Dezeen promotion: entries are now being accepted for this year's Global Irish Design Challenge – a competition that asks designers to address international issues through innovative products and concepts. More about Call for entries to the Global Irish Design Challenge 2015
Thin layers of oak veneer make up the three-piece wooden frame of this bicycle designed by student Niko Schmutz (+ slideshow). More about Niko Schmutz designs bicycle with concentric wooden frame
Original features are paired with blackened steel in modular concrete furniture brand Isomi's first factory in London's Clerkenwell (+ slideshow). More about Paul Crofts Studio creates Isomi showroom in former London print factory
The oxidised-steel walls and prefabricated construction of this community library and sports centre near Newcastle, England, are influenced by the region's ship-building heritage (+ slideshow). More about FaulknerBrowns Architects adds weathering steel facade to new Hebburn Central community centre
Protruding bay windows and angular balconies feature in Rotterdam firm MVRDV's proposal for a greenery-covered high-rise complex in Amsterdam's financial district. More about MVRDV's plant-covered proposal wins Ravel Plaza Amsterdam competition
Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a design manager at contemporary hotel group The Hoxton's east London location (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Three sports cars appear to soar up into the sky outside auto brand Porsche's museum in Stuttgart as part of this sculpture by British artist and designer Gerry Judah. More about Porsche 911s fixed to steel frame to create streamlined sculpture by Gerry Judah
Half greenhouse, half rust-coloured barn, this spa and events space by Tailor Made Arkitekter stands on the edge of Lake Vättern in southern Sweden (+ slideshow). More about Tailor Made Arkitekter merges an archetypal barn with a glasshouse for lakeside spa in Sweden
London designer Michael Anastassiades has created a range of lamps using tubular bulbs and brass rods arranged in various configurations. More about Michael Anastassiades launches collection of linear brass lighting
A wooden floor that curves up to become a wall allows light and air to flow through this bathhouse by Japanese studio Kubo Tsushima Architects. More about Kubo Tsushima Architects creates curved cedar interior inside Japanese bathhouse
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015: a stark installation on the Chicago lakefront by artist Sarah FitzSimons features the outline of a traditional two-storey American house (+ slideshow). More about Sarah FitzSimons outlines a traditional American house with Chicago lakefront installation
London Design Festival 2015: British designer Ross Lovegrove has created a range of aluminium-encased wireless Bluetooth speakers for KEF, based on an earlier design for the UK audio brand. More about Ross Lovegrove downsizes giant speaker to create wireless Muo device
The first official photographs of SANAA's sinuous cultural centre at the Grace Farms nature reserve in Connecticut have been released ahead of its opening tomorrow (+ slideshow). More about First images of SANAA-designed Grace Farms building in Connecticut revealed
Dezeen promotion: architecture and design festival Archtober returns to New York City this month, with more than 200 events taking place across the five boroughs (+ slideshow). More about Archtober returns to New York City for fifth year
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015: architecture studio Ultramoderne has completed its competition-winning Chicago pavilion, which was built using the largest lengths of timber that can be shipped across North America (+ slideshow). More about Mies-inspired pavilion with "biggest wooden roof possible" opens on Chicago lakefront
This week's Dezeen Mail features BIG's foliage-covered housing development for Stockholm, a cardboard car by Lexus and Dior's garment-inspired store in Seoul (pictured). There's also the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Major preservation works are underway to replace the tilted glass skylights that define Stirling and Gowan's iconic Engineering Building at the University of Leicester, England. More about Skylights of Stirling and Gowan's Engineering Building to be replaced in £19.5 million renovation
The "world's first smart menstruation cup" links with a phone app to provide women with information about their periods (+ movie). More about Looncup tracks menstruation and sends vaginal updates to your phone
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with TaliaYstudio and glassware company Lobmeyr to offer readers the chance to win one of four crystal pendants that double up as analogue photo filters. More about Competition: four CrystalJellies by TaliaYstudio to be won
A delivery of 100 replicas of Danish designer Hans J Wegner's Round Chair has been seized and destroyed by Norwegian customs. More about Fake Hans J Wegner chairs destroyed by Norwegian authorities