Design collective EWE Studio has used fire to treat the many different materials in this limited-edition collection of jet-black furniture and lava-like lighting. More about EWE Studio's handcrafted Alquimia furniture and lighting is born of fire
Canadian studio DesignAgency has transformed a 19th-century building in Toronto, once home to a strip club, into a boutique hotel featuring patchwork flooring, patterned wallpaper and brass lighting. More about DesignAgency turns former strip club into boutique Toronto hotel
Nendo has designed a wireless speaker for Japanese brand Bunaco, using a thin strip of coiled beech wood trapped inside a transparent casing. More about Nendo exploits acoustic properties of beech wood for transparent Bunaco speaker
Nick Deaver Architects has added a corrugated metal extension to the rear of a bungalow in Texas, along with a new dining area with floor-to-ceiling windows. More about Nick Deaver enlarges 1930s cottage in Austin with glass and metal additions
Danish architect Dorte Mandrup has planned a building on top of a second-world-war naval bunker, in a UNESCO World Heritage area on the German coast. More about Dorte Mandrup to wrap heritage centre around second-world-war bunker
Stadium specialist Populous is planning to build spherical music and entertainment venues for the Madison Square Garden Company, in Las Vegas and London. More about Populous to design spherical music venues in Las Vegas and London
In the 1970s, the Open University offered a course on the history of architecture and design. Architects can learn a lot from it, says Owen Hatherley. More about "Can modernism be explained without an architectural education?"
Assembly Design Studio has converted a large warehouse in Pittsburgh into a workspace for Uber where self-driving cars are engineered, built and tested. More about Uber builds and tests self-driving cars at engineering centre in Pittsburgh
Tokujin Yoshioka has suspended 17,700 acrylic rods in the lobby of a skyscraper in Downtown Houston, creating a huge sculpture designed to resemble a cloud. More about Tokujin Yoshioka creates cloud-like sculpture from thousands of acrylic rods
The French operator of the Channel Tunnel has given the Boris bridge proposal a boast, by writing a letter to the UK prime minster in support of a second permanent connection between England and France. More about Eurotunnel "very interested" in Boris bridge between England and France
Yellow, turquoise, and coral-pink furnishings brighten this previously colourless apartment in Hong Kong, which has been overhauled by local studio Lim + Lu for a fashion designer. More about Lim + Lu uses brightly coloured walls and furnishings for fashion designer's Hong Kong home
Manchester-based designer Rick Banks has compiled three decade's worth of nightclub graphics into a new book. In a Dezeen exclusive, he picks out five of the most important examples and explains why they were so successful. More about Rick Banks compiles a visual history of UK club culture
This house in Portugal, designed by architecture studio NOARQ, features a large curving canopy that wraps around a south-facing patio. More about Curving roof and stone walls create seclusion for Portuguese house by NOARQ
Belgian artist Carsten Höller has created one of his massive slide towers at a shopping mall north of Miami, where visitors can race each other down its pair of tunnels. More about Carsten Höller's first giant slides in the US open in Miami
Pleated fabrics, self-watering plant pots and a new take on the sofa bed all feature in the inaugural homeware collection from new Norwegian brand Northern. More about Norwegian lifestyle brand Northern launches first furniture and homeware collection
Foster + Partners has designed 15 loft-style apartments suited to displaying expansive art collections inside its luxury residential tower, which is nearing completion in Midtown Manhattan. More about Foster unveils homes for art collectors inside skinny New York skyscraper
American artist Larry Bell has created a series of huge boxes using translucent and coloured glass, which are designed to evoke the morning fog that rolls in from the coast of California. More about Larry Bell's glass cubes mimic California light and fog
Readers are divided over Lufthansa's decision to switch its 100-year-old logo from yellow to blue, in this week's comments update. More about "It's like Nike deciding to drop the swoosh"
American firm The Miller Hull Partnership has completed a firehouse in the Pacific Northwest with large bi-fold glass doors that enable a quick exit for emergency trucks. More about Miller Hull clads Washington fire station in red cedar and black metal
Students from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts have created a collection of furniture for school classrooms, intended to help children stay focused during lessons. More about Design students create classroom furniture to help kids concentrate