Interior designer Maayan Zusman and architect Amir Navon designed bespoke carpentry with hidden storage space for a 60-year-old apartment in Tel Aviv. More about Wall of hidden panels provides storage for renovated Tel Aviv apartment
This Kuala Lumpur home has bedrooms with corners that slide open, an indoor tree and voids between the floors to make the interior feel more like an outdoor space (+ slideshow). More about Fabian Tan's Ittka House is designed to offer respite from Malaysian heat
The facades and walled garden of this house in the English town of Newbury are entirely faced in Flemish-bonded handmade bricks that reference the neighbouring Arts and Crafts buildings (+ slideshow). More about Tompkins Rygole's Woodridge house evokes Arts and Crafts architecture with brick facades
London Design Festival 2015: Royal College of Art graduate Yi-Wen Tseng has imagined a car powered by bio-printed organs, using synthetic biology to turn a cow's digestive process into a fuel system. More about Yi-Wen Tseng's methane-powered concept car is modelled on a cow's digestive system
Hanoi architecture office Studio 102 has transformed an incomplete house in the Vietnamese capital into an office for a landscape architecture firm, featuring plants that clamber over its slatted timber cladding (+ slideshow). More about Studio 102 converts an empty Hanoi house into a plant-covered office and showroom
Vienna Design Week 2015: Austrian studio Chmara.Rosinke explored alternatives for dining and food preparation in its Cucina Futurista 2.0 exhibition of furniture and tableware design at Vienna Design Week (+ slideshow). More about Chmara.Rosinke designs Futurist kitchen installation
Australian architects Jackson Clements Burrows added perforated shutters to the exterior of this holiday cabin "like a Gore-Tex jacket", providing light and ventilation when closed (+ slideshow). More about Perforated shutters provide light and ventilation for Moonlight Cabin by Jackson Clements Burrows
London Design Festival 2015: to celebrate British design brand Another Country's five-year anniversary, Studio Dessuant Bone has designed a lamp to reflect the company's origins in the seaside county of Dorset (+ slideshow). More about Studio Dessuant Bone's Jurassic Light 117 is influenced by the Dorset coastline
Dezeen is reporting from the first Chicago Architecture Biennial this week. Browse the city's newest projects, historic icons and lesser-known gems on our new Pinterest board, including Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House and the University of Chicago's Joe and Rika Mansueto Library by Helmut Jahn.
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Seoul studio OBBA has completed a house for a pair of newlyweds, featuring a floor that doubles as a bench, a retractable staircase and a dedicated loft for a pet cat (+ slideshow). More about House in Seoul by OBBA features a retractable staircase and a loft for cats
Japanese studio Nendo has created a perfume bottle for Paris fashion house Kenzo in the shape of a tiny totem pole. More about Nendo creates bottle and logo for Kenzo's unisex Totem fragrance