A wall of salt, railway clocks and a rock hung from red climbing ropes all feature in artist Rolf Sachs' Swiss-influenced restaurant at Zürich's The Dolder Grand hotel (+ slideshow). More about Rolf Sachs suspends chunk of rock inside Saltz restaurant
DesignMarch 2016: Icelandic designer Theodora Alfredsdottir has created two stacking dining sets comprising items that all use feldspar in their production (+ slideshow). More about Theodora Alfredsdottir creates dining set using the world's most abundant mineral
A pointy shingle-clad roof extends over this residence by Suppose Design Office and its garden, creating a sheltered outdoor area for cooking, reading and napping (+ slideshow). More about Suppose Design Office hides garden beneath oversized shingle roof of House in Anjo
French studio Ateliers Jean Nouvel has built a tower block in Nicosia, Cyprus, featuring perforated walls and wide balconies that are both bestrewn with plants (+ slideshow). More about Jean Nouvel's Cyprus tower has plants bursting through its walls
Architects and engineers from Arup Associates teamed up to design this curvaceous pedestrian and cycling bridge, which has been built over the inlet of the Swan River in Perth, Australia (+ slideshow). More about Arup completes meandering bridge across Perth's Swan River
Gillis Lundgren, who designed some of IKEA's most iconic products and was one of the furniture giant's first employees, has died at the age of 86. More about IKEA's Billy bookcase designer Gillis Lundgren dies aged 86
DesignMarch 2016: a group of Nordic designers have created a range of homeware using a concept borrowed from the pen-and-paper game Picture Consequences (+ movie). More about Nordic designers create mix-and-match objects based on drawing game
Galvez Autunno Arquitectos has completed a cluster of residential buildings in the small Argentinian town of Las Heras, each featuring sloped roofs and black metal cladding (+ slideshow). More about Galvez Autunno creates black housing blocks with jagged rooflines in Patagonia
Composite materials and adhesives could "revolutionise" construction and lead to entire towers being glued together, according to American architect Greg Lynn. More about Skyscrapers could soon be held together with glue, claim architects
Foster + Partners, BIG and Grimshaw Architects have won a competition to design a trio of pavilions for the 2020 Expo, which will be held in Dubai. More about Foster, BIG and Grimshaw reveal designs for 2020 Dubai Expo pavilions
British firm Allford Hall Monaghan Morris has confirmed it will no longer be working on Google's new London headquarters, now that the project has been handed over to BIG and Heatherwick Studio. More about AHMM no longer involved in Google's London headquarters
Academy Award-winning set designer Ken Adam, who created iconic backdrops for seven films in the James Bond franchise and Stanley Kubrick's Dr Strangelove, has died at the age of 95. More about James Bond set designer Ken Adam dies aged 95
Bjarke Ingels has unveiled his firm's new stadium design for American football team the Washington Redskins, set to feature a moat offering an assortment of sporting activities. More about BIG's new stadium for the Redskins could offer abseiling, surfing and kayaking
This small shed-like building by Australian architecture studio Panovscott provides a studio for two artists behind their family home in Marrickville, western Sydney (+ slideshow). More about Panovscott uses old telegraph poles to clad artists' studio in a Sydney garden
In time for Easter, French designer Pierre Tachon has teamed up with chocolate company Alain Ducasse to create a treat that is shaped like a chicken rather than an egg. More about Pierre Tachon designs geometric hen-shaped chocolate Easter egg
Corrugated iron and pre-weathered steel clad this shed-like house and stables, completed by Casey Brown Architects in the bushland of Australia's Kosciuszko National Park (+ slideshow). More about Casey Brown builds metal-clad house and stables in an Australian national park
An exposed steel frame supports the upper storey of this house in Santiago, Chile, which has a mature copper beech tree rising from a courtyard at its centre (+ slideshow). More about Gregorio Brugnoli Errázuriz raises Santiago house above a patio and beech tree
Tectum used a combination of gridded and board-marked concrete for this residence, which is set in a gated community in the foothills of Argentina's Sierras Chicas mountains (+ slideshow). More about Raw concrete and black-painted metal give industrial appearance to house by Tectum
Sliding transparent partitions and a fold-out bench allow the bathroom within this Madrid apartment to become a communal area for all the family to relax (+ movie). More about Husos adds plant-filled "bathyard" to apartment in Madrid
Chinese designer Chengxu Tian's Layering Movement collection of footwear features textured, stripy patterns created by injection moulding (+ slideshow). More about Chengxu Tian creates colourful footwear with raised injection-moulded patterns