This concrete pod with faceted sides and a glass facade is perched up over a courtyard, creating an extension to a house in Mexico that doesn't compromise its existing outdoor spaces (+ slideshow). More about Faceted concrete capsule by Noborders Collective extends a Mexican residence
Milan 2015: these stools constructed from kitchen sponge are drenched in vivid yellow PVC by Tokyo-based product designer Satsuki Ohata to create drooping forms reminiscent of melting cheese (+ slideshow). More about Fondue Stool by Satsuki Ohata is modelled on molten cheese
Melbourne studio Make Architecture has renovated a red brick bungalow outside the city, adding an extension featuring a decorative timber facade that references brickwork patterns (+ slideshow). More about Make Architecture adds perforated wooden facade to renovated and extended Melbourne house
Milan 2015: Slovenian designer Nika Zupanc has added more furniture to her collection for London design label Sé, including an oversized armchair on slender steel legs (+ slideshow). More about Nika Zupanc adds seating to her collection for Sé
The cavernous shaft created at the entrance to London's Thames Tunnel by eminent 19th-century engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel is set to be transformed into a performance venue. More about Brunel's first project to become London's latest underground venue
Comments update: readers thought Apple's temporary space in Milan – designed to showcase its new smartwatch – looked "shoddy". Read on for more on this and the other most commented stories on Dezeen this week. More about "Steve Jobs would never have allowed the pavilion to look like this"
Milan 2015: visitors to a Neoclassical palazzo in Milan were invited to play on swings created by London designer Philippe Malouin using quartz surface material Caesarstone (+ slideshow). More about Philippe Malouin installs swing set inside grand Milanese palazzo
A team led by Japanese studio Sou Fujimoto Architects has unveiled images of its competition-winning proposal for a Paris university building filled with trees and plants. More about Sou Fujimoto envisions trees and balconies for Université Paris-Saclay building
OMA has been selected to design the exhibition for the Chinese Pavilion at the Venice Art Biennale 2015, a year after Rem Koolhaas' stint as architecture biennale director. More about OMA to create immersive exhibition for Chinese Pavilion at Venice Art Biennale 2015
Milan 2015: architect Zaha Hadid has carved pleats into the surfaces of these vases and tables made from different varieties of marble (+ slideshow). More about Zaha Hadid sculpts marble vases and tables for Citco
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Denton Corker Marshall's recently completed Venice Biennale pavilion will be transformed into a swimming pool for next year's architecture exhibition. More about Australian Pavilion to become a swimming pool for Venice Architecture Biennale 2016
Extra Moooi: in this movie Moooi co-founder Marcel Wanders discusses the Dutch brand's Milan show, which featured new furniture, lighting and carpets displayed against huge blown-up portraits. More about Moooi's Milan show featured huge photographs, live music and a giant unicorn rocking horse
A skin of corrugated and perforated metal clads this villa in the Beskid Mountains, which sits on a wedge-shaped podium with stone-filled gabion walls (+ slideshow). More about Villa in the Czech mountains combines perforated metal with stone gabions
Milan 2015: illuminated globes balanced on delicate metal supports form lamps in London designer Michael Anastassiades' updated range. More about Michael Anastassiades creates minimal lighting designs from glowing spheres
Narrow strips of wood screen both walls and windows at this house in Bavaria by Kühnlein Architektur, which comprises a pair of connected sheds (+ slideshow). More about House in rural Germany features a slatted wooden facade and copper fittings
Swedish car manufacturer Volvo has unveiled a vehicle interior with extra legroom for a chauffeur-driven passenger, similar to a business-class seat on an aeroplane. More about Volvo unveils luxury car interior concept for chauffeur-driven executives
Milan 2015: advances in lighting and battery technologies mean that lighting cables could disappear within a few years, according to designer Philippe Starck and Piero Gandini, CEO of lighting brand Flos (+ slideshow). More about "Wires will disappear" as lighting goes cordless, say Starck and Gandini
Milan 2015: mummified poo, intestine-shaped bread and a Portaloo festooned with flowers were among the projects presented by students from Design Academy Eindhoven's food design course during Milan design week. More about Design Academy Eindhoven students invite Milan to Eat Shit
Architects Anton Pramstrahler and Alex Niederkofler have unveiled their proposal for a wooden viewing tower near Bruneck, northern Italy, with a twisted body shaped like a tree trunk (+ movie). More about Twisting observation tower could be built in a northern Italian forest
Milan 2015: London designer Max Lamb presented 42 of his seat designs made using a wide variety of materials and processes within a disused garage in Milan last week (+ slideshow). More about Max Lamb's Exercises in Seating demonstrates material experiments through chair design