Planning permission has been granted for 22 Bishopsgate, a 62-storey skyscraper by PLP Architecture that is set to be the tallest building in London's financial district. More about PLP Architecture gets go-ahead for second tallest skyscraper in London
Furniture giant IKEA has launched a research hub and exhibition space in Copenhagen to test product prototypes and ways of boosting consumers' wellbeing (+ slideshow). More about IKEA launches Space10 innovation lab to explore the future of home design
ODA New York's residential tower for Manhattan features open-air terraces between the floors, designed to fulfil "the dream of a suburban backyard" (+ slideshow). More about ODA proposes a Manhattan skyscraper with open floors for sky gardens
The London Design Museum's Cycle Revolution exhibition opens today, so we're revisiting some of the best and most unusual cycling designs from the Dezeen archives.
Recent examples include a compass that guides riders with a single arrow, a folding bike that weighs less than a watermelon, a wooden composite bike frame (pictured), and an augmented reality helmet designed to make urban cycling safer. See more design for cycling »
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Toronto has revealed plans to construct a new park below an elevated highway, featuring outdoor performance spaces and a pedestrian and cycle trail. More about Plans unveiled for Toronto park that will stretch under a highway
The roof of this house in Japan is tilted above a band of glazing, allowing light to permeate the interior while also making the structure look like a box with a lifted lid (+ slideshow). More about SYAP's House in Yokkaichi has a roof angled upwards like the lid of an open box
Hungarian designer Demeter Fogarasi has created a prototype chair with a seat that looks like a windswept sheet of fabric frozen in motion. More about Demeter Fogarasi's Poetic Furniture chair appears to have been blown into shape
Vietnamese studio MM++ Architects has squeezed a contemporary shophouse into a four-metre-wide site in Ho Chi Minh City, with a facade that opens and closes like a giant shutter. More about Vietnamese shophouse by MM++ Architects features a facade that folds open
A biblical theme park is nearing completion in Kentucky, USA, featuring a giant wooden structure based on Noah's Ark. More about Creationist theme park in Kentucky to feature giant wooden ark building
There is room for just one customer at a time in this minimally furnished Osaka hair salon, which Japanese studio Sides Core claims was inspired by the principles of mountain climbing (+ slideshow). More about Minimal hair salon by Sides Core accommodates just one customer at a time
We've published thousands of beautiful houses since Dezeen was founded. To mark our ninth birthday today, we're revisiting the nine that have been most popular with our readers (+ slideshow). More about The nine most popular houses in the history of Dezeen
Dezeen editor Anna Winston has been named Business Digital Editor of the Year at the annual British Society of Magazine Editors Awards. More about Dezeen's Anna Winston named BSME Business Digital Editor of the Year
This miniature wooden library for a Toronto suburb is designed to provide a public reading nook and book exchange, and folds into a box at night for security (+ slideshow). More about Atelier Kastelic Buffey creates miniature book exchange that folds up into a glowing black box
A new exhibition at London's Design Museum explores contemporary bike design, from Olympic-winning sports models to compact city cycles (+ slideshow). More about Design Museum's Cycle Revolution exhibition celebrates bicycle design
Comments update: is the trend for open-plan living coming to an end? Readers discussed the changing tastes in residential design after we reported that families are demanding more privacy in their homes. More about "Open-plan living was so last decade"
Today is Dezeen's ninth birthday! London-based illustrator Daniel Frost created this image to help us celebrate. More about Dezeen is nine: happy birthday to us!
PLP Architecture has revealed plans to build a high-rise housing block in London's Stratford, containing homes modelled on student accommodation. More about PLP Architecture unveils "genuinely affordable" co-living skyscraper for London
Wearable technology company Doppler Labs has developed a set of wireless earbuds that connect with a smartphone app to augment the user's real-world audio experience. More about Doppler Labs' in-ear listening system features a remote control for your ears
Herzog & de Meuron has designed a curving white concrete apartment block for New York's West Village, the latest in its ongoing collaboration with developer Ian Schrager. More about Herzog & de Meuron designs "curvaceous and sexy" apartments on New York's Hudson
World Architecture Festival 2015: architecture firm Spark has unveiled its concept for "the next generation of retirement housing" – a community of homes and health facilities combined with a vertical urban farm (+ slideshow). More about Spark designs model for Asian retirement communities that double as city farms