Opinion: Elon Musk is a real-life Tony Stark – a billionaire CEO who wants to change the world. With the launch of his energy-storing batteries for powering our homes, he may actually be developing the technology to do it, says Dan Hill. More about "Elon Musk's Powerwall could change the carbon footprint of entire societies"
Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled plans to build a high-density housing development in Monterrey, Mexico, despite having been asked to design a series of high-rise towers (+ movie). More about Zaha Hadid plans sinuous apartment complex for first project in Mexico
A ride in Norman Foster's helicopter, a chance to test Bjarke Ingel's smoke-ring-blowing power plant chimney in Copenhagen, a hot-tub hangout with Charles Renfro, and a birdwatching adventure with Jeanne Gang are among prizes being auctioned off by an American nonprofit organisation. More about Starchitect experiences offered as auction prizes
David Chipperfield's renovation plans for the Royal Academy of Arts, this year's Mies van der Rohe Award winner and a Beijing school featuring a faceted concrete ceiling (pictured) feature in this week's Dezeen Mail. Click through for our pick of the best news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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A sliver of glazing stretches all the way up from the ground to the roof of this extension to a west London house, which is named The Lantern in reference to the way it glows at night (+ slideshow). More about Fraher Architects completes an extension with a window that stretches up to the roof
Interview: hybrid and electric technologies are changing the way cars are designed after decades of stagnation, according to BMW's Benoit Jacob, speaking exclusively to Dezeen about the i8 sports car (+ slideshow). More about Hybrids have "changed the constraints" of car design says head of BMW i
Dezeen promotion: an exhibition of Austrian design was presented beneath a translucent vaulted ceiling at Milan's La Pelota during this year's Salone del Mobile furniture fair (+ movie). More about Design Pioneers exhibition showcases Austrian products in Milan
Israeli artist Tsibi Geva has wrapped his country's Venice pavilion in old car tyres and filled it with a mixture of found architectural and household objects to explore ideas about the home (+ slideshow). More about Tsibi Geva hides Israel's Venice biennale pavilion behind a wall of used tyres
A drystone wall frames the glazed pavilions that make up this family summer house, which is perched on a hilltop on the southern tip of Melbourne's Mornington Peninsula (+ slideshow). More about Rugged drystone wall frames Whitehall Road Residence by B.E. Architecture
Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola has attached two long cushions to the back of this outdoor chair with coloured straps. More about Patricia Urquiola straps cushions to Roll chair for Kettal
A glazed corridor connects the four house-shaped buildings that make up this holiday home on the outskirts of Porto, designed by young Portuguese studio PROD (+ slideshow). More about PROD's House of Four Houses comprises a family of interlinked buildings
New York 2015: textile designer Dusen Dusen has used magnetic wallpaper to create an interactive mural for the 2015 Wanted Design show in Brooklyn (+ slideshow). More about Dusen Dusen creates ever-changing magnetic mural for Wanted Design show in Brooklyn
London Design Festival 2015: David Adjaye, Alex Chinneck and Mischer'Traxler are among the designers set to create installations for this year's London Design Festival, which will include an electricity pylon turned on its head and a courtyard filled with mirrors (+ slideshow). More about London Design Festival reveals installations for 2015
A group of architecture students has developed a conceptual "levitation suit" that allows guests to experience 3D sleeping as if they were floating in zero gravity (+ slideshow). More about KSEVT Hotel allows guests to sleep as if they were in space
Solar panels cover the rooftops of these four townhouses in Boston by local firm ISA, allowing them to sustainably produce more energy and hot water than their occupants are likely to use (+ slideshow). More about Roxbury E+ townhouses in Boston designed to produce more energy than they use
To celebrate the launch of Dezeen's office in New York, our recruitment platform Dezeen Jobs is offering new advertisers in the USA their first job ad free! More about Are you recruiting? US companies can get their first Dezeen Jobs ad free
Dutch firm MVRDV has been selected to transform an elevated road in Seoul into a public park that could become South Korea's answer to the High Line. More about MVRDV to transform Seoul overpass into High Line-inspired park
BIG has completed its second addition to a school in Denmark – an art school beneath a football field that joins the underground gymnasium with a humped courtyard on its roof (+ slideshow). More about BIG follows up sunken sports hall with an art school beneath a football field
New York 2015: Dezeen's US editor Jenna McKnight picks 10 designers not to miss at New York's Sight Unseen Offsite exhibition, which opens this Friday (+ slideshow). More about Dezeen's picks from Sight Unseen Offsite exhibition in New York
A pine unit provides a kitchen, bathroom and mezzanine level for this tiny Berlin apartment designed by two local architects, which also features Art Deco details including a parquet door (+ slideshow). More about Pale wooden unit frames rooms and creates a new floor inside a Berlin micro-apartment