A set of stacked terracotta planters, colourful geometric hand-held mirrors and ombre-glazed vases are among the homeware products included in the debut collection by Canadian design duo MPGMB (+ slideshow). More about MPGMB's homeware includes terracotta cacti pots based on desert forms
Monterrey studio Greenfield used walls of rammed earth and rugged stone to frame the rooms of this villa for the staff of an animal breeding facility in Mexico's Maderas del Carmen natural park (+ slideshow). More about The Cave is a rammed-earth and stone villa in a Mexico wildlife conservation facility
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Gothenburg-based Studio Esinam to give readers the chance to win its latest monochrome prints showing elevations of iconic structures in London. More about Competition: five London Landmarks and Elevations posters to be won
Exclusive: in this exclusive interview, BIG founder Bjarke Ingels talks about the spectacular new HQ he is co-designing for Google, which wants to set a new industry standard for workplace design and help define "Google 2.0" (+ movie). More about Google's new HQ will be "more like a workshop than a corporate office" says Bjarke Ingels
Visualisations of Google's new headquarters designed by BIG and Heatherwick, Li Edelkoort's predictions for the death of fashion and a coastal home in Portugal (pictured) feature in Dezeen Mail issue 243. Click through for all the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Dezeen promotion: the designjunction show is set to take place in three cities this year – bringing international furniture, lighting and accessories to Milan, New York and London. More about Designjunction to present in Milan, New York and London during 2015
News: the UK's House of Lords has called for stricter rules on drone management, but says that the production of unmanned aerial vehicles in the European Union could create 150,000 jobs. More about UK calls for EU database to track active drones
Triangular facets give a folded appearance to the bare concrete facade of this house in Argentina by local architect Nicolás Campodonico (+ movie). More about Faceted concrete T-shape facade fronts courtyard house in Santa Fe
Competition: Dezeen is giving 40 readers a code to fast-track designs created for Kram/Weisshaar's Robochop installation, which allows users to remotely control a robotic arm that shapes cubes of foam into furniture (+ movie). More about Competition: 40 fast-track codes for Kram/Weisshaar's Robochop to be won
News: Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby have announced their departure from teaching roles on the Design Interactions course at London's Royal College of Art. More about Dunne and Raby step down from Royal College of Art
An old house perched at the foot of the Swiss Alps has been converted into a gallery to exhibit the work of a local artist. More about Studio Inches renovates Alpine house to create a private gallery
A small extension to the rear of this remodelled townhouse in Dublin is clad and roofed in panels of opaque black glass, designed by architectural studio Ailtireacht to reflect the building's surroundings. More about Black glass box forms a reflective extension to a Victorian townhouse in Dublin
Dutch designer Gert-Jan Soepenberg has created a concrete vase that mimics a structural element of Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer's Palácio de Alvorada. More about Oscar Niemeyer facade informs cross-shaped concrete vase
Small square openings are scattered across the facade of this after-school clubhouse in Cannes, France, offering glimpses of the activities taking place within its courtyard playground (+ slideshow). More about Heams & Michel Architectes creates an after-school club around a courtyard in Cannes
Geneva Motor Show 2015: British car manufacturer Rolls-Royce worked with a pair of textiles graduates to design a bespoke interior for its Phantom model using silk, cherrywood and bamboo (+ slideshow). More about Rolls-Royce uses bamboo and silk to create its "most opulent" car interior
Opinion: the fight for London's Aylesbury estate – a negative symbol of the Modernist-inspired drive to standardise housing design – is about saving the ideas not the architecture, explains Owen Hatherley. More about "The places people are staking their lives on now aren't architectural icons"
Pornhub has revealed a tongue-in-cheek concept design for a wearable device that would generate energy from masturbation (+ movie). More about Pornhub's Wankband "creates dirty energy"
Interview: PCH is the $1 billion manufacturing company you've never heard of. With its acquisition of Fab.com, that could be about to change. Dezeen spoke to founder and CEO Liam Casey about his plans to do for design what Zara did for fashion. More about "We understand how to bring design products to market" says PCH founder
News: French architect Jean Nouvel has applied for a court order to disassociate himself from the Paris concert hall, which he says is "non-compliant" with his original design. More about Jean Nouvel takes legal action to distance himself from "unfinished" Philharmonie de Paris
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in the second part of our video interview with Ammar Mirjan, the architect explains how drones with cable dispensers attached can be used to quickly build lightweight architectural structures. More about Drones can "weave structures in space in just a few minutes"