Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Belgian design studio Unfold to give readers the chance to win one of five copies of a new book exploring the potential of 3D printing. More about Competition: five copies of Printing Things to be won
This concrete tower of interconnecting red staircases was designed by Thai firm Supermachine Studio for an elevated game of hide and seek (+ slideshow). More about Supermachine Studio adds labyrinthine staircase to seaside park in Thailand
Maison&Objet 2015: light from this table lamp by Cuban designer René Barba is diffused by a lollipop-shaped envelope made from a non-woven fabric. More about René Barba creates lollipop-shaped lamp from paper-like fabric for Ligne Roset
Both curving and straight walls overlap inside this family home in Shiga Prefecture by architect Tsuyoshi Kawata, which was designed to frame views of a nearby park (+ slideshow). More about Curving walls eclipse glazed facade of park-side house in Japan by Tsuyoshi Kawata
News: the firm led by American architect Thom Mayne has been selected to design a new 100-suite hotel adjacent to Peter Zumthor's Therme Vals spa in Switzerland. Update: the competition jury has now "dissociated itself" from the decision. More about Morphosis chosen for hotel beside Peter Zumthor's Therme Vals spa
Interview: IKEA's design manager Marcus Engman explains how a team of just 20 designers oversees the creation of 2,000 affordable products each year at the world's largest furniture company, in the second part of this exclusive interview. More about "IKEA works in a very different way to everyone else" says head of design
Part of OMA's colossal De Rotterdam building is now home to the Dutch city's municipal offices, with an interior laid out as a "vertical city" by a trio of designers including Studio Makkink & Bey (+ slideshow). More about Municipal government moves into OMA's De Rotterdam skyscraper
A black box looms over the rusty steel facade of this complex of artists' studios and apartments, created by architecture studio Featherstone Young on the former site of a board-game factory in north London (+ slideshow). More about Featherstone Young replaces board-game factory with apartments and artists' studios
Stockholm 2015: Norwegian designer Silje Nesdal presented a sofa bed, a shelving system and a set of bookends – all for small spaces – in the Greenhouse area of Stockholm Furniture Fair (+ slideshow). More about Silje Nesdal launches furniture collection for compact living
Corrugated steel surfaces front most sides of this office building on an industrial estate in Mallorca, but glazed walls frame a public courtyard in one corner (+ slideshow). More about Glazed walls frame a corner courtyard at Mallorca office building by RipollTizon
Photo essay: British photographer Alastair Philip Wiper is documenting the construction of a new metro line in the Danish capital – one of the largest infrastructure projects in the city's history. More about Alastair Philip Wiper photographs construction of Copenhagen's new metro line
News: German sports brand Adidas aims to use design to increase its market share in America, according to executive board member for global brands Eric Liedtke (+ interview). More about Adidas plans to use design to conquer America
Behind the Georgian facade of a dilapidated house and workshop in west London, West Architecture has slotted in a new residence that pairs industrial fittings with period details (+ slideshow). More about West Architecture guts a Georgian townhouse and rebuilds with industrial fittings
Stockholm 2015: a trio of designers shaped this upholstered chair for Swedish furniture brand Blå Station to be as narrow as possible without losing its functionality. More about Blå Station's Poppe chair is just 33 centimetres wide
Following our recent visit to Sweden for Stockholm Design Week, we've made a new Pinterest board filled with our pick of the best furniture and products from Swedish designers and brands.
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A metal staircase twists though a triangular well in one corner of this six-sided timber cabin by ALT Architekti, which is raised on stilts over a hillside in Central Bohemia (+ slideshow). More about Stilted woodland cabin by ALT Architekti boasts a spiralling metal staircase
Stockholm 2015: Sweden's Note Design Studio and Denmark's Norm Architects have collaborated to design a collection of tables with mixed-and-matched marble tops for furniture brand Menu. More about Note Design Studio and Norm Architects design patchwork marble tables for Menu
Music: director Jonathan Irwin created a carefully lit model cityscape made of paper that he then set on fire for the finale of Aqualung's Eggshells music video (+ movie). More about Director Jonathan Irwin burns 250 hand-made model buildings in Aqualung music video
This low-cost concrete block house outside Monterrey was designed and built by its owners, with support from a non-profit social housing project led by local architecture office S-AR (+ slideshow). More about S-AR's Casa Caja is a prototype for low-cost homes that can be built by their owners
Two new structures have been erected by students amongst the trees of Hooke Park, England – a translucent pyramid suspended from the branches and a wooden burrow that nestles amongst the trunks (+ slideshow). More about Floating pyramid and wooden tunnel built in the woods by Architectural Association students