Opinion: Chicago may have been the birthplace of the modern skyscraper, but the city is now more interested in landscape projects that make New York's High Line look like small fry, says Jonathan D Solomon, director of architecture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. More about "Chicago is a living laboratory of future infrastructure"
Business news: South African designer Christopher Jenner has left his position as creative director of cross-channel rail company Eurostar less than two years after taking over the role from Philippe Starck. More about Eurostar and creative director Christopher Jenner part company
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015: the first career retrospective of architect David Adjaye has opened at the Art Institute of Chicago, featuring a full-size replica of his 2007 Horizon pavilion (+ slideshow). More about David Adjaye retrospective at Art Institute of Chicago includes a full-size pavilion
Awards season is upon us and Dezeen is shortlisted for 12 media awards at four different ceremonies over the coming weeks. More about Dezeen's editorial and video teams shortlisted for 12 media awards
Japanese studio Nendo has designed a range of furniture that looks like it has been drawn onto surfaces at the Eye of Gyre gallery in Tokyo (+ slideshow). More about Nendo's sketch-like Border tables fit the contours of a Tokyo gallery
UK studio Caruso St John has created Gagosian's third and largest gallery in London, featuring dark oak flooring and a glass ceiling, which opened ahead of this week's Frieze art fair (+ slideshow). More about Caruso St John's Gagosian Grosvenor Hill art gallery opens in London
Dutch interior architecture studio i29 combined contrasting block colours and mirrored walls to create this pavilion for an annual design fair in Amsterdam (+ slideshow). More about i29 uses multicoloured walls and mirrored volumes to create temporary exhibition space
A robust concrete facade provides protection from traffic noise for these two houses squeezed onto a narrow plot in the Colegiales neighbourhood of Buenos Aires (+ slideshow). More about BAK Arquitectos squeezes two concrete homes onto a narrow city plot
Old stone walls contrast with crisp white surfaces inside this converted barn in southern France, which architect Michaël Menuet has transformed into an office and showroom for furniture retailer Objekto (+ slideshow). More about Michaël Menuet converts French barn into a showroom of Brazilian furniture
Dutch designer Hella Jongerius has created new versions of Modernist Alvar Aalto's iconic 901 tea trolley for Finnish furniture brand Artek. More about Hella Jongerius launches light and dark editions of Alvar Aalto tea trolley
Parasitic apartments blocks over fire stations and starter homes floating on waterways are among the 10 winning designs in a New London Architecture competition to find solutions to London's housing shortage (+ slideshow). More about NLA unveils 10 winning designs in ideas competition addressing London's housing crisis
Horizontal slits create lines of shadow across the facades of this beachfront house in Israel by Pitsou Kedem Architects, which has a cantilevered upper storey that projects towards the Mediterranean Sea (+slideshow). More about Pitsou Kedem's House by the Sea features stripy aluminium walls and a cantilevered bedroom
These new shots by photography duo Hufton + Crow show visitors climbing the grass-covered sloping roof of the Moesgaard Museum near Aarhus, designed by Danish firm Henning Larsen Architects (+ slideshow). More about Henning Larsen's grass-roofed Moesgaard Museum photographed by Hufton + Crow
Work from Bauhaus artists and designers including Walter Gropius, Marianne Brandt and Wassily Kandinsky is on display at the Vitra Design Museum in Germany (+ slideshow). More about Vitra Design Museum hosts major Bauhaus retrospective
French designer Matali Crasset has created a range of rings with talon-like silver settings to add to her collection for Parisian jewellers Le Buisson. More about Matali Crasset adds claw-shaped ring to Extratoof jewellery line for Le Buisson
Squares of light shine through the perforated brick facade of this former storehouse, which architect Ryo Matsui has converted into an entertaining space after it was partially destroyed in Japan's 2011 earthquake. More about Earthquake-damaged storehouse in Japan transformed into living space by Ryo Matsui
German designer Verena Hennig has unveiled her first furniture line, which comprises seating made from rotatable aluminium batons (+ slideshow). More about Verena Hennig launches furniture with roller seats and backs
Following the popularity of a fully functional car made entirely out of cardboard by Japanese manufacturer Lexus, we've created a new Pinterest board full of architecture and design projects utilising the heavy-duty paper. Examples include a cathedral by Pritzker Prize winner Shigeru Ban, a bicycle that costs less than £10 to manufacture and jewel-like vases.
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Trusses salvaged from an earthquake-damaged barn support the roof of this contemporary glass-walled summer cottage on the shores of one of Chile's largest lakes (+ slideshow). More about Estudio Valdés reuses roof and structure of a derelict barn to build House at Lake Ranco
Music: director Kévin Bray used face-tracking and 3D-scanning technology to create digital doubles of musician Gwilym Gold for the video to accompany his Greener World track. More about Kévin Bray uses 3D scanning to duplicate Gwilym Gold for his Greener World music video