McDonald's is rolling out simplified new packaging, designed by branding agency Boxer to function as a "mobile billboard" for the fast-food giant (+ slideshow). More about McDonald's launches "striking and in-your-face" packaging designed by Boxer
Dezeen promotion: Berlin furniture company EAJY has launched its first product on crowdfunding website Indiegogo – a wooden chair with legs inspired by structural steel beams (+ slideshow). More about EAJY's Beams Chair is influenced by San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge
Architecture firm Gensler has completed its Shanghai Tower, which is now China's tallest building and the second-tallest building in the world. More about World's second-tallest building completed in Shanghai
Following the death of legendary musician David Bowie, illustrators and graphic designers are posting their images interpreting his iconic style and flamboyant fashion. More about Illustrated tributes to David Bowie carry the news of musician's death
Renzo Piano Building Workshop has unveiled images detailing its design for a 25-storey residential tower in New York's Soho. More about Renzo Piano reveals designs for Soho Tower in New York
Scottish architect Gareth Hoskins, who was responsible for the redesign of Edinburgh's National Museum Scotland, has died following a short illness. More about Scottish architect Gareth Hoskins dies aged 48
Our newly improved recruitment site Dezeen Jobs has launched a cheeky campaign encouraging companies to expand their teams and fill empty desk space. More about Dezeen Jobs launches "Get some staff" campaign for lonely offices
Gently undulating walls and a wavy roof enclose this family home in northern Belgium by Office O Architects, which projects two broad windows over a secluded garden to the rear (+ slideshow). More about Office O Architects uses "flowing lines" and projecting windows to create Villa MQ
This triangular structure by BTE Architecture provides an elevated viewing platform on the edge of Scotland's Loch Lomond (+ slideshow). More about Wedge-shaped viewpoint by BTE Architecture overlooks Loch Lomond
Design student Luiz Zanotello has created a machine that uses digital methods to map the location of the mythical Sandy Island (+ movie). More about Luiz Zanotello's New Velocity machine plots the position of a phantom island
Boxy marble-clad bays project from this family home by Ariasrecalde Taller de Arquitectura, which completes a terrace in Granada, Spain (+ slideshow). More about Strips of grey marble clad Granada residence by Ariasrecalde Taller de Arquitectura
This two-bedroom family home in Japan is small but tall, so that residents can look out and see the foliage of neighbouring Japanese elm trees (+ slideshow). More about Compact wooden house by Takeru Shoji Architects stands alongside 200-year-old trees
Photo essay: photographer Raphael Olivier was drawn to the Chinese city of Ordos to capture "spectacular" architecture, but when he arrived he encountered a "ghost town" (+ slideshow). More about Ordos: A Failed Utopia photographed by Raphael Olivier
Japanese interior designer Soichi Mizutani used computer algorithms to create a human-sized "cave" for Tokyo's Iguaneye Aoyama shoe store (+ slideshow). More about Soichi Mizutani designs Iguaneye Tokyo shoe store as a faceted white cave
Dutch designer Mieke Meijer has created a storage cabinet based on the wood-and-fabric structure of early 20th-century aeroplane wings (+ slideshow). More about Mieke Meijer's Airframe 01 cabinet is based on early aeroplane design
An open-sided shelter made from railway sleepers provides a stable on the roof of this house by CC Arquitectos, which is partially embedded in a slope overlooking a Mexican valley (+ slideshow). More about Stable built from railway sleepers tops El Mirador House in Mexico by CC Arquitectos
PKMN Architectures has renovated an apartment on the Spanish coast, adding modular storage walls that spin around to create extra bedrooms for guests (+ movie). More about Rotating walls offer alternative layouts for MJE House by PKMN Architectures
Mirrored facades can help buildings camouflage into their surroundings or create optical illusions. We've created a new Pinterest board full of reflective architecture, including a desert cabin that appears to be invisible and a Japanese cafe that mirrors a bank of cherry blossoms.
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Australian studio Those Architects has overhauled a house in a beachside Sydney suburb, creating a spacious new living room featuring secret storage, concrete surfaces and a pivoting garden window (+ slideshow). More about Those Architects transforms small Sydney bungalow into spacious courtyard home
Seoul design studio Graft Object's Arch Bundle collection features a table and pair of stools that reference architectural vaulting (+ slideshow). More about Table and stools based on architectural cross vaults by Graft Object