This week's Dezeen Mail includes Renzo Piano's luxury tower for Miami, palatial homes for the super rich (pictured) and a sex toy that can be mounted like a vaulting horse. There's also the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Design auctions in London this week confirmed the strength of the collectible furniture market, with pieces by designers including Shiro Kuramata and Gerrit Rietveld achieving record prices. More about Shiro Kuramata's Miss Blanche armchair breaks world record at auction with £269,000 sale
Type foundry Monotype has used long-hidden drawings by British designer Eric Gill to create the first new typeface based on his work in more than 75 years. More about Monotype designs Eric Gill typeface using previously unpublished drawings
A cruciform facade marks the new entrance to this art museum, which occupies a 15th-century monastery building near Venice, Italy (+ slideshow). More about Cross-shaped facade added to art museum in a former monastery
World Architecture Festival 2015: the award winners from day two at the World Architecture Festival include a ballet school in Russia, a New York transport hub and a community facility for a flood-wrecked town. More about World Architecture Festival awards 2015 day two winners announced
Designer Marc Newson has created a range of colourful kitchen appliances for his first collaboration with Australian brand Sunbeam (+ slideshow). More about Marc Newson designs matching kettle and toaster for Sunbeam
Extra Moooi: in this movie filmed in Amsterdam, Moooi co-founder Marcel Wanders explains why the Dutch brand launched a new version of his Container Table featuring a base covered with wooden slats. More about Moooi refreshes Container Table collection by wrapping the base with wooden slats
Inside Festival 2015: an office featuring 26 types of workspace and an education facility for dentistry students are among today's category winners at the Inside Festival (+ slideshow). More about Inside Festival interior design awards 2015 day two winners announced
Adjaye Associates has revealed images of its combined cultural foundation and luxury shopping centre in Beirut, Lebanon, ahead of the building's completion later this year (+ slideshow). More about David Adjaye's Aïshti Foundation gallery and shopping centre nears completion in Beirut
London studio Brinkworth and designer Michael Marriott have overhauled an old pub inside and out to create a second branch for chicken restaurant Bird. More about Brinkworth strips back 1930s London pub to create fried chicken restaurant
Israeli designer Itay Ohaly has created a set of three black vases that can be etched to reveal colourful hidden layers beneath. More about Itay Ohaly's scratchable vases reveal hidden colours
Walls based on traditional Chinese screens can be moved to create exhibition spaces within this Beijing art gallery by local firm Arch Studio (+ slideshow). More about Arch Studio adds foldaway walls to Beijing art gallery
The super rich can commission a bespoke home the same way they buy a luxury yacht using the Superhouse brand, according to founder Magnus Ström (+ 360-degree render). More about Ström Architects applies superyacht concept to luxury housing with Superhouse
Opinion: dominated by old boys who think their view is the only one that matters, architecture academia in the US has become insular and out of touch, says Reinier de Graaf, who finds a perfect illustration in a recent debate at the Chicago Architecture Biennial. More about "Academics need to break out of their loop and get back into the real world"
Teams from MIT Media Lab and the Royal College of Art have used bacteria to design a "bio-skin" fabric that peels back in reaction to sweat and humidity (+ slideshow). More about MIT Media Lab's BioLogic material opens and closes in response to humidity
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Arckit to offer five readers the chance to win a model building set designed for architects, which was hailed as "posh Lego" when it launched earlier this year. More about Competition: five Arckit reusable architectural modelling sets to be won
World Architecture Festival 2015: bamboo could "revolutionise the building industry" and replace steel as the dominant reinforcing material, according to a professor who is working on new applications for the grass. More about Bamboo fibre is stronger and cheaper than steel, says Dirk Hebel
This umbrella-shaped street lamp by London designer Samuel Wilkinson has a crystal-covered canopy and allows passersby to leave augmented messages for their friends (+ slideshow). More about Samuel Wilkinson's Ommatidium sculpture offers kaleidoscopic views of the sky
World Architecture Festival 2015: a bamboo community centre in Vietnam, a concrete music school in Tokyo and a "vertical village" of apartment blocks in Singapore are among today's category winners at the World Architecture Festival. More about World Architecture Festival awards 2015 day one winners announced
Future Makers: advances in digital tools are enabling independent game developers to move into hardware as well as software, says Alex Fleetwood of start-up Sensible Object, which is developing a new hybrid game called Fabulous Beasts (+ movie). More about Indie developer Sensible Object merges physical and digital gameplay with Fabulous Beasts