These new shots by London photographer Rory Gardiner show the tapered form of The Leadenhall Building by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, which is nearing completion in the City of London (+ slideshow). More about New photographs show Rogers' Leadenhall Building nearing completion
News: the latest celebrity to dip their toes into design is hip-hop artist Snoop, who has teamed up with holiday rental website Airbnb to create a pop-up house during next week's SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. More about Snoop collaborates with Airbnb to design pavilion for SXSW
Apple has teamed up with Ferrari, Volvo and Mercedes-Benz to develop software for cars allowing iPhones to be connected up and controlled via a second screen in the entertainment system. More about Apple unveils software for cars with Ferrari, Volvo and Mercedes-Benz
News: construction has finally begun on a 216-metre skinny skyscraper designed by Foster + Partners for a site next door to Mies van der Rohe's Seagram Building in New York. More about Foster's skinny skyscraper underway beside Mies' Seagram Building
Dezeen promotion: Danish firm Troldtekt is inviting architecture and design students to submit proposals for innovative uses of the company's acoustic panels for the chance to win €5000. More about Call for entries to the Troldtekt Award 2014
London studio Levitate have reinstated access to a sixteenth-century English castle by repairing stonework and slotting a continuous oak walkway into the ruined shell. More about Oak walkway by Levitate inserted into ruined castle
A slender steel awning shades artists from the sun on the rooftop of this creative arts space that French-Brazilian studio Triptyque created for drinks brand Red Bull in a São Paulo warehouse (+ slideshow). More about São Paulo warehouse revamped into Red Bull arts centre by Triptyque
Wooden boxes on wheels fold open to reveal beds inside this minimal apartment in Bolzano, Italy, by Harry Thaler Studio (+ slideshow). More about Harry Thaler adds mobile furniture and boxy beds to artists' apartment
A continuous ribbon of steel forms two legs of this simple table by French designer Eric Jourdan. More about Two supports connect beneath Eric Jourdan's Gilda table
The new Melbourne home of the Australian Institute of Architects is a 22-storey tower by architecture firm Lyons with a sculptural facade that breaks down into staircases and balconies (+ slideshow). More about Australian Institute of Architects moves into sculptural Melbourne tower by Lyons
A metal-clad roof designed to reference local barns follows the stepped profile of this house in the American state of Arkansas by deMx architecture (+ slideshow). More about Angular metal roof wraps around hilltop house by deMx architecture
News: British curator Beatrice Galilee has been appointed to a newly created role as curator of architecture and design at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. More about Beatrice Galilee appointed architecture and design curator for The Met
Competition: Dezeen and publishers Phaidon have teamed up to give one reader the chance to win a monograph of work by Modernist architect Mies van der Rohe. More about Competition: Mies van der Rohe monograph to be won
Sports brand Adidas has created the world's first football boot to have an upper knitted entirely from yarn (+ slideshow). More about World's first knitted football boot announced by Adidas
This collapsible table by Berlin-based designer Jakob Timpe is made from nine pieces of wood that simply slot together with no screws, glue or tools (+ slideshow). More about Stand table by Jakob Timpe slots together without glue or fixings
News: French studio LAN has won a competition to revamp the Grand Palais exhibition centre in Paris with plans to restore galleries around the Grand Nave and insert a new entrance court. More about LAN wins renovation of Grand Palais exhibition hall in Paris
Brazilian architect Paulo Kobylka has designed sofas with cantilevered cushions that look like long concrete slabs stacked on top of one another (+ slideshow). More about Cantilevered sofas by Paulo Kobylka fit together like stacked concrete slabs
This railway service facility in Zurich by local architects EM2N features a three-dimensional patterned facade made from zigzagging cement modules (+ slideshow). More about Bulging cement panels clad Zurich railway service facility by EM2N
Huge sliding doors at the front and rear of this weekend house in rural Hiroshima allow residents to open out their timber-lined living spaces to the scenic mountain landscape (+ slideshow). More about Hinanai Village House opens out to a scenic mountain landscape
Danish designer Simon Legald has created a set of stacking melamine trays with softly rounded edges for design brand Normann Copenhagen (+ slideshow). More about Simon Legald designs stackable melamine trays for Normann Copenhagen