Sunken below the crest of a hill in southern Italy, this concrete home and its outdoor pool were designed by Rome studio OSA to be almost imperceivable from the road above (+ slideshow). More about OSA submerges concrete home in a hill above Italy's San Giuliano lake
Future Makers: digital manufacturing could "reshape the jewellery industry," says designer Lionel T Dean, who has created a collection that is 3D printed in 18 carat gold (+ movie). More about 3D-printed gold collection aims to transform the jewellery industry
London Design Festival 2015: Italian designer Luca Nichetto has created a lamp for Scandinavian design brand Hem, which comprises colourful shades that stack in customisable combinations (+ movie). More about Luca Nichetto designs modular Alphabeta pendant lamp for Hem
Vertical timber slats provide shade and privacy for staggered balconies arranged across the facade of this east London housing development by local architects Angela Brady and Robin Mallalieu (+ slideshow). More about Brady Mallalieu Architects adds slatted timber balconies to east London housing scheme
Rough concrete and crumbling stone walls act as a windbreak for the grounds of the Bauzium sculpture gallery in South Korea by Seoul studio Archium (+ slideshow). More about Craggy concrete walls surround South Korean sculpture park by Archium
A strip of glazing interrupts the seamless stone-clad surfaces of this multipurpose cultural venue, which Berlin office Hascher Jehle Architecture designed for a site in the Austrian city of Feldkirch (+ slideshow). More about Montforthaus is a curving stone and glass cultural centre in a medieval Austrian city
Designer Daan Roosegaarde has installed the "largest smog vacuum cleaner in the world" in Rotterdam to help improve the city's air quality (+ movie). More about Daan Roosegaarde's Smog Free Tower opens in Rotterdam
On the edge of Mexico's border with the US, this house by New York-based architects T38 Studio hides an enclosed courtyard garden behind its black stucco volumes (+ slideshow). More about House in Mexico by T38 Studio contains a private courtyard garden
Chocolate-patterned wall panelling and sofas shaped like Toblerones feature in Dutch designer Marcel Wanders' Swiss-inspired hotel in Zurich (+ slideshow). More about Swiss chocolate influences Marcel Wanders' Kameha Grand Zurich hotel
This multifunctional building by French studio PPA Architectures, provides a residence, gallery, workshop and events space, and stands at the edge of a golf course on the outskirts of Toulouse, southern France (+ slideshow). More about PPA Architectures completes gallery space and residence overlooking a Toulouse golf course
Zaha Hadid is working with Japanese architecture and engineering firm Nikken Sekkei to win back the Tokyo Olympic stadium project after its first competition-winning design was thrown out in July (+ slideshow). More about Zaha Hadid teams up with Nikken Sekkei to submit new bid for Tokyo 2020 stadium
This moulded concrete cinema by Irish studio dePaor Architects is built on the site of a Georgian merchant's house in Galway, west Ireland (+ slideshow). More about Cast-concrete Galway Picture Palace by dePaor Architects stands behind a Georgian terrace
A pair of steel-clad volumes with pitched roofs and glazed gables provide additional living space behind the ornamental facade of this Victorian terrace in Melbourne (+ slideshow). More about Nic Owen Architects updates ornate Melbourne terrace with ribbed steel extension
Maison&Objet 2015: this cast-iron candle holder by Norwegian designer Lars Beller Fjetland automatically puts out the flame just before the wick burns out (+ movie). More about Lars Beller Fjetland designs self-extinguishing Moment candlestick for Wrong for Hay
The wooden frame of this two-storey family home in Japan's Shiga Prefecture is disguised by a layer of ridged steel panels (+ slideshow). More about Junichi Kato clads House in Shigaraki in dark brown-coated steel
Argentinian studio Adamo-Faiden has designed a group of concrete summer houses called Sociedad de Mar for a patch of forest on the coast of Uruguay (+ slideshow). More about Concrete holiday homes by Adamo-Faiden occupy Uruguay's coastal woodland
A primary school building in Tel Aviv features a facade of perforated screens patterned with an image from a painting by Russian-born artist Marc Chagall – the school's namesake. More about Paritzki & Liani recreate Marc Chagall painting in perforated aluminium for Tel Aviv school facade
Studio Aa has converted a former boiler house in south Amsterdam to create a new headquarters for a family-run investment company (+ slideshow). More about Studio Aa transforms Amsterdam boiler house into contemporary office space
Norwegian designer Andreas Engesvik has created a range of textiles for Danish brand Georg Jensen Damask, with subtle patterns based on hand-drawn lines. More about Andreas Engesvik's hand-drawn grids inform textile patterns for Georg Jensen Damask
This house in Mexico for an elderly couple features four box-shaped buildings arranged around a central courtyard, three of which contain bedrooms and bathrooms for their visiting children (+ slideshow). More about Casa 4.1.4 by AS/D features separate living spaces for different generations of the same family