Visitors to an Austrian museum transcend the exhibition space on a steep black staircase constructed from layers of net by design collective Numen/For Use (+ slideshow). More about Numen/For Use combines "height and wobbliness" in net staircase for Linz gallery
Interieur 2014: a troop of robotic vacuum cleaners "waltz" with each other around a school gymnasium in this installation for the Biennale Interieur event in Kortrijk, Belgium (+ movie). More about Robotic vacuum cleaners perform a Viennese Waltz at Biennale Interieur 2014
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The two main buildings of this Portuguese holiday complex by I-da Arquitectos are dug into a hillside, partly burying them in the sloping terrain (+ slideshow). More about I-da Arquitectos sinks holiday apartments into the Portuguese countryside
This week Frank Gehry responded to criticism of his architecture by wielding his middle finger to gathered journalists (pictured), and we reported on the Chinese president's call for an end to "weird architecture" in China. Read on for more architecture and design highlights, plus our track of the week. More about This week on Dezeen
Interieur 2014: the winners of the spaces category at this year's Interieur Awards have built their concept bar proposals in the halls of Kortrijk Xpo for the biennial design event. More about Biennale Interieur 2014 award winners realise bar concepts at Kortrijk Xpo
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: advances in 3D-scanning technology could enable virtual tourism by providing a "life-like experience" of faraway places says architect Pernilla Ohrstedt (+ movie). More about Future tourists could "travel the virtual world instead of the physical"
Barber and Osgerby's architecture firm Universal Design Studio has completed a gallery for London's Science Museum dedicated to communications technology (+ slideshow). More about Barber and Osgerby's Science Museum gallery is their "most important" architecture project
This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for an eyewear designer at Ron Arad Associates, whose founder launched a range of 3D printed spectacles and sunglasses in Milan last year (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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News: Marc Newson, the industrial designer who joined Apple in September, is working with Italian gun brand Beretta to launch a new version of the 486 Parallelo hunting shotgun next month (original version pictured). More about Marc Newson designs a shotgun for Beretta
Interieur 2014: Interieur president Lowie Vermeersch and curator Joseph Grima explain why they took a "research-driven" approach to Biennale Interieur 2014 in this movie produced by Dezeen for the fair. More about Biennale Interieur 2014 aims to provide "a deeper insight into what design means"
This wooden platform that rises up from a barley field in Mallorca gives a young equestrian a space for contemplation and grooming before and after horse riding (+ slideshow). More about Grooming retreat in Mallorca offers "ritual of self-cleansing" before and after horse riding
News: Frank Gehry has responded to criticism of his own architectural style by giving an audience of journalists the middle finger and saying that most architecture today has "no sense of design". More about "98% of what gets built today is shit" says Frank Gehry
The vast open-plan interior of this São Paulo bookshop by Studio MK27 was designed to encourage shoppers to stay and read the books they've purchased or to simply hang out with friends (+ movie). More about Studio MK27's "bookstore of the 21st century" was designed as a social meeting place
Fort Standard's aluminium Standing Bowls are raised on slim piers that reference the structural supports used to elevate buildings above the ground (+ slideshow). More about Aluminium bowls by Fort Standard stand on fin-like legs
The stepped rooftops and industrial details of these Parisian council blocks by Colboc Franzen & Associés are designed to integrate the scheme with the neighbouring buildings (+ slideshow). More about Colboc Franzen's Parisian social housing matches the proportions of its 1930s neighbours
An auction taking place during Parisian art fair FIAC next week will cement Ron Arad's reputation as one of the only collectible contemporary designers on the art market, according to French auction house Artcurial (+ slideshow). More about Ron Arad is one of few contemporary designers with art collector appeal, says French auctioneer
Interieur 2014: British designer Ross Lovegrove has built a pavilion from Barrisol's eponymous stretch-foil material to exhibit his new lighting products for the brand at this year's Biennale Interieur 2014 (+ slideshow). More about Ross Lovegrove exhibits sculptural lights in Barrisol pavilion at Biennale Interieur 2014
Interview: the UK is a difficult place to "do architecture" thanks to the dominance of the commercial sector and a lack of government investment says British architect David Chipperfield, whose firm is refurbishing Mies van der Rohe's Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin. More about The UK "is not interested in funding" public buildings says David Chipperfield
Brightly coloured stripes based on refracted light run across the walls, ceilings and floors of an art gallery in Nuremberg, Germany, in this immersive installation by Markus Linnenbrink (+ slideshow). More about Markus Linnenbrink's Off the Wall! installation immerses visitors in colour
China's "weird" architecture, Sou Fujimoto's latest installation and a "bamboo forest" feature in Dezeen Mail issue 225. Click through for all the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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