A planned "sky pool" between two apartment blocks in London, garments made out of recycled ocean plastic by Pharrell Williams and a proposal for shipping-container skyscrapers (pictured) feature in this week's Dezeen Mail. There's also the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Northmodern 2015: Stockholm studio TAF Architects has contributed a spun aluminium pendant to Danish brand Muuto's lighting collection. More about TAF Architects' lightweight aluminium Ambit pendant joins Muuto collection
Winy Maas of MVRDV explains how his design for a "big building composed of mini units" created a headquarters for Norway's DNB Bank interspersed with indoor and outdoor meeting places, in the penultimate movie from our exclusive series (+ movie). More about MVRDV used pixellated forms to make DNB Bank "human and approachable" says Winy Maas
A brick wall almost completely conceals this small courtyard house that London architect Jack Woolley has completed on a former garden site in south London (+ slideshow). More about Jack Woolley's Spiral House is hidden behind a simple brick wall
Once the preserve of independent product designers, crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter are evolving into powerful tools for financing and testing public appetite for architecture and infrastructure projects.
Recent examples include BIG's campaign to raise money for a prototype power plant chimney and a pedestrian bridge described as the "world’s first crowdfunded public infrastructure project". See more crowdfunded projects on Dezeen »
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Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Manon van Hoeckel is crowdfunding her In Limbo Embassy – a travelling office that aims to facilitate open discussion around immigration in the Netherlands. More about Manon van Hoeckel creates "neutral" travelling embassy for undocumented migrants
CRG Architects has unveiled a proposal to replace slum housing with a pair of skyscrapers comprising stacks of brightly coloured shipping containers. More about CRG Architects unveils concept for shipping container skyscrapers
This footwear from the Swiss Barefoot Company is designed to protect wearers' feet by wrapping them in Dyneema – a fabric stronger than steel and Kevlar (+ slideshow). More about Swiss Barefoot Company's glove-like socks are made from material stronger than Kevlar
Curving glass walls enclose bamboo-planted courtyards in this tea house, which occupies a formerly derelict building complex in one Beijing's ancient neighbourhoods (+ slideshow). More about Arch Studio transforms Beijing hutong into tea house with curving glass courtyards
Space Group Architects has renovated a 19th-century house in east London, adding details inspired by Minimalist artists and a sunken glass-walled extension (+ slideshow). More about Space Group Architects add sunken glass box extension to heritage-listed London house
Architectural designer James Furzer has developed a modular homeless shelter that would hang off the sides of existing buildings, and launched a campaign on crowdfunding platform Indiegogo to finance a prototype. More about James Furzer to crowdfund parasitic sleeping pods for London's homeless
These underpants created by British scientist Joseph Perkins are woven with a silver mesh to protect sperm from radiation emitted by Wi-Fi-enabled devices. More about Wireless Armour underwear protects against smartphone radiation to prevent infertility
Zaha Hadid has created a swooping canopy for New York's High Line – in an area of the elevated park abutting the construction site for a building designed by the architect. More about Zaha Hadid's High Line installation protects park visitors from construction debris
A glass "sky pool" is planned to be suspended between apartment blocks in London's new Nine Elms quarter, close to Battersea Power Station. More about Glass-bottomed swimming pool to be suspended 10 storeys above south London
LA-based CHA:COL has completed a "bare bones" office for tech startups that features a retrofitted shipping container and a wooden bleacher that doubles as a storage unit (+ slideshow). More about California tech incubator by CHA:COL discourages occupants from staying too long
Austrian arts collective Neon Golden has created an immersive light installation that mimics the movements of fireflies (+ slideshow). More about Neon Golden replicates swarm of fireflies with light installation
Australian architect Tim Angus has added a garden room to his mother's Melbourne residence using dark wooden rafters recycled from an old warehouse (+ slideshow). More about Melbourne Garden Room is a blackened wood extension to a century-old Edwardian house
Students from the Institute of Architecture and Design Chihuahua have used scaffolding, wood and fabric to turn a disused park fountain into a shaded urban spa for local residents (+ slideshow). More about Students use scaffolding to build Urban Spa in a Mexican park
This small family chapel in rural Austria has a white concrete shell and glass gable walls, allowing views right through the building to the rolling countryside beyond (+ slideshow). More about White concrete chapel by Gerhard Sacher features glazed walls that allow views right through
Open-source furniture company Opendesk has created customised workspace fittings for self-build computer brand Kano (+ slideshow). More about Opendesk provides open-source furniture for Kano's London office