Milan 2015: Danish studio Norm Architects has created a collection of bathroom furnishings and accessories, including a matching wash basin and bathtub perched on slim metal legs (+ slideshow). More about Norm Architects creates minimal bathroom furniture for Ex.t
Four "legs" support the upper level of this house in Portland, Oregon – a design intended to offer the openness of a glass house, without compromising on privacy (+ slideshow). More about The form of Ben Waechter's Pavilion house is derived from a dining table
Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for an architect at Soho House Group, whose New York members club is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Members of a private club pay to exchange elaborately wrapped presents in ceremonies held inside this dimly lit, wood-lined room in Paris (+ slideshow). More about Fumihiko Sano creates ritualistic spaces for a members-only gift wrapping service
The Amsterdam-based architecture studio led by architect Ben van Berkel has designed a round table with multiple levels to encourage office workers to be more active. More about StandTable is a circular podium designed by UNStudio to replace office desks
In this exclusive movie, the founder of Studio Gang Architects explains how her design for the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership in Michigan was intended to bring human rights issues out of "invisible places" and into public consciousness (+ movie). More about Arcus Center was designed to embody the idea of social justice, says Jeanne Gang
A 100-kilometre array of floating barriers designed by a 20-year-old inventor aims to clear the oceans of waste plastic, and is one of the projects shortlisted for this year's Designs of the Year award (+ slideshow). More about The Ocean Cleanup aims to strip 70 million kilos of plastic from the sea in 10 years
Facebook's Frank Gehry-designed headquarters (pictured), a light-reflective safety spray for cyclists, and new renders of Tadao Ando's first apartment block in New York feature in this week's Dezeen Mail. Click through for the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Opinion: the elevated highways that cut through major cities around the world were once heralded as harbingers of modernity, but are now seen as pollution-generating, space-guzzling monsters. Will Wiles wonders if they're really all that bad. More about "Who would defend the elevated urban motorway?"
British architect Richard Rogers is gifting the seminal Wimbledon home he designed for his parents in the late 1960s to the Harvard Graduate School of Design. More about Richard Rogers donates house designed for parents to Harvard architecture school
Foster + Partners has completed a new city hall for the Argentinian capital, featuring a wavy concrete roof, a quadruple-height atrium and a glazed facade offering views out to the park (+ slideshow). More about Foster + Partners pairs curving concrete with glass for new Buenos Aires city hall
Movie: designer Arik Levy explains why he wanted to design a range of bent-wood chairs in this movie produced by Dezeen for Czech furniture brand TON. More about Arik Levy uses bent wood for the first time in Split furniture collection for TON
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with London's Design Museum to give readers the chance to win five pairs of tickets for the Designs of the Year 2015 exhibition. More about Competition: five pairs of tickets to be won for the Designs of the Year 2015 exhibition
An arched tunnel is formed between these two houses located beside a Japanese tea garden near Tokyo (+ slideshow). More about Pair of houses by Naf Architect & Design stand together to form an arch
Mexican design studio Peca has launched a collection of candle holders made from marble spheres that can be split in two. More about Marble candle holder by Peca can be split to create two objects
Positioned in a pine grove on the Swedish coastline, this concrete house features an entirely glazed facade so that residents can catch glimpses of the Baltic sea through the tree trunks. More about Concrete and glass house completed by Arrhov Frick in a Swedish woodland clearing
Online furniture brand Hem has opened its first physical shop, occupying the ground floor of the company's headquarters on Berlin's Friedrichstrasse (+ slideshow). More about Hem opens first physical store in Berlin
Benjamin Hubert's studio developed a modular system of display plinths and wall mounts for this year's Designs of the Year exhibition at the Design Museum in London (+ slideshow). More about Benjamin Hubert creates exhibition design for Designs of the Year 2015
Milan 2015: Japanese design studio Nendo has unveiled a series of glass tables that will form part of its solo exhibition during this year's furniture fair in Milan. More about Nendo previews Soft glass table collection for Milan exhibition
The sloping roofline of an old extension to a London residence is surrounded by the pale brickwork of its replacement, designed by local studio Tsuruta Architects (+ slideshow). More about Remodelled London house extension reveals the outline of its predecessor