An insect provided the inspiration for this office building in Leiria, Portugal, which comprises a concrete block raised off the ground on 16 triangular feet (+ slideshow). More about Concrete office block designed by Regino Cruz Arquitectos to resemble a centipede
Milan 2015: 20 studios from both sides of Ireland's north-south border were invited to collaborate on projects that aim to show the breadth of the island's creative industry – including one firm that hasn't shown in the Italian city in more than 60 years (+ slideshow). More about Irish studios collaborate on designs for Milan exhibition
Milan 2015: Dutch designer Mark Sturkenboom has created a "memory box" containing a dildo with a compartment for storing the ashes of a deceased partner. More about 21 Grams is a sex toy that contains the ashes of a dead partner
A driveway cuts through one wing of this three-pronged house in New York state, which is topped by a roof terrace with amphitheatre-style seating (+ slideshow). More about Three-winged 36SML House by Levenbetts has a driveway carved through its middle
Milan 2015: London designer Kacper Hamilton has created a complex sand-timer that uses weights to measure the passing of seconds and minutes (+ slideshow). More about Kacper Hamilton's brass device depicts time as solid matter
Our latest Pinterest board is filled with tea houses by architects and designers including Shigeru Ban, Sou Fujimoto and Tokujin Yoshioka.
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The chunky quartzite walls of this library on the outskirts of Paris are faceted to accommodate the span of a century-old walnut tree at the centre of the site (+ slideshow). More about Paris library by Agence Pascale Guédot angles around an old walnut tree
Milan 2015: furniture, ceramics and glassware by Norwegian designers have been collected together for an exhibition intended to show the country's contribution to Scandinavian design (+ slideshow). More about Norwegian Presence exhibition showcases products at Milan design week
Danish studio Kilo has designed a set of headphones that allow users to create different arrangements of headbands, earpads, cables and speakers (+ movie). More about Kilo Design creates modular headphones for Aiaiai
Dezeen promotion: the winners of this year's A' Design Award and Competition include a curvaceous wood-lined sauna and a lamp designed to be smashed by its user. More about A' Design Awards and Competition 2015 winners announced
British firm Hawkins\Brown has added a music school and boarding house to a school in Surrey, England, featuring sandy coloured brickwork and timber screens that reference musical annotation (+ slideshow). More about Hawkins\Brown finds musical references for timber-clad school recital hall
Tufts of brightly coloured electrical cabling give the walls and furniture of this bar by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma a hairy appearance (+ slideshow). More about Matted electric cables cover the surfaces of a Tokyo bar by Kengo Kuma
Milan 2015: these crystal-shaped lamps by Prague duo Jan Plecháč and Henry Wielgus were designed with 3D-modelling software but made using traditional Czech glass-cutting techniques. More about Polygons pendants combine computer modelling with Czech glass cutting
An Eames House Bird stands guard on the porch of this tiny yellow building in Seoul, which has been adapted by Nordic Bros Design Community to house a fashion boutique (+ slideshow). More about Seoul fashion boutique features yellow walls and an Eames bird above the entrance
This week we reported on the latest setback to hit Thomas Heatherwick's Garden Bridge project, the downsizing of 3D-printing pioneer MakerBot and Renzo Piano's new home for the Whitney Museum (pictured). Read on to catch up with the latest architecture and design news. More about This week on Dezeen
Opinion: you don't have to like Thom Mayne's skyscraper for Vals to understand that architecture needs fantastical projects like it, says Owen Hatherley. More about "Modern architecture needs projects like this"
Milan 2015: design companies are launching fragrances, scented products and cosmetics to diversify their brands into new markets (+ slideshow). More about Furniture and lighting brands move into "big wonderful world" of fragrances
Dezeen promotion: Dezeen has teamed up with the annual What Design Can Do conference to give readers a 15 per cent discount on tickets for this year's event in Amsterdam. More about What Design Can Do offers 15% off tickets for Dezeen readers
Renzo Piano's new building for one of New York's most prestigious museums has been described by critics as an "art tanker", "ungainly" and "more clunky than romantic" – but they like it anyway. More about Renzo Piano's "prodigiously misassembled" Whitney Museum is a grower, say critics
Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka has built a transparent glass tea house beside a historic Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan (+ slideshow). More about Tokujin Yoshioka installs glass tea house beside an ancient Japanese temple