Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen has created a dress using thousands of hand-blown glass balls for her haute-couture collection, shown in Paris this week. More about Glass bubble dress features in Iris van Herpen's Autumn Winter 2016 couture collection
This huge bulbous building by XTU Architects creates a wine museum on the Bordeaux riverfront (+ slideshow). More about Bordeaux wine museum by XTU Architects features bulging gold-striped body
Digital platform Wovns has developed an on-demand weaving process that allows designers to order patterned Jacquard fabric in quantities as small as a single yard. More about Wovns platform turns digital designs into on-demand Jacquard fabric
This top-heavy house in Madrid by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos features a roof terrace that spans the entire width of the building and extends out towards a swimming pool (+ movie). More about Aluminium House by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos features a grand roof terrace and swimming pool
Atelier Pierre Thibault has completed a holiday home in rural Quebec with a giant window wall that provides expansive views of the scenic terrain (+ slideshow). More about Pierre Thibault creates compact and light-filled house in a Quebec forest
This updated version of the traditional keffiyeh scarf by Beirut-based architect Salim al-Kadi has been designed "for our contemporary landscape" (+ slideshow). More about Beirut architect designs bullet-resistant Kevlar keffiyeh headscarf
John McAslan + Partners is developing new designs for the huge Baitul Futuh Mosque complex in south London, which was damaged by a fire last year. More about John McAslan to redesign Britain's largest mosque in south London
Kean University in New Jersey is purchasing three properties owned by late American architect Michael Graves, including the Princeton house and studio where he developed his Postmodern designs for 40 years. More about Michael Graves' Princeton home to become architecture education centre
Brussels production studio Villa Eugénie designed a looping rollercoaster studded with multicoloured lights for Dior Homme's Summer 2017 catwalk show (+ slideshow). More about Villa Eugénie designs funfair-themed set for Dior Homme
Opinion: Richard Rogers' vision for a more European form of British architecture promised to create modern and prosperous urban environments. But this "new Europe" failed to reach the suburban council estates and cul-de-sacs that backed Brexit, says Owen Hatherley. More about "Europe has been for the lucky few in the UK"
This week's roundup of houses from each of the 50 American states focuses on Wisconsin, and includes a charred timber cabin and the renovation of a Frank Lloyd Wright house outside Milwaukee (+ slideshow). More about Five of the best houses in Wisconsin on Dezeen
Panes of transparent and translucent glass create a gridded facade for this photography museum in Albania by Dutch studio Casanova + Hernandez Architects (+ slideshow). More about Albanian photography museum by Casanova + Hernandez features gridded glass walls
Scandinavian firm CF Møller has designed a new headquarters for Lego in Billund, Denmark, featuring both work and play spaces for employees (+ movie). More about Lego unveils plans for "informal and inspirational" office campus by CF Møller
Today is the beginning of Eid al-Fitr, a holiday marking the end of the month-long Ramadan fasting period for Muslims. To celebrate, we're revisiting some of the best contemporary mosque designs from around the world, including Emre Arolat's "cave-like" prayer hall near Istanbul and Amanda Levete's proposal for the World Trade Center Abu Dhabi development (pictured). See more mosque design »
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Movie: Caesarstone CEO Yos Shiran reveals how the company develops and manufactures new countertop products in this exclusive video Dezeen produced for the quartz surface brand. More about The most important tool in the kitchen is the countertop says Caesarstone CEO
A US study has listed architects among the people most likely to take their own life. More about Architecture ranks fifth in list of jobs most linked to suicide
A condemned structure on a New York beach has been transformed into an artwork using brightly coloured spray paint by German artist Katharina Grosse (+ slideshow). More about Katharina Grosse gives colourful makeover to decaying building at Rockaway Beach
Marta Nowicka & Co has transformed a former St John's Ambulance Station in East Sussex, England, to create a family retreat featuring exposed brick walls and industrial-style finishes (+ slideshow). More about Old ambulance station converted into holiday home by Marta Nowicka & Co
Sports brand Puma has based its latest Disc trainers on a fabric-covered concept car released by BMW (+ movie). More about Puma unveils X-Cat Disc trainers based on shapeshifting sports car
Australian architect Christopher Polly has added an asymmetric extension to an early 20th-century house in Sydney, creating a bright double-height living space filled with Modernist furniture (+ slideshow). More about Wedge-shaped reading and sleeping nooks feature in Christopher Polly's Sydney extension