Dutch architecture studio MVRDV is to replace a flooded shopping centre in the Taiwanese city Tainan with a lagoon to create a "hip urban pool" and artificial beach (+ slideshow). More about MVRDV unveils plans for sunken lagoon park in Taiwan
US rapper Snoop Dogg has launched a line of edible cannabis products with packaging designed by Pentagram to skirt around US laws on controlled substances (+ slideshow). More about Snoop Dogg launches edible marijuana range with branding by Pentagram
Dubai, home to the world's tallest skyscraper, will use jetpack-equipped firefighters in high-rise emergencies as early as next year. More about Dubai to fight fires in world's tallest skyscrapers using jetpacks
Jonathan Ive says Apple's design team is moving away from pen and paper in favour of the company's recently released Pencil stylus and iPad. More about Apple design team abandoning sketchbooks for the Apple Pencil, says Jonathan Ive
New York's long-delayed World Trade Center Transportation Hub, designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, has encountered a new problem: a leaky ceiling. More about Santiago Calatrava's World Trade Center transit terminal springs a leak
Six vaulted skylights form the roof of this west London house by architecture studio vPPR, which also features two sunken courtyards (+ slideshow). More about Vaulted House by vPPR is a London residence topped by six protruding skylights
Sportswear brand Vollebak has launched a pink hoodie that relaxes the wearer before sport and a jacket with ceramic panels that helps prevent injuries from steep falls (+ slideshow). More about Vollebak sportswear collection includes a ceramic-skinned jacket that protects wearers from falls
Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a concept designer and illustrator at Arckit in London, the company behind a three-dimensional modelling system to rival Lego. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Behind a simple concrete exterior, this house by Japanese architect Tsubasa Iwahashi contains a complex arrangement of rooms connected by three different kinds of staircase (+ slideshow). More about Tsubasa Iwahashi completes Hyōgo house containing three types of staircase
Water and light-filled condoms that resemble oversized droplets hung over the heads of visitors to this London installation by Spanish studio Luz Interruptus. More about Luz Interruptus fills 3,000 condoms with water to create giant raindrops
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015: Toronto studio Lateral Office has developed five city-inspired proposals for campsites suited to 21st-century lifestyles (+ slideshow). More about Lateral Office redesigns the Canadian campsite for the 21st century
New York studio SO-IL has completed a Manhattan showroom for Italian fashion house Versace, featuring movable white displays and columns sheathed in mirrors (+ slideshow). More about SO-IL creates flexible light-filled showroom for Versace's New York headquarters
British designer Tom Dixon has opened a permanent store in New York's Soho neighbourhood, saying America has become "a land of opportunity" for his brand. More about Tom Dixon's Manhattan showroom is his first outside London
Italian design group Nucleo has cast an antique wooden ladder in clear resin as part of a collection that will be shown at The Salon Art + Design show in New York this week. More about Nucleo shows antique furniture cast in resin at New York art and design show
Spanish architect Carles Enrich has built a 20-metre-high elevator next to a Catalan cliffside to connect the old and new parts of a town (+ slideshow). More about Perforated brick elevator by Carles Enrich connects medieval Spanish town to riverside
World Architecture Festival 2015: in this exclusive movie, Eric Chang of Buro Ole Scheeren discusses the importance of the communal courtyards in The Interlace, the "vertical village" that was crowned World Building of the Year 2015 last week. More about The Interlace by Ole Scheeren was designed to "build a sense of community"
This week's Dezeen Mail includes grocery-delivering robots, the Ole Scheeren-designed World Building of the Year and a Chilean housing block featuring a textured facade of zigzagging bricks (pictured).
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Fashion brand COS has opened its first Canadian store, concealing a minimal-looking interior behind a blackened cedar facade (+ slideshow). More about Blackened cedar planks cover the facade of COS Toronto store
The trend for open-plan living may be over say architects, as families now favour "broken-plan" homes that offer more privacy for using mobile devices. More about Smartphones and tablets spell the end for open-plan living, say UK architects
Designer Greg Haji Joannides used historic photographs as a guide when creating a new contemporary interior for this earthquake-damaged house on the Greek island of Nisyros (+ slideshow). More about Greg Haji Joannides restores interior of ruined 17th-century Greek island house