Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with the Webby Awards to offer three pairs of tickets to an evening with musician Imogen Heap in London next Tuesday. More about Competition: win tickets to an evening with Imogen Heap
Japanese fashion house Issey Miyake has created undulations across clothing in its Spring Summer 2016 collection by baking it in an oven (+ movie). More about Issey Miyake bakes fabric to pleat Spring Summer 2016 garments
Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for an architectural visualiser at The Boundary in London, the renderings studio established by Peter Guthrie and Henry Goss. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Anne Rolland Architecte has transformed a ground-floor space in a 17th-century Parisian townhouse into a studio apartment with a secret underground room. More about Studio apartment in Paris by Anne Rolland Architecte has a hidden converted slurry pit
Aerospace company Arca Space has continued the trend for Back to the Future-style hoverboards with a rectangular device that uses 36 fans to float its riders through the air. More about ArcaBoard uses high-powered fans to hover across the ground
A copper-clad box for storing, exhibiting and selling paintings will stand in the centre of this Hong Kong apartment, designed by Penda for one of China's biggest art collectors (+ slideshow). More about Penda designs copper "suitcase" to store paintings for Hong Kong art collector
CES 2016: Chinese manufacturer Ehang has unveiled the world's first passenger-carrying drone, which will transport individuals through the air without a pilot (+ movie). More about World's first passenger drone unveiled by Ehang at CES 2016
New York governor Andrew Cuomo has unveiled a plan to restart the long-stalled renovation and expansion of New York City's Pennsylvania Station, the busiest train hub in the US. More about New York's Pennsylvania Station renovation and expansion plans revived
The wooden framework of this Japanese house by Akasaka Shinichiro Atelier will allow the owners to adapt the lower floor into a photography studio or children's room (+ slideshow). More about Akasaka Shinichiro Atelier uses timber framework to create adaptable house in Japan
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015: organisers of the inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial have counted more than 500,000 visitors and the city has renewed its commitment to host another edition in 2017. More about Chicago Architecture Biennial attracts more than double the attendees of Venice Biennale
Opinion: "intellectual vapidity and weasel-minded corporate ambition" are sucking the life out of architectural criticism. But there is still hope, says Catherine Slessor. More about "Cerebral, self-absorbed, tepid, dull and decorous"
The next big US project for Bjarke Ingels' firm could be an American football stadium for the Washington Redskins. More about BIG in the running to design American football stadium
US design collaborative Collective-LOK has won this year's competition to create a public installation for New York's Times Square in celebration of Valentine's Day. More about Collective-LOK designs kissing booths for New York's Times Square
This week's Dezeen Mail features Yves Behar's update to the iconic Super 8 camera, photos of Paris' monumental housing estates (pictured) and 12 buildings buildings to look forward to in 2016.
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A team of Illinois-based scientists have developed a form of "Martian concrete" that could be used to build architectural structures on the surface of the red planet. More about Scientists develop Martian concrete for building architecture in outer space
From back-to-front high heels that force the body into awkward shapes, to concrete shoes that are too heavy to lift, designers seem intent on creating footwear that is almost impossible to walk in. Zaha Hadid, Studio Swine and Benjamin John Hall are among the culprits. See more impractical footwear »
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Irish footwear designer Sandra Plantos has created a collection of shoes that are too heavy to walk in (+ movie). More about Sandra Plantos' abstract concrete shoes purposefully prevent movement
These four house-shaped volumes may look like individual homes but they actually define different areas of the same residence, designed by Shuhei Goto Architects in Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture. More about Four gabled towers form House in Kosai by Shuhei Goto Architects
London studio Carmody Groarke has been selected to design the new members' room for the V&A museum in London. More about Carmody Groarke to design new members' room for V&A museum
CES 2016: Pittsburgh startup 360fly has unveiled an advanced version of its globe-shaped action camera that records panoramic, high-definition video footage. More about Spherical 360fly action camera captures 360-degree video footage