Visitors to a park in Xiangyang are greeted by over 500 bright purple fins, which are dotted with LEDs and play traditional Chinese music from internal speakers (+ slideshow). More about Penda creates landscape of purple pillars for audio-visual installation in a Chinese park
The full facade of Japanese architect Tadao Ando's concrete and glass apartment block for Manhattan is revealed in this set of visualisations. More about Tadao Ando's first New York building shown in new images
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in this movie, designer and researcher Amy Congdon explains how tissue engineering could be used to grow new biological textiles for the fashion industry. More about Amy Congdon's couture fashion integrates textile design and tissue engineering
This timber-clad ski chalet has a crystalline form designed to "shed snow" from the roof and an elevated living room that optimises views across Canada's Whistler Valley (+ slideshow). More about Patkau Architects designs chalet with steep angled roof beside a Whistler ski slope
Colourful chocolate bars are displayed in a transparent chest of drawers in this Tokyo shop designed by Japanese studio Nendo for a Belgian chocolatier (+ slideshow). More about Nendo presents chocolate bars like paint swatches in Tokyo shop
Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a head of programme: interior design at London's Royal College of Art (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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This 19th century barn in rural Germany has been remodelled into a holiday home and guest house, connected by a huge open hall featuring a network of original wooden trusses (+ slideshow). More about Thomas Kroeger creates a holiday home inside an old German cowshed
Milan 2015: a curved rattan structure forms the flexible backrest of this sofa by Japanese designer Hiroomi Tahara (+ slideshow). More about Rattan backrest curves around Hiroomi Tahara's Wrap sofa
A collection of old school buildings in Rye, East Sussex, has been converted into a cinema and arts centre with the addition of a shed-like extension (+ slideshow). More about Jonathan Dunn converts Victorian school house into cinema for an English town
These renders by London architect James Whitaker depict a proposal for a low-cost studio space in Germany comprising a cluster of shipping containers, which are arranged to direct sunlight into the interior at different times of day (+ slideshow). More about James Whitaker proposes cluster of shipping containers as an affordable workplace
Opinion: hiding in plain sight, the NSA headquarters is the model for all future domestic architecture, argues Jack Self, as he reveals previously unpublished details about the inscrutable building. More about "The authorised information available on this building could be published in a single tweet"
Dezeen promotion: the thirty finalists shortlisted for the 2015 New Design Britain competition will exhibit their work at this year's May Design Series. More about May Design Series announces finalists for New Design Britain 2015 awards
Controversial plans to construct Europe's tallest skyscraper in the Alps lead this week's Dezeen Mail. Click through for the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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This timber-clad sauna for a seaside home in Sweden was designed by Stockholm studio Murman Arkitekter with two gently angled wings that overlook the Baltic Sea (+ slideshow). More about Pine-clad sauna by Murman Arkitekter sits on the Stockholm archipelago
Architecture studio AOC has created an interactive gallery space at London's Wellcome Collection museum, featuring a grand stairway lined with cushions where visitors are invited to sit and read (+ slideshow). More about AOC combines a reading room with a gallery for London's Wellcome Collection
Herzog & de Meuron has completed work on an "understated" box-like shop for fashion brand Miu Miu in Tokyo's Aoyama district – opposite the flagship store it created for Prada almost 15 years ago (+ slideshow). More about Herzog & de Meuron adds giant steel awning to Miu Miu store in Aoyama
This addition to a house in Kudamatsu, Japan, features an oversized pitched roof and a covered courtyard surrounded by arched openings (+ slideshow). More about Japanese house extension by Container Design is arranged around a covered courtyard
The top of this table by design student Nathalie Dackelid is designed like a caterpillar track so it can be extended bit by bit to the required length (+ movie). More about Nathalie Dackelid's "wooden tablecloth" folds out to form table extensions
Zurich architects Dürig designed angular concrete frames to indicate the position of staircases and escalators at the Swiss city's main railway station, which descend from the platforms to a new subterranean station and shopping precinct (+ slideshow). More about Sloping concrete circulation entrances added to platforms at Zurich Hauptbahnhof
A naturally filtered outdoor swimming pool is taking shape as part of the redevelopment of King's Cross in London. More about Freshwater bathing pond to open in London's King's Cross