Designer Marc Newson has created a series of 10 katana swords, modelled on the traditional weapons used by Japanese samurai warriors and each carrying a price tag of $300,000 (+ slideshow). More about Marc Newson designs limited-edition samurai sword
David Chipperfield has renounced his Città delle Culture museum and gallery complex in Milan after a "pathetic dispute" over the quality of flooring material used. More about David Chipperfield disowns Milan museum over "war of the floor"
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with What Design Can Do to offer readers the chance to win one of five tickets to the annual design conference in Amsterdam. More about Competition: five tickets to What Design Can Do to be won
The upper storey of this home in the Lithuanian countryside is contained within a pointy shale-clad roof, while glazed walls provide woodland views for rooms on the ground floor (+ slideshow). More about Aketuri Architektai clads woodland house in Lithuania with shale tiles
Milan 2015: dark surfaces appear to be slipping off these glass furniture pieces by Japanese studio Nendo (+ slideshow). More about Nendo shifts shelves and surfaces for Slide glass furniture
The blackened timber walls of this family holiday home by WT Architecture are hidden within the shell of an old stone mill in the Scottish countryside (+ slideshow). More about Scottish holiday home by WT Architecture masquerades as an old stone mill
Royal College of Art student Axel Bluhme has developed an interactive drum machine that uses an analogue interface of spinning discs and magnets to combine digital sounds (+ movie). More about Axel Bluhme's drum machine triggers sounds using rotating discs of magnets
A facade divided into angled segments creates a sharp pattern of light and shadow across the front of this brick apartment building in Kuwait by local architecture firm Studio Toggle. More about Edges Apartments designed by Studio Toggle to resemble a pile of stacked blocks
Architecture studio Akoaki has created an angular aluminium pod called The Mothership, which contains a DJ booth for staging pop-up events and funk concerts in Detroit's North End neighbourhood (+ slideshow). More about The Mothership by Akoaki is a mobile DJ booth for playing funk on the streets of Detroit
Austrian design firm EOOS and water research institute Eawag hope to improve sanitation levels in areas of extreme poverty with a mobile toilet that contains its own water filtration system (+ movie). More about Blue Diversion Toilet aims to improve sanitation with built-in filtration system
This mosque near Istanbul by Emre Arolat Architects, which features cast concrete walls and a "cave-like" prayer hall, has been shortlisted for this year's Design of the Year award (+ slideshow). More about Terraced landscaping surrounds concrete and stone structure of Emre Arolat's Sancaklar Mosque
The mirrored glass surface of this park pavilion in Edmonton, Canada, helps the structure merge with its surroundings during the day and glow from within at night (+ slideshow) More about Drum-like pavilion by GH3 creates a glowing presence in a Canadian city park
Design March 2015: French and Icelandic design collective Iiif has designed Petits Volcans, a glassware collection comprising five vessels that represent different types and stages of volcano. More about Iiif’s glassware collection represents different types of volcano
Danish firm Gottlieb Paludan Architects has designed a series of substations, cooling plants and waterworks in its home country, all designed to demonstrate modern brickwork techniques (+ slideshow). More about Gottlieb Paludan completes four contemporary brick additions to old industrial buildings
Photo essay: for the last four years Hannes Coudenys has been photographing houses across Belgium but, instead of selecting the best examples, he only shoots those he deems ugly. More about Ugly Belgian Houses: Hannes Coudenys creates an archive of unattractive architecture
An interactive streetlight that records the shadow of a passerby and plays it back to the next pedestrian is among this year's Designs of the Year nominees (+ movie). More about Shadowing streetlight records and projects pedestrian movements
Skylights illuminate the timber-lined atrium of this daycare centre by ZAmpone Architectuur, where furniture, sleeping nooks and even the staircase are all designed to be accessible for little occupants (+ slideshow). More about Daycare centre near Brussels features child-size furniture and a combined staircase and slide
The curator of a new exhibition of drawings by Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh has selected six works for Dezeen, explaining how he used his drawing skills as "a valuable promotional tool". More about Drawings from the Charles Rennie Mackintosh archive show his "exceptional draughtsmanship"
Following the recent announcement of projects shortlisted for Scotland's national architecture awards, we've created a new Pinterest board dedicated to Scottish buildings, including houses, museums and educational facilities.
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Green panels create a grid across the facade of this restaurant in Bupyeong, South Korea, folding open to reveal the upstairs dining room to the street (+ slideshow). More about Folding green panels animate facade of Forest House restaurant by JYA-rchitects