Parts of the mountain landscape extend into this house in southeast China, which was planned by designer Xu Fu-Min to offer its residents a peaceful retreat from city life. More about Xu Fu-Min completes "paradise-like house" in rural China that brings the landscape inside
British luxury carmaker Aston Martin has made its first foray into nautical design with a powerboat (+ slideshow). More about Aston Martin ventures into the seas with its first powerboat
These new photographs reveal the cavernous form of an opera house by Japanese architect Toyo Ito, which has opened in the Taiwanese city Taichung (+ slideshow). More about Toyo Ito's Taichung Metropolitan Opera House in Taiwan opens
Multiple residences are combined into single house-shaped volumes at this development by Bestor Architecture in the Echo Park neighbourhood of Los Angeles. More about Bestor Architecture uses "stealth density" at Blackbirds housing in Los Angeles
White display stands inside this Los Angeles boutique designed by Bureau Spectacular fit together like a puzzle, forming a set of steps for events and performances. More about Bureau Spectacular creates interlocking moveable displays for Frankie Los Angeles store
The designer for next year's Serpentine Pavilion in London will be selected by a team including architects Richard Rogers and David Adjaye, it was announced today. More about Richard Rogers and David Adjaye to select next Serpentine Pavilion architect
The engineering firm behind London's 10-storey-high Sky Pool, Eckersley O'Callaghan, has demonstrated its latest glass innovation: a nine-metre-long slide (+ slideshow). More about Sky Pool engineers create huge slide from single piece of glass
The first major exhibition at the new Design Museum in London will include 11 commissions by leading designers – including an EU-themed living room designed by OMA in response to Brexit. More about New London Design Museum's first exhibition will include Pan-European Living Room by OMA
The radical buildings in the English county of Essex suggest that avant-garde architecture is better found in the suburbs than the cities, says Owen Hatherley in his latest Opinion column. More about "Let's move to radical Essex"
Artist David Shrigley is set to unveil his gigantic "thumbs up" installation on the Fourth Plinth in London's Trafalgar Square tomorrow and has released a gif to accompany it. More about David Shrigley releases "thumbs up" teaser for his Really Good Fourth Plinth sculpture
Apple has announced it will create a new London headquarters inside Battersea Power Station, taking over six floors of the former industrial building on the bank of the River Thames. More about Apple to set up campus in London's Battersea Power Station
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with German publishing house Gestalten to give away five copies of its new book Scandinavia Dreaming. More about Competition: win a book documenting contemporary Scandinavian design and interiors
Next in our series of roundups presenting houses from different US states, it's New York's turn. The Empire State's top rural residences include a Hamptons home shaded with strips of canvas and a secluded writer's retreat (+ slideshow). More about Five of the best houses in New York State on Dezeen
London Design Festival 2016: in this exclusive movie produced by Dezeen for MINI, the brand's Oke Hauser explains why they worked with architect Asif Khan to install plant-filled pavilions across east London. More about Asif Khan creates "space in between" homes and workplaces with Forests installation for MINI
Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk plans to make humankind a "spacefaring civilisation" by starting manned missions to Mars as soon as 2022. More about Elon Musk announces plans to start colonising Mars in six years
Beijing Design Week 2016: German designer Thomas Schnur presents six pieces of furniture adapted from common objects like traffic cones and metal barriers for an exhibition in Beijing (+ slideshow). More about Thomas Schnur exhibits furniture pieces based on objects found in the street
Inflatable buildings are back in fashion, and being created for all kinds of functions. Here are 10 of the most inventive examples, including a mobile concert hall, a black PVC nightclub and a field of giant mushrooms. More about 10 inflatable buildings designed to blow you away
London Design Festival 2016: design duo Barber and Osgerby have created a limited-edition table constructed from three curved pieces of oak (+ slideshow). More about Barber and Osgerby base minimal wooden table on Japanese joinery
Projecting over a hillside in the Ecuadorean countryside, this small mirrored viewpoint was designed by Natura Futura Arquitectura as a rest stop for hikers (+slideshow). More about Mirrored viewing platform by Natura Futura is disguised against the Ecuadorean landscape
The thin columns and wood cladding that front this educational facility in a Pittsburgh park are designed to help the building fit in with its woodland setting (+ slideshow). More about Bohlin Cywinski Jackson's nature centre in Pittsburgh "blends with the surrounding woods"