News: Swedish car manufacturer Volvo has revealed plans to test 100 self-driving vehicles on city streets with members of the public by 2017. More about Volvo announces "one-of-a-kind" public tests for self-driving cars
Comments update: a fire that ripped through one of the world's tallest residential skyscrapers dominated the conversation this week, as readers discussed the safety features of tall buildings. More about "Great architects, engineers and designers make the 21st century a safer place"
News: Bjarke Ingel's firm has unveiled plans for a recycling facility in Copenhagen, encased within a manmade hill that could double as a running track, picnic area or even a snowboarding slope (+ slideshow). More about BIG reveals sunken recycling centre below terrain for joggers and snowboarders
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Not Another Bill to give readers the chance to win one of five three-month subscriptions to its service that delivers limited-edition gifts. More about Competition: five Not Another Bill subscriptions to be won
Openings in the walls of this wooden shelter in Austria create display compartments where children can show off treasures collected from the trails of the surrounding forest (+ slideshow). More about Bernd Riegger's see-through timber cabin provides shelter for a forest kindergarten
Squishy foam spikes featured on garments and the catwalk at fashion designer Mary Katrantzou's Autumn Winter 2015 show during London Fashion Week. More about Mary Katrantzou contrasts Modernist shapes with "horror vacui" details for Autumn Winter 2015
News: a proposal to carve a cultural centre out of the landscape has won the UNESCO design contest for a Bamiyan Valley site where two seventh-century statues of Buddha were destroyed by Taliban militants. More about UNESCO unveils winning cultural centre design for heritage site in war-torn Afghanistan
The glass facade of this Tokyo accessories store is imprinted with a chevron pattern based on a motif from the lining of an Hermès handbag (+ slideshow). More about Chevron-patterned glass fronts Tokyo handbag store by Hiroshi Nakamura
The quilted back of this chair by Spanish studio Muka Design Lab can be stood up straight or folded down. More about Muka Design Lab's Reves Chair has a backrest "like a shirt collar"
An entranceway lined with planks of red-brown wood punctures the concrete facade of this family home arranged around a courtyard in Brazil (+ slideshow). More about Red wood corridor forms entrance to concrete home in Brazil by Studio Guilherme Torres
London fashion studio Sibling used the vibrant hues of furniture and interiors by late Danish designer Verner Panton as a reference for its Autumn Winter 2015 collection, shown as part of London Fashion Week. More about Verner Panton influences colour palette for Sibling's Autumn Winter 2015 collection
News: MVRDV has been granted planning approval to overhaul a 1970s complex in Paris, which includes adding a new facade of colourful stacked boxes to an existing shopping centre. More about MVRDV wins approval for Vandamme Nord shopping centre facelift in Paris
News: SO-IL and FREAKS freearchitects have together won a competition to redesign a glass museum, workshop and gallery on the site of an 18th-century glass factory in north-east France. More about SO-IL and FREAKS to redesign glass museum on French-German border
Stockholm 2015: Swedish industrial designer Jenny Nordberg built each item of furniture in her latest collection by hand in under five minutes (+ movie). More about Jenny Nordberg produces hand-made furniture pieces in less than five minutes
News: residents of one of the tallest residential skyscrapers in the world have been gradually returning to their homes after a fire that caused more than a thousand people to be evacuated. More about Fire devastates Dubai's 336-metre Torch skyscraper
Ribbons of red aluminium create a woven texture across the facade of this office block completed by Japanese studio Aisaka Architects in Tokyo (+ slideshow). More about Aisaka Architects adds red basket-weave facade to Tokyo office block
News: OMA has presented a vision to transform a former tobacco plant in Louisville, USA, into a hub for growing and selling food, featuring an edible garden, a coffee roastery and a recycling centre (+ slideshow). More about OMA unveils masterplan for community farming facility in Kentucky
British fashion designer Gareth Pugh has made a patriotic return to London Fashion Week, pulling together references from across the UK for his Autumn Winter 2015 show. More about Gareth Pugh brings his "modern armour" back to London for Autumn Winter 2015
A painted fabric screen concealing windows and balconies merges with the crisp white facade of this artist's house in north London by local firm Guard Tillman Pollock (+ slideshow). More about Stretched fabric hides the windows and balconies of an artist's Hampstead home
Maison&Objet 2015: London studio Poetic Lab has created a collection of desktop accessories with simple shapes and metallic finishes for design brand Beyond Object. More about Beyond Object presents minimal metallic stationery by Poetic Lab