A concrete walkway projects from the street onto the roof of this concrete home in Caxias, Portugal, which is designed to go unnoticed from a hilltop road (+ slideshow). More about Greenery and observation decks top hillside villa by António Costa Lima
This week we reported on Li Edelkoort's claim that fashion is dead, Ikea's new furniture range that wirelessly charges smartphones and a photography series documenting Turkey's vibrant architecture (pictured). Read on to catch up with the latest architecture, interiors and design news, plus our track of the week. More about This week on Dezeen
A range of lifestyle products created by music producer Will.i.am and Coca Cola using recycled plastic bottles and aluminium, has launched at a dedicated shop-in-shop at London department store Harrods (+ slideshow). More about Will.i.am launches Ekocycle range of products made with sustainable materials
Opinion: in a desperate grab to attract the attention of children reared on digital devices, board game manufacturers have forgotten that interaction design matters more than brand extensions, says Alexandra Lange. More about "Games that have withstood the fads of fashion and television should look like it"
This tiny two-room house, measuring just three metres wide, is raised above a grassy slope on metal legs in Hohenecken, Germany (+ slideshow). More about Micro house by Architekturbüro Scheder is raised off the ground on stilts
An oval museum filled with robots and other technological inventions has been scheduled for construction in Dubai (+ movie). More about Dubai unveils vision for Museum of the Future to showcase innovation in design
News: Will.i.am has called for "new morals, new laws and new codes" for 3D printing, a technology he says is evolving so rapidly that we will soon be able to print humans (+ interview). More about Will.i.am calls for ethical stance on 3D-printing human bodies
Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for an architectural designer at Archi-Union Architects, whose tea house and library constructed in the backyard of their studio in Shanghai is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Australian designer Alex Goad has created a system of modular ceramic components for forming structures that can help rebuild diminished coral reef environments (+ slideshow). More about Lego-inspired modular structures restore damaged coral reefs
Jonathan Woolf Architects used chiselled sandstone to construct this family home near Nairobi, which is built into a hillside and topped by a heavy sloping roof (+ slideshow). More about Hewn sandstone walls and an overhanging roof enclose a hillside home in Nairobi
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