Brazilian designers Fernando and Humberto Campana have built a house in São Paulo that is covered in palm fibre to give it a hairy exterior (+ slideshow). More about Campana brothers use palm fibre to give hairy texture to São Paulo house
British architect Crispin Wride has released his own concept for a Garden Bridge in London, which he claims is more cost-efficient than Thomas Heatherwick's proposal and more imaginative then the alternative suggested by Allies and Morrison. More about Latest Garden Bridge alternative features four leaf-shaped "stepping stones"
Amsterdam-based designer Germans Ermičs has created a collection of coloured glass furniture with strong pigments that fade to clear (+ slideshow). More about Germans Ermičs creates coloured glass furniture collection
Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld has been chosen to design the interior for New York's The Four Seasons restaurant when it relocates from its iconic Seagram Building home. More about Isay Weinfeld to design relocated The Four Seasons restaurant in New York
Architecture studio Paper House Project has added a double-height atrium surrounded by gridded windows to an apartment in a converted warehouse in east London (+ slideshow). More about Paper House Project inserts gridded glass atrium into London warehouse home
Brussels-based designer Alain Gilles has created a sound-absorbing screen as his latest product for office acoustics specialists Buzzispace (+ slideshow). More about Alain Gilles designs felt BuzziBlinds to shield workers from office noise
Vietnamese studio Tropical Space has completed a cube-shaped sculpture workshop for artist Le Duc Ha, which hides an elaborate bamboo shelving grid behind its perforated brick walls (+ slideshow). More about Tropical Space uses perforated brickwork to build riverside pottery studio in Vietnam
New York studio Alexander Gorlin Architects has completed a Bronx apartment block with small studios for low-income tenants, including those who were once homeless (+ slideshow). More about Alexander Gorlin creates colourful affordable housing for single adults in The Bronx
The Design Museum has opened its first ever standalone retail space, moments away from its new west London site (+ slideshow). More about John Pawson creates first standalone shop for London's Design Museum
Instagram users are posting photos that show the almost-finished pair of twisted towers that Bjarke Ingels' firm is building in Miami. More about BIG's The Grove at Grand Bay twisted towers near completion
Los Angeles firm A-Industrial has clad the walls and ceiling of a juice bar in plywood slats, creating a sculptural geometric interior (+ slideshow). More about A-Industrial clads juice store interior with geometric plywood
A+Awards: we're launching a major collaboration with Architizer profiling winners from its A+Awards. First up is this house in the Mexican highlands, with rammed-earth walls made from soil excavated on site (+ slideshow). More about Cherem Arquitectos builds rammed-earth house in Mexican highlands
Danish studio GamFratesi created animals from metal wire for the Apple Watch Hermès window display in Japan (+ slideshow). More about GamFratesi designs animalistic Apple Watch window display for Hermès
Inside 2016: a converted shophouse, a 1950s-style burger restaurant and a monochrome fashion boutique are among the projects shortlisted for the Inside Awards 2016 (+ slideshow). More about World Interior of the Year 2016 shortlist announced
MVRDV has moved into a new studio in central Rotterdam, featuring multicoloured meeting rooms, a plant-covered chandelier, an oversized dining table and a staircase that doubles as a seating area (+ slideshow). More about MVRDV creates home-inspired rooms for its new Rotterdam office
Renzo Piano has cut 54 storeys from his stalled Paddington Pole skyscraper to create a new proposal for a "floating" glass cube on the site by London's Paddington station. More about Renzo Piano slashes height of controversial Paddington skyscraper
Taiwanese studio A Little Design has renovated a 22-metre-square micro apartment to serve every need of its occupant (+ slideshow). More about A Little Design maximises space in tiny 22-metre-square Taiwan apartment
Swooping steel-clad walls support the cross-shaped roof window of Kenzo Tange's 1960s St Mary's Cathedral in Tokyo, documented in these new images by architecture photographer Edmund Sumner (+ slideshow). More about Edmund Sumner photographs Kenzo Tange's "brutal classic" St Mary's Cathedral
London fashion store Hostem has launched its first guesthouse – a refurbished Georgian house with furniture from Pierre Jeanneret, Faye Toogood and Max Lamb, and accessories that guests can buy (+ slideshow). More about Hostem's New Road Residence is a guesthouse that includes a "lifestyle minibar"
Graduate shows 2016: Central Saint Martins graduate Julius Breitenstein has created a device that performs the activities an intern would usually do in a design office. More about Julius Breitenstein creates Unpaid Intern device to aid designers