The front and rear facades of this library in Zoersel, Belgium, have been divided up into house-sized volumes to help the large building fit into its residential context (+ slideshow). More about Omgeving's black brick library in Zoersel is subdivided into smaller blocks
Snøhetta has unveiled plans to build the first official market building in Portland, Oregon, for over 70 years. More about Snøhetta reveals design for Portland's first city market since 1942
An iPad controls the perforated shutters that concertina across the glass facade of this house in Linz, Austria, allowing its two software engineer residents to reveal or conceal views of the city (+ slideshow). More about Perforated shutters move mechanically to mask the facade of Archinauten's House GT
Fashion brand COS has released a limited-edition backpack to mark the opening of this year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. More about COS launches The Serpentine Bag to coincide with 2015 pavilion opening
This slatted timber garage is propped above the swimming pool of a house on a hillside overlooking Athens (+ slideshow). More about Hiboux Architects elevates slatted timber garage above the pool of an Athens house
The ground floor of this Osaka home by Japanese architect Masatoshi Hatamoto is sunken below street level to create more privacy for its residents (+ slideshow). More about House of Yabugaoka has its ground floor sunken for privacy
Designer Dror Benshetrit has unveiled three proposals for residential towers on different sites in New York. More about Studio Dror's conceptual tower designs for New York offer three takes on high-rise architecture
Creators of the proposed Lowline in New York, billed as the world's first underground park, have launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund development of the project (+ slideshow). More about Lowline creators launch Kickstarter campaign for underground park in New York
Wooden furnishings have been integrated into the walls of this compact Madrid apartment by Elii Architects, allowing them to be folded away when not in use (+ movie). More about Tables, benches and an ironing board unfurl from the walls of a Madrid apartment by Elii Architects
Graduate shows 2015: Royal College of Art graduate Morten Grønning Nielsen has designed a glove that can be used to sculpt hard materials like stone and wood by hand (+ slideshow). More about Happaratus "power glove" carves objects with its fingertips
A group of UK schoolchildren has won an award for a conceptual condom design that would change colour when it comes into contact with a sexually transmitted infection. More about Colour-changing condoms proposed to detect sexual infection
Dezeen promotion: entries are now open for architects and designers to submit projects for the A' Design Awards and Competition 2016 (+ slideshow). More about Call for entries to the A' Design Awards and Competition 2016
Graduate shows 2015: students from the Oslo School of Architecture and Design have designed and built a seaside sauna made up of three wooden bands that stagger up over the rocky terrain (+ slideshow). More about Oslo architecture students build a wooden sauna that steps over the Norwegian landscape
Car brand MINI has relaunched its visual identity, unveiled a new version of the MINI Clubman estate and embraced the "sharing economy" by offering every customer the chance to rent their vehicle to others when they don't need it (+ slideshow). More about MINI relaunches its brand and offers Airbnb-style sharing to car owners
The Amsterdam offices of smartphone manufacturer Fairphone were created inside a former industrial building – and informed by the same sustainable design principles the company uses for its products (+ slideshow). More about Fairphone's Amsterdam offices built inside an old warehouse using reclaimed materials
Moreau Kusunoki Architectes, the Paris-based practice that will design the Guggenheim Helsinki, has deliberately avoided media attention since it was founded in 2011. Dezeen looks at the unknown French-Japanese office that has won the biggest architecture competition of the year (+ interview). More about Guggenheim Helsinki winners: "architecture is best conceived in reserve and introspection"
One-minute movies: Royal College of Art graduate Morten Grønning Nielsen has designed a motor-powered glove with oscillating pads that allow users to sculpt hard materials like stone and wood by hand. More about "Power glove" allows users to sculpt materials by hand
Spanish architect Andrés Jaque has created a towering network of water-purifying pipes for this year's courtyard installation at MoMA PS1 in Queens, New York (+ slideshow). More about Andrés Jaque's giant water purifier unveiled in MoMA PS1 courtyard
This office block for a cosmetics company in South Korea's capital was designed by architect Dongjin Kim as a conical volume, to ensure surrounding buildings still get adequate daylight and privacy. More about Tapered office building in Seoul avoids overshadowing its neighbours
Format Elf Architekten has disguised a three-storey family home as a two-storey building by incorporating both upper floors within a large asymmetrically pitched roof (+ slideshow). More about House B by Format Elf contains two floors within its large asymmetric roof