Japanese timber company Sumitomo Forestry has revealed plans for the world's tallest wooden building in Tokyo, a 350-metre skyscraper that would also be the country's highest. More about World's tallest timber tower proposed for Tokyo
American artist Janet Echelman has suspended her latest woven sculpture made up of layers of brightly coloured polyethylene fibres above Madrid's central Plaza Mayor. More about Janet Echelman installs huge netted sculpture above Madrid's Plaza Mayor
Polish office Thisispaper Studio has branched out into hospitality, with the opening of a minimalist holiday apartment in Warsaw's historical Praga district. More about Thisispaper Studio creates minimal holiday apartment for design enthusiasts
A group of German designers have created stool seats from oddly shaped pieces of recycled plastic produced at an injection-moulding factory. More about Scrap Life Project transforms waste plastic from injection-moulding process into stools
Chinese studio Neri&Hu has completed a boutique hotel in Yangzhou comprising a grid of dark-brick walls that surround a series of courtyards, gardens, guest rooms and service areas. More about Neri&Hu encloses guest rooms and gardens within grid of brick walls at Tsingpu Yangzhou Retreat
A dark blue storage unit stands boldly against the otherwise all-white kitchen at this house in Montreal, where the same minimalist aesthetic continues throughout the interior. More about Montreal home by Dominique Jacquet and Anne Sophie Goneau is minimal inside and out
This vibrant bank by architect Rudy Baumfield, based on Le Corbusier's famed Ronchamp chapel, is next in our series profiling Palm Springs' many impressive mid-century buildings during the city's Modernism Week. More about Modernist Bank of America in Palm Springs is modelled on a Le Corbusier chapel
These silver mirrors are each created by Swedish designer Jenny Nordberg in less than five minutes, using a traditional process involving chemical-infused liquid. More about Jenny Nordberg uses uncontrollable process to create unique mirrors in under five minutes
Reflective aluminium panels cover the rounded shell of this school sports hall near Prague, helping to disguise its scale. More about Domed sports hall by Sporadical is covered in scale-like aluminium shingles
Swedish brand Voice has a launched a collection of "fundamental" furniture for the modern home, based on the concept of basics in fashion. More about Voice launches the furniture equivalent of wardrobe essentials
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Mustard Architects has added this extension to an Edwardian house in west London, featuring a tapered plan that expands towards angular glazed doors set into its asymmetric gabled facade. More about Angular doors connect tapered extension with tiled patio by Mustard Architects
Toronto-based industrial design studio Castor has managed to induce an electric current through a 2,500-pound marble slab, causing a glow from a fluorescent tube simply laying on its top. More about Castor's marble block illuminates tube light without metal contact
Continuing our series celebrating Palm Springs Modernism Week, we're examining Hope Residence, the home that American architect John Lautner designed for comedian Bob Hope to resemble a volcano. More about John Lautner punctured Hope Residence's giant roof with a crater-like hole
Scientists believe that a newly developed electronic skin that is able to mimic the function and properties of human skin could help to create prosthetics capable of providing sensory feedback. More about Self-healing "e-skin" could provide amputees with realistic sensations
Renowned Danish architect Poul Henningsen is believed to have once owned this house in Copenhagen, which local studio Norm Architects refurbished by opening up the interior to create bright rooms containing dark and tactile bespoke furniture. More about Smoked-oak and stone contrast with bright interiors of Copenhagen home refurbished by Norm Architects
A dilapidated building, once used an embassy for Mexico, was the venue where new Japanese furniture producer Ariake showcased its inaugural collection during Stockholm Design Week 2018. More about New Japanese furniture brand Ariake presents first range inside crumbling Stockholm embassy
This week on Dezeen, BIG and Carlo Ratti revealed construction was underway on their 51-storey tower in Singapore, while a residential skyscraper designed by the late Zaha Hadid topped out in Miami. More about This week, skyscrapers by Zaha Hadid, BIG and Carlo Ratti made the news
A magazine paired Schemata Architects with the owners of this house in Miyazaki prefecture for a renovation project in which the Japanese studio has reconfigured the former factory space by creating a series of plywood-lined rooms. More about Schemata Architects adds sequence of plywood boxes to redefine spaces inside House in Nobeoka
British architect David Adjaye has completed work on New York's museum of spying, which invites its first visitors to become undercover agents this weekend. More about David Adjaye's Spyscape museum of espionage opens in New York