Tokyo architect Fumihiko Sano used Japanese design brand Muji's popular steel shelving system to create this room-like installation for an exhibition exploring standard units of measurement (+ slideshow). More about Muji shelving units combine to create a living space in Fumihiko Sano's installation
Opinion: when it comes to headline-grabbing proposals, Bjarke Ingels and BIG are becoming increasingly hard to beat – and increasingly divisive among critics. Aaron Betsky explains why he's part of the BIG fan club. More about "Nobody plays with form as well as Bjarke Ingels"
London-based studio Bompas & Parr has created two kinds of "chameleon bloom" for Valentine's Day that change colour when exposed to certain temperatures (+ slideshow). More about Bompas & Parr's colour-changing flowers transform when exposed to heat
London designer Alexander Taylor has made a prototype for customisable Adidas trainers based on an industrial sewing technique used to manufacture heated car seats (+ movie). More about Alexander Taylor develops customisable Tailored Fibre trainers for Adidas
This week's Dezeen Mail features a Valentine's Day gift guide, BIG's latest skyscraper for New York and a movie of an eagle taking out a "hostile drone".
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Inside Festival: Nik Karalis of Woods Bagot explains how his team converted three floors of an iconic 1960s office building into a sales suite for a new residential development in Hawaii (+ movie). More about Woods Bagot converts Hawaiian "Modernist masterpiece" into luxury property sales centre
Jan Hendzel Studio has designed a range of wooden furnishings for a pop-up cafe at Camberwell College of Arts, forming part of the £62 million redevelopment of the southeast London campus (+ slideshow). More about Jan Hendzel creates wooden furniture for pop-up cafe at Camberwell College of Arts
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Swedish brand VOID Watches to offer five readers the chance to win a V02MKII timepiece, which the brand describes as "Clever. Not Smart". More about Competition: five V02MKII timepieces by VOID Watches to be won
A faceted red surface creates geometric patterns across the exterior of this house in southern Italy that architect Giacomo Garziano has renovated for his parents (+ slideshow). More about GG-loop transforms Italian house with red and glittery faceted facade
Stockholm 2016: London design studio Doshi Levien has developed a visual campaign for Swedish flooring brand Bolon that places the company's new products within abstract sets alongside an array of architectural materials (+ slideshow). More about Doshi Levien creates abstract material compositions for Bolon creative campaign
Global architecture firm HOK and Barcelona-based TAC Arquitectes have won a competition to design a 10,000-seat sports arena next to FC Barcelona's Camp Nou football stadium. More about Basketball arena by HOK will be built in the shadow of FC Barcelona's Camp Nou stadium
A pavilion designed by architects SelgasCano and Helloeverything for a Copenhagen art museum is being transported to a Nairobi slum, where it will serve as a school for 600 pupils. More about SelgasCano's Louisiana Pavilion to be reused as a school in Kenya's Kibera slum
New York-based Ennead Architects has completed a renovation and expansion of the Westmoreland Museum of American Art, adding a zinc-clad volume that juts out from the facade (+ slideshow). More about Ennead completes Pennsylvania museum wing that cantilevers over the landscape
This island holiday home designed by Norwegian studio Lund Hagem is sheltered beneath a wide concrete canopy, which bridges the surrounding rocks to frame views to the coast for occupants (+ slideshow). More about Concrete canopy shelters Lund Hagem's Norwegian holiday home from the sea breeze
Furniture retailer Rafa Kids has designed a children's table that resembles the letter K when seen from the side. More about Rafa Kids' K-shaped desk hides a second surface underneath a soft-close lid
US firm Valerio Dewalt Train Associates has completed a stone and glass arts centre in Chicago for a progressive private school for children (+ slideshow). More about Valerio Dewalt Train uses stone and glass to build angular arts building in Chicago
Twenty-three designs have been selected as part of a plan to reinvigorate Paris – but one of the few that didn't make the cut is this proposal by Périphériques for a "crowd-built" megastructure resembling a pile of smaller blocks (+ slideshow). More about "Crowd built" housing block by Périphériques envisioned as a cluster of small buildings
This year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion will be designed by Bjarke Ingels' firm – a studio known for forward-thinking concepts and exciting ideas, but with only a handful of completed projects. Here's a look back at some of the ones built so far (+ slideshow). More about Nine of BIG's built architecture projects
London-based PLP Architecture has revealed a masterplan for a project in China that includes a concept for a supertall tower composed of three rotated, interlocking volumes. More about PLP's Nexus tower aims to offer alternative to standard skyscraper design
French department store chain Galeries Lafayette has selected Danish architect Bjarke Ingels to design its new flagship shop on the Champs-Élysées. More about BIG to design Galeries Lafayette flagship on Paris' Champs-Élysées