The education system is "obsolete" and fails to reflect the way creative people work, according to trend forecaster Li Edelkoort, who is introducing a new department of Hybrid Design Studies at Parsons School of Design in New York (+ interview). More about Li Edelkoort introduces hybrid design to Parsons "to loosen things up"
Australian firm Elenberg Fraser has won planning approval for a 226-metre-high Melbourne skyscraper that will feature a curvaceous form taken from a music video by Beyoncé (+ slideshow). More about Beyoncé-inspired skyscraper to be built in Melbourne
Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron dominated the news last week, winning permission to build Paris' first skyscraper for 40 years and unveiling its redesign of Chelsea FC's stadium. The studio even found time to finish a mountain-top restaurant and cable-car station. Read all our stories about Herzog & de Meuron »
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Ceramic triangular prisms are arranged as staggered peaks to form this public installation by Istanbul studio SO? Architecture and Ideas outside London's Royal Academy of Arts (+ slideshow). More about Unexpected Hill provides seating and climbing opportunities at the Royal Academy of Arts
This school canteen by Miguel Ángel García-Pola Vallejo was prefabricated in a workshop close to its site in northern Spain, so that it could be built within the client's tight 90-day deadline (+ slideshow). More about Tube-shaped school canteen built from prefabricated modules in just three months
Australian architect Matt Gibson took cues from the designs of European Modernists for this pair of extensions he has added to the rear of a Victorian-era residence in Melbourne (+ slideshow). More about Matt Gibson adds Modernist-inspired extension to a Victorian home in Melbourne
Graduate shows 2015: Royal College of Art graduate Kyugum Hwang's perfume-designing station allows shoppers to create bespoke fragrances by picking complimentary scents from coloured containers (+ slideshow). More about Kyugum Hwang creates coloured Scent Palette for customising perfumes
The living spaces of this beach house in Byron Bay, Australia, by Refresh Design are accommodated in an upper storey that projects outwards at both ends from a timber-clad plinth (+ slideshow). More about Northern Rivers Beach House is raised off the ground to avoid flooding
The front of this family home in South Korea comprises three blank white blocks, designed to shield views from the house opposite, while the rear is glazed to open it out to a protected garden and balcony (+ slideshow). More about 172M2 House by JMY Architects maintains privacy with a blank facade and a secluded garden
Israeli architects Pitsou Kedem and Irene Goldberg have created a series of nature-influenced products for the home, including a shelving system that references a rock formation and a sink based on an iceberg. More about Pitsou Kedem unveils first items from Object furniture and homeware collection
Gabled brick buildings surround quiet courtyards to create an intimate and comforting environment for the families of sick children at this facility on a hospital campus in Glasgow, Scotland (+ slideshow). More about Gables and courtyards help children's hospital building by Keppie appear more welcoming
Herzog & de Meuron dominated the headlines this week as the Swiss firm's proposed skyscraper for Paris (pictured) was approved, images of its Chelsea FC football stadium design emerged and the company's mountain-top restaurant completed. Click through for more of the biggest architecture, interiors and design stories from the past seven days. More about This week on Dezeen
Textured stone and wood surfaces are oriented both horizontally and vertically to emphasise spaces within this house for two doctors in Belgium (+ slideshow). More about Contekst combines oak, stone and concrete inside a minimal Belgian house
It's graduate shows season, so we've pinned our favourite projects by architecture and design students past and present onto a new Pinterest board. A do-it-yourself tattoo machine, non-toxic replacement for moulded plastic and a proposal to construct architecture for atheists are all included.
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Bates Masi Architects reference Long Island's traditional potato barns with this cedar-shingled home made up of several gabled blocks, which feature chimneys nestled into rooftop recesses (+ slideshow). More about Shingle-clad house by Bates Masi Architects mimics Long Island potato barns
Graduate shows 2015: Central Saint Martins graduate Paulina Lenoir has designed a pair of comically long shoes that force wearers to reconsider their daily routes and pace (+ movie). More about Paulina Lenoir's Excessively Long Shoes force wearers to slow their pace
Music: French director Hugo Moreno presents an animated urban landscape that blends ancient Mesopotamian and mid-century Modern architecture in this music video for Art Department's track Walls. More about Hugo Moreno animates retro-futuristic city for Art Department music video
Following the opening of our New York office in May, we're celebrating American Independence Day with a roundup of Dezeen's favourite US projects from the past year, including a house with walls built from soil, a remote family retreat and a noisy installation in a New York factory (+ slideshow). More about Five of Dezeen's favourite American projects from the last year
London designer David Amar has created a dressing unit, a daybed and benches with built-in storage, based on floor tiles in a heritage-listed 1920s home in Tel Aviv, Israel (+ slideshow). More about David Amar's Bialik furniture collection references Art Deco floor tiles in a Tel Aviv home
This pair of gabled homes in Winchester, England, are described by architect Adam Knibb as "contemporary timber pods on top of a dark monolithic base" (+ slideshow). More about Twin wooden houses by Adam Knibb Architects are raised up above street level